MONTREAL — Management at Montreal's most widely-read newspaper declared a lockout of its editorial and office employees early Saturday.
About 250 employees at the Journal de Montreal have been without a contract since Dec. 31.
President and editor-in-chief Lyne Robitaille said in Saturday's editorial that the current collective agreement prevents the paper from modernizing its business model, adding that the popularity of the Internet, free newspapers and 24-hour cable channels have severely reduced the daily tabloid's revenue ...