Your Community Voice

Your Community Voice is an Ottawa-based community newspaper serving neighbourhoods in Ottawa and nearby areas. The publication was launched in 2018 by Michael Wollock, a longtime newspaper publisher, following the announcement that Metroland Media would close. Its creation positioned it as a local print-news outlet at a time when community newspaper coverage in Canada was undergoing significant consolidation and disruption. The newspaper is distributed on a biweekly schedule to approximately 85,000 homes and businesses across Ottawa and surrounding communities. Its principal target areas include Altavista/Canterbury, Hunt Club/Riverside Park, Greenboro/South Keys, and Kanata/Stittsville. This geographic focus gives the publication a neighbourhood-oriented distribution model rather than a national or broad provincial footprint. The brand’s core offering is its recurring community newspaper edition. Its role is centred on reaching residents and local businesses through printed neighbourhood coverage and advertising distribution. The available reference material does not provide a detailed account of its editorial sections, staffing structure, ownership arrangements, revenue, circulation history, or digital products, so those aspects remain undocumented here. Your Community Voice is best understood as a local media brand whose identity is tied to Ottawa-area community distribution. Its reported circulation footprint of about 85,000 homes and businesses and its two-week publishing cycle are the principal publicly described characteristics of the publication. No reliable information is available in the supplied sources about subsequent ownership changes, expansion beyond the Ottawa region, or the newspaper’s current financial performance.

Your Community Voice was launched in Ottawa in 2018. Its establishment followed an announcement by Postmedia chief executive Paul Godfrey concerning the closure of Metroland Media. Michael Wollock, described as a longtime publisher, responded by creating a new community newspaper intended to continue serving local readers and advertisers in Ottawa-area neighbourhoods. From its launch, the publication adopted a recurring print-distribution model. It is issued every two weeks and delivered to approximately 85,000 homes and businesses in Ottawa and surrounding areas. The newspaper’s principal distribution targets are Altavista/Canterbury, Hunt Club/Riverside Park, Greenboro/South Keys, and Kanata/Stittsville. These named districts indicate a localized operating strategy built around specific neighbourhood audiences rather than a citywide or national newspaper identity. The available reference material does not document further founding events, acquisitions, changes in ownership, editorial leadership, circulation developments, or digital expansion. It also does not specify the publication’s legal corporate structure or financial results. Accordingly, the documented history of Your Community Voice is limited to its 2018 launch, its connection to the changing Ottawa community-newspaper landscape, and its continuing reported biweekly distribution model.

1. 2018Launch of Your Community Voice

   Michael Wollock launched the Ottawa-based community newspaper after the announcement of Metroland Media’s closure.

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A neighbourhood-focused Ottawa community newspaper distributed regularly to homes and businesses in selected local districts.

• Your Community Voice newspaperCommunity newspaper2018

  The brand’s principal product is a print community newspaper issued every two weeks. It is distributed to approximately 85,000 homes and businesses across Ottawa and surrounding areas, with targeted coverage and delivery in Altavista/Canterbury, Hunt Club/Riverside Park, Greenboro/South Keys, and Kanata/Stittsville. The available source does not identify separate editions, editorial departments, or digital versions.

• 2018Creation of a new Ottawa community newspaperStrategy

  The newspaper was created after the announcement that Metroland Media would close, amid changes in the local community-newspaper environment.

  What changed. Michael Wollock established Your Community Voice as a biweekly print publication focused on selected Ottawa neighbourhoods and surrounding communities.

  Aftermath. The publication developed a reported distribution reach of approximately 85,000 homes and businesses across its Ottawa-area service region.

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1. Your Community Voice