''The Guardian'' is a daily

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published five days a week in

Charlottetown Charlottetown is the capital and largest city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Queens County. Named after Queen Charlotte, Charlott ...

Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island is an island Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. While it is the smallest province by land area and population, it is the most densely populated. The island has several nicknames: "Garden of the Gulf", ...

, Canada. The paper was originally launched in the 1870s as ''The Presbyterian and Evangelical Protestant Union'', owned by

Presbyterian Presbyterianism is a historically Reformed Protestant tradition named for its form of church government by representative assemblies of elders, known as "presbyters". Though other Reformed churches are structurally similar, the word ''Pr ...

minister Stephen G. Lawson. It adopted its current name in 1887. After a succession of local owners, the newspaper was bought by

Thomson Corporation Thomson Corporation was one of the world's largest information companies. It was established in 1989 following a merger between International Thomson Organization and Thomson Newspapers. In 2008, it purchased Reuters Group to form Thomson Reut ...

in the 1950s.

Southam Newspapers Southam Inc., also known as Southam News, Southam Newspapers, and Southam Newswire, was a media company and news agency in Canada. Company founder William Southam started as a paper boy for the '' London Free Press'' and eventually went on to a ...

acquired the paper from Thomson in 1996, before itself being acquired by

Canwest Global Communications Canwest Global Communications Corporation, which operated under the corporate name Canwest, was a major Canadian media conglomerate based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with its head offices at Canwest Place (now called 201 Portage). It held radio, t ...

in 2000. Canwest sold the paper to

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in 2002, before being sold to

SaltWire Network SaltWire Network Inc. was a Canadian newspaper publishing company. The company was formed in Halifax, Nova Scotia on April 13, 2017, via its purchase of 27 newspapers from Transcontinental (company), Transcontinental. The company owned 23 daily a ...

, a newly formed parent company of ''

The Chronicle Herald ''The Chronicle Herald'' is a broadsheet newspaper published in Halifax, Nova Scotia, owned by Postmedia Network. History Early years Founded in 1874 as ''The Morning Herald'', the paper quickly became one of Halifax's main newspapers. The same ...

'', in April 2017. ''The Guardian'' had a sister publication, ''The Evening Patriot'', which was discontinued in 1995 amid efficiency changes by the publishers. While the slogan of ''The Guardian'' for many years has been "Covers the Island like the dew", it remains principally a Charlottetown publication, with the ''

Journal Pioneer The ''Journal Pioneer'' is a weekly newspaper published in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada. History Two men named Bernard and Bertram founded the ''Summerside Journal'', a weekly newspaper, in 1865. Under the leadership of A.R. Brenn ...

'' in Summerside to the west and ''The Eastern Graphic'' in Montague to the east. In 2010, the daily weekday circulation was approximately 18,000. ''The Guardian'' is currently printed in Halifax. The Guardian is a Tuesday to Saturday paper only. On July 26, 2024,

Postmedia Postmedia Network Canada Corp. (also known as Postmedia Network, Postmedia News or Postmedia) is an American-owned Canadian-based media conglomerate consisting of the publishing properties of the former Canwest, with primary operations in Engl ...

entered an agreement to purchase SaltWire.

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* Daily newspapers published in Prince Edward Island Mass media in Charlottetown SaltWire Network publications Newspapers established in the 1870s 1870s establishments in Prince Edward Island {{PrinceEdwardIsland-stub

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