Newspapers and the net

It's great to have newspapers online but I still prefer being able to sit in an easy chair and have a leisurely read of a paper with coffee.

The trouble with Canada is it's too bloody big. This province is about the same size as England but with a population smaller than half a dozen English cities.

Each city here has it's own daily paper but they are like the local evening papers in the UK.; essential for local news and information but extremely unsatisfying as a read.

A National paper doesn't really work. The National Post is rubbish. The Globe and Mail isn't bad but it's hard to relate to much in it. I remember a paper was launched for Europe, called The European, a few years ago. It just didn't work.

If you're in a big city then it's probably different. I always enjoyed The Montreal Gazette when I was there. That was like a 'proper' Daily paper.