"A letter from Ming Pao Newspapers (Canada) to the B.C. Labour Ministry says the business is being permanently closed "for financial reasons." The letter, obtained by The Canadian Press, says 60 employees have been terminated, without saying how many are based in B.C. or Toronto. The letter dated Monday says the effective date of termination for the staff is Jan. 31."
"An editor at Ming Pao in Toronto who did not want to be identified because they weren't authorized to speak says the newspaper would cease printing both its Vancouver and Toronto editions as of Jan. 17. Both Canadian editions of the newspaper were launched in 1993. Ming Pao's offices in Richmond, Toronto and Hong Kong did not respond to requests for comment."
Ming Pao Daily News, with newsrooms in Richmond and Toronto, is winding up Canadian operations and will cease printing Vancouver and Toronto editions on Jan. 17. A company letter to the B.C. Labour Ministry says the business is being permanently closed "for financial reasons" and sets staff termination effective Jan. 31; 60 employees were terminated. The letter does not specify how many of those employees were based in B.C. or Toronto. Ming Pao began in Hong Kong in 1959, launched Canadian editions in 1993, and its Vancouver edition won a B.C. Jack Webster Award for best reporting in Chinese in 2018.
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