NOW magazine hosts North American alt-weekly conference in Toronto

NOW magazine and the City of Toronto today begin hosting a three-day conference of the Asssociation of Alternative Newsweeklies conference. The association represents 130 alt-news organizations from across North America, with a combined weekly circulation of over 6.6 million and 17 million in print readership. The keynote speaker today is Maher Arar, and a release notes that for many of the U.S.