CACTUS launches community media portal funded by Heritage's local journalism initiative

OTTAWA — The Canadian Association of Community Television Users and Stations (CACTUS) and the Fédération des télévisions communautaires autonomes du Québec today launched a new content portal featuring multilingual audio-visual media created by community TV stations and media centres across Canada. Anglophone users can access the Community Media Portal at ComMediaPortal.ca. Francophone users can access le Portail des Médias Communautaires at PortailMédias.ca. Content is being developed in both official languages as well as several Indigenous ones, says the news release. Stories on the portal come from 17 communities across Canada, ranging from Schreiber on Lake Superior’s North Shore, to the...