Le Droit goes digital after more than a century in print Last print edition of French-language newspaper hit stands Dec. 30
CBC News
Posted: Dec 30, 2023 4:00 PM EST | Last Updated: 6 hours ago
After more than 100 years in print, Le Droit, a prominent French-language newspaper serving the Ottawa-Gatineau region, has published its last physical edition.
The final paper rolled off the presses Saturday, marking the last step in Le Droit's gradual transition to a digital publication. The paper had already switched in 2020 from printing six times a week to once a week on Saturdays.
According to editor-in-chief Marie-Claude Lortie, the decision to go exclusively online has been a long time coming.
"When I joined Le Droit [in 2021], it was already decided. The question wasn't, 'Are we going to stop?' It was when," she told Radio-Canada's Les matins d'ici.