By Amanda Hicks, CTVNorthernOntario.ca, Jan. 19, 2023

Media chain Postmedia Network Canada Corp. announced that it will not be renewing The Sudbury Star’s building lease next month.

A spokesperson for the company said in an email to CTV News that most of the Sudbury staff have been working remotely since 2020.

“We have recently finalized the agreement to end our lease for this location effective February 28, 2023,” the statement said.

“Ongoing transformation initiatives across Postmedia include real estate rationalization and we continue to review all of our real estate holdings to ensure we are maximizing value and realizing cost savings.”

Media workers need a place to work but we need journalism to be supported and that’s going to be our focus here on the journalists and media workers,” said Unifor Media Director Randy Kitt.

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