''Local Xpress'' was an

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based in

Halifax, Nova Scotia Halifax is the capital and largest municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the largest municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of the 2021 Census, the municipal population was 439,819, with 348,634 people in its urban area. Th ...

, Canada. It was founded in 2016 by 57 members of the Halifax Typographical Union's newsroom unit while on strike from ''

The Chronicle Herald ''The Chronicle Herald'' is a broadsheet newspaper published in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada owned by SaltWire Network of Halifax. The paper's newsroom staff were locked out of work from January 2016 until August 2017. ''Herald'' management con ...

'', the city's daily newspaper. The ''Herald'' continued to publish during the strike using

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s writing anonymously. The strike began on 23 January 2016. ''Local Xpress'' was launched a week later, initially with a

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-like interface. The striking writers worked on the ''Local Xpress'' on a volunteer basis. In May 2016, as the strike dragged on, the website was revamped as a full-service online newspaper in partnership with Village Media, an Ontario digital media company. It aimed to compete with the ''Herald'', expanding to offer national and international news, event listings, columnists, weather, and other features. The strikers stated that if the strike was resolved, ''Local Xpress'' would be shut down. In a round of bargaining in October 2016, ''Herald'' management demanded that the strikers not only close the ''Local Xpress'', but also hand over all content produced during the strike, as well as the ''Local Xpress'' URL, to the ''Herald''. The parties reached a deal in August 2017 and the website was subsequently closed, although Village Media announced it would relaunch a similarly formatted community news website called ''HalifaxToday''.

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* {{Notable labour disputes in Canada 2016 establishments in Nova Scotia Canadian news websites Newspapers published in Halifax, Nova Scotia Publications established in 2016 2017 disestablishments in Nova Scotia Publications disestablished in 2017 Labour disputes in Nova Scotia Defunct newspapers published in Nova Scotia

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