Le Huffington Post

According to CTV, Le Huffington Post Quebec was launched yesterday. It is an edition of the like named popular news site, Huffington Post, dedicated to Quebec news.

The announcement makes Canada the first country to have two editions of the Post. Huffington Post owner, Arianna Huffington, said the new edition is needed to properly cover Canada’s diversity.

In a speech to the Montreal council on foreign relations, Arianna promised the edition would be all in French. She also said it would collaborate with the larger Canadian version of the Huffington Post.

The decision has already drawn criticism. Recently activists and politicians who agreed to write for free for the Post quit. The controversy is due to the free nature of the work being believed to drive down quality.