Castanet Media is expanding its presence in B.C.’s West Kootenays region with the acquisition of The Nelson Daily. The online outlet was established in 2014 in the wake of the closure of the community’s print newspaper, Nelson Daily News. Castanet will acquire the online publication on Sept. 1, establishing the company’s seventh newsroom, with The Nelson Daily website to be folded into Castanet’s soon-to-launch Kootenay edition. The Nelson branch will join Castanet offices in Kelowna, Kamloops, Vernon, Penticton, Osoyoos, and Salmon Arm.

Village Media has set an October launch date for TorontoToday.ca, its 26th local news site in Ontario. CEO Jeff Elgie wrote in a post to LinkedIn that the publication will be focused on the downtown core “with boots on the ground covering everything from breaking news to transportation, City Hall, housing, arts and culture, and more.” More specifically, TorontoToday will cover the community of about 300,000 from the Island on the south to Bloor on the north, Don Valley Parkway on the east and Bathurst on the West.