Torstar Corporation announced it has signed an exclusive agreement with Innocode and has launched an innovative new project aimed at revitalizing local media in communities across Canada. The initiative, called Torstar Local, was launched recently with its first test product in North Bay, Ontario. Known as The North Bay Local, it is a digital-only news and information product that combines local news with contributions from community groups. This initiative is the latest in a growing series of transformation investments announced recently by Torstar that the company is making in improving and launching digital products for consumers and clients, supported by investments in new digital platforms, new digital partnerships and in first-party data capabilities. Torstar signed the exclusive agreement with Innocode, a technology company established in Norway in 2011, to develop the North Bay site. Innocode works with Norway's three largest newspaper publishers and a growing number of large and small North American local media companies. Innocode's technology platform is innovative and highly scalable. It provides a complete front-end solution (technology plus experience) in launching websites and native applications that bring together news, local citizens, municipal governments and local businesses. The Innocode platform brings together content from a publisher's CMS, social media, RSS feeds and other sources. Editorial content is offered along with information from local government, sports and other clubs, associations and community groups.