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Townline Builds a Daily Guide to Local Life, Events and Business

A city-focused guide is bringing community information, events and local business discovery into one connected reading experience.

By West Coast News · Published September 30, 2026
Screenshot of the live page at arqs.ca/townline/daily.html
Screenshot of the live page at arqs.ca/townline/daily.html.

Townline is shaping a local media network around practical discovery. Its daily local feed gives readers a starting point for nearby news, while Ticket Hub points toward events and business visibility options give local organizations a way to reach residents. The Townline platform is being developed city by city, with local information at the center.

A useful local guide can connect a neighborhood story to a next step: residents can explore Townline’s community pages, check the daily feed, find an event listing, or review local business placements. Editorial coverage and paid promotion need clear labels, so readers can tell a reported article from a sponsored placement.

Townline also sits beside other first-party destinations. A reader looking for family activities can visit Jason’s Place or its book and gift shop; businesses can browse the ARQS Store, the AI Readiness Audit, the AI Receptionist, the website chat agent, the voice receptionist, the AI Front Desk, and business plans.

The network includes CBay for collecting, Downtown Tan for local services, ARQS Press for publishing, Puppet Media for production, AI Academy for applied learning, and Northline Technology Institute for technology education. Townline’s role is to make its own local experience easy to enter and useful to return to.

Readers following this story can find more from our network at ARQS, TOWNLINE, Jason's Place and Ackerman — and this week we also recommend Animal Intelligence and Competitive Intelligence.

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