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Xtra launches local Twitter feeds
PRESS / Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver readers can choose local-only feeds
Rob Salerno
/ National / Thursday, September 22, 2011
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Xtra
launched three new Twitter feeds for its local content today, giving readers the option of subscribing only to news about their own cities.
In addition to the main
@Xtra_Canada
feed, there will now be feeds dedicated to Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver news, for people who want only local events.
@Xtra_TO
will be your source for news and events in the Toronto area,
@Xtra_OTT
will feed you news from Ottawa, and
@Xtra_VAN
will relay news and events from Vancouver.
People who want to receive all of
Xtra
’s coverage, including news and events from those cities, the rest of Canada and around the world, can subscribe to @Xtra_Canada.
In addition to the local feeds, there are also Twitter feeds for our popular bloggers. Our federal politics blogger Dale Smith's tweets are
@HillQueeries
. In Vancouver, Raziel tweets
@BlitzAndShitz
and Toronto’s Jeremy Feist tweets
@TorontoDiary
.
Many of
Xtra
’s journalists also keep their own Twitter feeds. From now on, you’ll see links to their Twitter feeds below their stories. You can also follow staff reporters Andrea Houston, Rob Salerno and Noreen Fagan
-- @dreahouston
,
@robsalerno
and
@noreenfagan
respectively -- and editors Danny Glenwright
@DGlenwright
and Robin Perelle
@RobinPerelle
.
Xtra
is always looking for ways to improve the way we deliver the news. Let us know what you think about the Twitter feeds in the comments below, or tell us on Twitter.
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As long as you keep your RSS feeds. Twitter is not an adequate replacement for RSS.
Randy, Windsor ON
09/23/11 9:26 PM EST
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