Trump’s tariff war with Canada could deal a major blow to New England’s print newspapers. Here’s why.

The Boston Globe · last updated April 1, 2025 – 3:51 PM

Peggy Pearl, 78, picked up her first copy of the Caledonian-Record in high school. Decades later, the lifelong Vermont resident still reads through every one of the St. Johnsbury-based paper’s print editions.

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