A company that owns nearly two dozen newspapers in Atlantic Canada has filed for creditor protection, according to court documents.SaltWire Network Inc., a company that owns 23 newspapers across Atlantic Canada including the Chronicle Herald, is filing for creditor protection. A company that owns nearly two dozen newspapers in Atlantic Canada has debts of almost $100 million and is filing for creditor protection.
SaltWire also owes more than $7 million in unpaid HST to the Canada Revenue Agency, while the Chronicle Herald owes $2.6 million for missed pension plan payments, the documents said. Fiera said SaltWire has been "demonstrably mismanaged" and has withheld money from employees and pensioners. "SaltWire Network is confident that the ... process will enable us to emerge as a stronger, more vibrant media company," said chief operating officer Ian Scott.
"They acquired a lot of properties from Transcontinental and they have pension debt and tax debt so those are outside our sphere of influence," Palov said.