Canada's Community Press Rural and urban Canada is served by a panoply of newspapers ranging from small dailies to weeklies and niche publications. However, in many markets or regions, much of the community press is dominated by one company. The Canadian Community Newspapers Association reports that, as of February 2004, "there are eight major corporate owners in Canada that own 10 community newspapers or more each. Of the 701 community newspapers that are CCNA members, 276 are corporately owned." (There are 19 community papers whose ownership status is unknown to CCNA.)
Additionally, several large corporations own chunks of smaller newspaper groups. For instance, TorStar Corporation owns 20 per cent of (David) Black Press Group Ltd. The latter media owner has come under scrutiny for influencing the editorial content of his papers.
Canada's Independent Daily Press Mighty rare animals in these days of megamedia. According to the Canadian Newspapers Association, of Canada's 102 daily newspapers, there are four independents: L'Acadie Nouvelle, Caraquet (New Brunswick); Le Devoir, Montréal; Flin Flon Reminder (Manitoba); and The Whitehorse Star (Yukon).
FP Canadian Newspapers LP owns two dailies in Manitoba: The Winnipeg Free Press and Brandon Sun. In Nova Scotia,
Halifax Herald Ltd. owns The Halifax Chronicle-Herald.
CTV Network CJCH Halifax, NS
CKNY North Bay, ON
CJCB Sydney/Cape Breton, NS
CHBX Sault Ste. Marie, ON
CKCW Moncton, NB
CKY Winnipeg, MB
CKLT Saint John, NB
CFQC Saskatoon, SK
CFCF Montreal, QC
CKCK Regina, SK
CJOH Ottawa, ON
CIPA Prince Albert, SK
CFTO Toronto, ON
CICC Yorkton, SK
CKCO Kitchener/London, ON
CFCN Lethbridge, AB
CICI Sudbury, ON
CFCN Calgary, AB
CITO Timmins, ON
CFRN Edmonton, AB
CIVT Vancouver, BC
CJBN Keewatin, ON
CHFD Thunder Bay, ON
CITL Lloydminster, AB
Alberta Dailies:
Red Deer Advocate Community papers:
Bashaw Star
Castor Advance
Ponoka News
Stettler Independent
British Columbia Community papers:
100 Mile House Free Press
Abbotsford News
Agassiz - Harrison Observer
Aldergrove Star
Ashcroft-Cache Creek Journal
Barriere/Clearwater North Thompson Star/Journal
Burnaby/New Westminster News Leader
Burns Lake Lakes District News
Campbell River Mirror
Campbell River North Island Weekender
Chilliwack Progress
Clearwater North Thompson Times
Colwood Goldstream News Gazette
Coquitlam Tri City News
Courtenay Comox Valley Record
Duncan Cowichan News Leader
Duncan Pictorial
Esquimalt News
Fort St. James Caledonia Courier
Golden Star
Hope Standard
Houston Today
Invermere Valley Echo
Kamloops This Week
Kelowna Capital News
Kitimat Northern Sentinel
Ladysmith/Chemainus Chronicle
Lake Cowichan Gazette
Langley Times
Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News
Merritt Herald
Mission City Record
Nakusp Arrow Lakes News
Nanaimo News Bulletin
North Vancouver North Shore Outlook
Oak Bay News
Parksville/Qualicum Beach The News
Penticton Western News
Port Hardy North Island Gazette
Prince George Free Press
Princeton Similkameen Spotlight
Quesnel Cariboo Observer
Revelstoke Times-Review
Richmond Review
Saanich News
Salmon Arm Observer
Salmon Arm Shuswap Market News
Sicamous Eagle Valley News
Sidney Peninsula News Review
Smithers Interior News
Sooke News Mirror
Summerland Review
Surrey/North Delta Leader
Terrace Standard
Vanderhoof Omineca Express
Vernon Morning Star
Victoria News
Victoria Weekend Edition
White Rock/South Surrey Peace Arch News
Williams Lake Tribune
Washington (state) Bainbridge Island Review
Bremerton Patriot
Central Kitsap Reporter
Federal Way Mirror
Islands Sounder
Islands Weekly
N.A.S. Whidbey Crosswind
Northwest Navigator
North Kitsap Herald
Port Orchard Independent
San Juan Islands Journal
South Whidbey Record
Tacoma Daily Index
Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
What's Up
Whidbey News Times
CanWest News Service (Circulates news content, distributes material to papers in chain)
Daily papers National Post
Montreal Gazette
Ottawa Citizen
Windsor Star
Regina Leader-Post
Saskatoon Star Phoenix
Calgary Herald
Edmonton Journal
Vancouver Sun
Vancouver Province
Victoria Times-Colonist
Alberni Valley Times, BC
Nanaimo Daily News, BC
Community papers (BC) Port Alberni Westerly News
Burnaby Now
New Westminister Record
(Surrey) The Now Community
Langley Advance
Abbotsford Times
Chilliwack Times
Maple Ridge Times
Coquitlam Now
Richmond News
Delta Optimist
Vancouver Courier Eastside
Vancouver Courier Downtown
Vancouver Courier Westside
North Shore News
Campbell River Courier Islander
Comox Valley Echo
Cowichan Valley Citizen
Oceanside Star
Harbour City Star
Global
Network 11 stations in 8 provinces Cities include: Calgary Edmonton Lethbridge Saskatoon Regina Winnipeg Toronto Montreal Halifax
Independent Stations CH Hamilton
CH Vancouver Island
CH Montreal CBC affiliates:
CHBC Kelowna
CKRD Red Deer
Specialty Channels Prime TV
Men TV
Mystery
DejaView
Lonestar
Fox Sportsworld Canada
Xtreme Sports
COOL TV
CKBT 91.5
Kitchener
CJZZ 99.1
Winnipeg
canada.com
careerclick.com
carclick.com
faceoff.com
allCanadiansport.ca
News/Business
Data Archives Infomart
FP DataGroup
Production &
Distribution
CanWest Entertainment
IDP Distribution
Production
Services StudioPost Film Labs
CanWest Studios
Athabasca Advocate
Barrhead Leader
Carstairs Courier
Crossfield/Irricana-5/Village Weekly
Elk Point Review
FFWD Weekly (Calgary)
Lac La Biche Post
Okotoks Weekender
Okotoks Western Wheel
Red Deer Express
SEE Magazine (Edmonton)
St. Albert & Sturgeon Gazette
St. Albert Gazette
St. Paul Journal (Red Deer)
Sunday Express (Red Deer)
The Regional (Red Deer)
Westlock News
British Columbia Real Estate Weekly
Alaska Highway News (Fort St. John)
Cranbrook Daily Townsman
East Kootenay Weekly (Cranbrook)
Elk Valley Miner
Fernie Free Press
Fort St. John Northerner
Grand Forks Gazette
Kamloops Daily News
Kimberley Daily Bulletin
Nelson Daily News
Northern Horizon (Dawson Creek)
Parksville Morning Sun
Peace River Block News (Dawson Creek)
Prince George Citizen
Prince Rupert Daily News
Trail Daily Times
Israel Community / Jerusalem Post Group Jerusalem Post International/English
Jerusalem Post International/French
Jerusalem Post Student Post
Shaar Lamatchil
The Christian Jerusalem Post
The Jerusalem Post
The Jerusalem Post - Digital Israel
The Jerusalem Report
The Student Post
This Week in Israel
United Kingdom Telegraph Group (SOLD
- July 04) Appointments Plus
BestofBritish
Books Online
Business File Online
Global Network
handbag.com
Hollinger Telegraph New Media
Internet For Schools
Money.Telegraph.co.uk
Motorshow
Sport.telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph Comment & Opinion
Telegraph Premier League
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph - Comment & Opinion
The Spectator (magazine)
travel.telegraph.co.uk
United States Chicago Group Chicago Sun-Times
+ in Illinois: 120 daily or community papers
+ in Indiana:
Lake County Star (Crown Point)
The Post Tribune (Gary)
Dailies: Fredericton Daily Gleaner
Moncton Times & Transcript
Saint John Telegraph-Journal
New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal
Weeklies / Community papers: (Bathurst) Northern Light
(Grand Falls) Victoria County Star
(Hartland) The Observer
Le Madawaska
Miramichi Leader
Miramichi Weekend
(Sussex) Kings County Record
Woodstock Bugle
The Expositor, Brantford
St. Catharines Standard
Niagara Falls Review
The Tribune, Welland
The Barrie Examiner
The Chatham Daily News
Cobourg Daily Star
Standard-Freeholder, Cornwall
The Kingston Whig-Standard
Northern Daily News, Kirkland Lake
The North Bay Nugget
The Intelligencer, Belleville
The Observer, Sarnia
The Sault Star, Sault-Ste-Marie
The Sudbury Star
The Daily Press, Timmins
The Sun Times, Owen Sound
Port Hope Evening Guide
The Packet & Times, Orillia
The Daily Observer, Pembroke
The Peterborough Examiner
Lindsay Daily Post
Ancaster News
Bancroft This Week
Barrie This Week
Barry's Bay This Week
Cambridge Times
Chesley Enterprise
Colborne Chronicle
Collingwood Enterprise-Bulletin
Dundas Star News
Dunnville Chronicle
Durham Chronicle
Elliot Lake The Standard
Fonthill Pelham News
Fort Erie The Times
Gananoque Reporter
Grimsby/West Lincoln Independent
Guelph Tribune
Haliburton Echo
Hamilton Mountain News
Hanover Post
Markdale Standard
Midland Free Press
Minden Times
Nepean This Week
New Hamburg Independent
Niagara News (Niagara Falls edition)
Niagara News (St. Catharines edition)
Niagara News (Welland edition)
Niagara-On-The-Lake Niagara Advance
Orangeville Banner
Orillia Packet This Week
Port Colborne In Port
Sault Ste. Marie This Week
Stoney Creek News
Wallaceburg News
Waterdown Flamborough Review
Waterloo Chronicle
Quebec
La Presse, Montreal
Le Nouvelliste, Trois- Rivières
La Tribune, Sherbrooke
La Voix de l'Est, Granby
Le Soleil, Québec City
Le Quotidien, Chicoutimi
cyberpresse.ca
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Alberta Dailies: Calgary Sun
Edmonton Sun
Fort McMurray Today
Daily Herald-Tribune, Grande Prairie
Community papers:
Airdrie Echo
Banff Crag & Canyon
Calgary Rocky View Times
Camrose Canadian
Canmore Leader
Cochrane Times
Cold Lake Sun
Crowsnest Pass Promoter
Drayton Valley Western Review
Edson Leader
Fairview Post
Fort Saskatchewan Record
Hanna Herald
High River Times
Hinton Parklander
Jasper Booster
Lacombe Globe
Leduc Representative
Lloydminster Meridian Booster
Mayerthorpe Freelancer
Nanton News
Peace River Record-Gazette
Pincher Creek Echo
Sherwood Park News
Spruce Grove Examiner
Stony Plain Reporter
Strathmore Standard
Vermilion Standard
Vulcan Advocate
Wetaskiwin Times Advertiser
Whitecourt Star
Manitoba Dailies: Daily Graphic, Portage La Prairie
Winnipeg Sun
Community papers:
Altona Red River Valley Echo
Beausejour The Review
Carman Valley Leader
Gimli/Arborg Interlake Spectator
Lac Du Bonnet Leader
Morden Times
Portage La Prairie Herald Leader Press
Selkirk Journal
Stonewall Argus & Teulon Times
Winkler Times
Ontario Dailies: Brockville Recorder and Times
Daily Miner and News, Kenora
London Free Press
Ottawa Sun
Beacon-Herald, Stratford
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Toronto Sun
Simcoe Reformer
Woodstock Sentinel-Review
Community papers:
Amherstburg Echo
Bothwell The Spirit
Chatham This Week
Clinton News Record
Delhi News-Record
Goderich Signal-Star
Grand Bend/Zurich The Lakeshore Advance
Kapuskasing Northern Times
Kincardine News
Leamington Post
Lucknow Sentinel
Mitchell Advocate
Paris Star
Port Elgin Shoreline Beacon
Sarnia This Week
Seaforth Huron Expositor
Simcoe Tuesday Times Reformer
Strathroy Age Dispatch
Tillsonburg Independent/News
Tillsonburg News
Timmins Times
Wallaceburg Courier Press
West Elgin Chronicle
Wiarton Echo
Quebec Dailies: Le Journal de Montréal
Le Journal de Québec
Saskatchewan Community papers:
Kinistino/Birch Hills Post-Gazette
Meadow Lake Progress
Melfort Journal
Nipawin Journal
Netgraphe canoe.ca network
Nurun Web integrator
TV station Toronto 1 (Signs deal Aug. 20/04 to purchase from CHUM Ltd. Will require CRTC approval.)
Cable TV Vidéotron (1.4 million subscribers in Quebec)
Internet Service
Provider Vidéotron (one of Canada's largest)
TVA network
Magazine publishing Celebrity news weekly;
entertainment weeklies
(Transcontinental owns about 100 daily, weekly or biweekly newspapers in 7 provinces.)
Dailies:
Newfoundland The Telegram, St. John's
The Western Star, Corner Brook
Nova Scotia Amherst Daily News
The Daily News, Halifax
Cape Breton Post, Sydney
The Evening News, New Glasgow
The Daily News, Truro
Prince Edward Island The Guardian, Charlottetown
The Journal Pioneer, Summerside
Quebec Métro, Montreal
Saskatchewan The Times-Herald, Moose Jaw
Prince Albert Daily Herald
Community Papers: Atlantic Canada With purchase of Optipress in January 2004, picked up 25 weeklies and bi-weeklies in New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and P.E.I.
Manitoba Headingley Headliner
Winnipeg: Herald
Lance
Metro
Times
New Brunswick Sackville Tribune-Post
Ontario Orleans Star (Ottawa)
Orleans Weekly Journal East
Prince Edward Island The Guardian, Charlottetown
The Journal Pioneer, Summerside
Quebec Largest publisher of French-language community papers in province. Identified by region at www.leshebdos.com. English-language titles: Montreal Nuns' Island Magazine
Montreal West End Chronicle
Montreal's West Island Chronicle
Westmount Examiner
Saskatchewan Prince Albert Rural Roots
54 business, consumer periodicals, including:
Canadian Living
Coup de Pouce
Elle Canada
Elle Quebec
Hockey News
Homemakers
Les Affaires
Revue Commerce
Style at Home
TV Guide
Vancouver Magazine
Western Living