Metro Vancouver Newspapers

Metro has proven yet again to be irrelevant, as it chose to concentrate on Lady Gaga and completely ignore the international news of melting Tepco reactors in Japan today on May 17, 2011. WTF?
I guess yet another talentless freak looking «star» deserves a whole newspaper dedicated to her and is somehow more important than reporting… oh I don’t know… actual news?
This
wasn’t even mentioned today. I am speechless.
Step it up Metro.

Whenever I’m out and about I scan the sidewalks for the green Metro boxes. I’m addicted to the crossword puzzles. They also have a great puzzle called Wordy Gurdy– it’s not daily, and I haven’t figured out its schedule yet.
Metro is a free newspaper. They go pretty light on the color images, and I’ve heard some complaints about the lack of staples holding everything together. Personally, I don’t mind.
On weekday mornings it’s not uncommon to see people at busy intersections, or by the SkyTrain, donning green Metro smocks and handing out the papers. A nice touch– but I usually already have one prior to crossing paths with the smock-​wearers.
It’s free– so why not– and then recycle when you’re done.

Metro retains more of the newspaper format than 24. But it’s a terribly awkward commuter paper. See the classic newspaper format makes it tricky to read in-​transit without elbowing your neighbor.
I’ve also watched people struggling to turn the page on these papers for a full minute or more. It’s not uncommon for the top of the paper to flop back at the seam and then rip as the reader turns the page. All in all it creates a bumpy and torn fold that make future page-​turning tricky.
My other gripe is the smell. The ink or perhaps paper processing chemicals give off quite a nauseating odor. It’s so bad I can’t even sit next to someone who is reading a copy.
The only thing I do like about Metro is the placement of the celebrity gossip page. Yeah, yeah, we all don’t read it. But it’s far easier to keep the secret with Metro’s back-​paper placement than the inner front cover placement for 24.