''L'Express'', formerly ''L'Express de Toronto'', is a

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, published in

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, Canada. The paper concentrates primarily on local and regional news for

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in the

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and

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, although it has also published a smaller selection of national and international news coverage. It is considered one of the most important francophone media outlets in Canada outside of Quebec; for instance, in

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's first trip outside of Quebec after winning the 1994 Quebec provincial election, ''L'Express'' was the only media outlet besides the national ''

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'' to whom he granted an interview. The newspaper was founded in 1976 by Jean Mazaré, a student at the

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. The current publisher is Eric Mazaré.History of l'Express
Contributing journalists include Aline Ayoub, Jacqueline Brodie, Annik Chalifour, Martin Francoeur, Benoit Legault, Gérard Lévesque, Nathalie Prézeau, Gabriel Racle,

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, Charles-Antoine Rouyer, Paul-François Sylvestre and Monique Telmosse. In 2018, ''L'Express'' was admonished by the Canadian Internet Registration Authority for deceptively using the web domain name ''lemetropolitain.ca'', which closely resembles the ''lemetropolitain.com'' domain name of the competing publication '' Le Métropolitain'', to direct readers to ''L'Express''."Un journal francophone fait preuve « de mauvaise foi » en s'appropriant l'adresse d'un concurrent"

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, August 3, 2018.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Express, Le Newspapers published in Toronto French-language newspapers published in Ontario Weekly newspapers published in Ontario Newspapers established in 1976 1976 establishments in Ontario

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