Okay - this is for all of those that want to get some form of newspaper on the Original Kobo Ereader that is readable. I have downloaded newspapers from Sony's website -
http://ebookstore.sony.com/, and from
www.canada.com (National Post, Vancouver Sun, Times Colonist, Ottawa Citizen, etc). They are in the format of epub with lots of table of content and chapters so you can browse your newspaper. From the Sony website, just download the newspaper and drag and drop it into your ereader (hopefully it is in epub format). From the canada.com website, when you download the newspaper, choose the Sony Ereader device format (it does not list the Kobo EReader
). You can either download the epub file directly to your Kobo Reader via your computer or download the newspaper to your computer and drag and drop it into your Kobo Ereader. The newspapers seems to work on my Kobo Ereader with out any problem. You do get some pictures with text, and it is formating is not bad. I did download a newpaper from The Globe and Mail website, but it is in PDF format. The Kobo Ereader doesn't handle it very well.
I guess if you want to enjoy newspapers on your ereader, check the newspapers own website and see if you can download it to ereaders. If so, you might be in luck
Cheers