''Le Courrier du Sud'' is a free

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weekly tabloid newspaper based in

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, Canada. The newspaper is distributed to 143,992 homes in the cities of Longueuil (boroughs of

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, Saint-Hubert and Greenfield Park),

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and Saint-Lambert. Le Courrier du Sud'' is owned by

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. It was established in 1947 by Jean-Paul Auclair in the former city of

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as a bilingual newspaper (and was also known at the time as ''The South Courier'').

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''Le Courrier du Sud'' (official website)
French-language newspapers published in Quebec Mass media in Longueuil Newspapers established in 1947 Quebecor Bilingual newspapers Weekly newspapers published in Quebec Mass media in Montérégie 1947 establishments in Quebec 1947 establishments in Canada {{quebec-stub