Sun Media Corporation was the owner of several

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and the 49 percent owner of the now defunct Sun News Network. It was a subsidiary of Quebecor Media. On October 6, 2014, Quebecor Media announced the sale of the remaining English-language print assets of Sun Media to rival Postmedia. The sale included neither the Sun News Network, which subsequently closed when a buyer was not found, nor Quebecor's French-language papers ''

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'' and '' Le Journal de Québec''. The sale was approved by the federal Competition Bureau on March 25, 2015, and closed on April 13. Canoe Sun Media merged with Postmedia rather than being maintained as a separate division. Quebecor had previously sold its community newspapers in Quebec to TC Transcontinental in June 2014, under a deal first announced in December 2013.

History

Sun Publishing was formed on February 4, 1978 through the amalgamation of Toronto Sun Holdings Ltd and Toronto Sun Publishing Ltd. The two companies had been formed in 1971 with the launch of the ''

Toronto Sun The ''Toronto Sun'' is an English-language tabloid newspaper published daily in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The newspaper is one of several ''Sun'' tabloids published by Postmedia Network. The newspaper's offices is located at Postmedia Place i ...

'' by former staffers of the defunct ''

Toronto Telegram ''The Toronto Evening Telegram'' was a conservative, broadsheet afternoon newspaper published in Toronto from 1876 to 1971. It had a reputation for supporting the Conservative Party at the federal and the provincial levels. The paper competed wi ...

''. On February 14, 1978, the ''

Edmonton Sun The ''Edmonton Sun'' is a daily newspaper and news website published in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is owned by Postmedia following its 2015 acquisition of Sun Media from Quebecor. It began publishing Sunday April 2, 1978 and shares many cha ...

'', the second member of what would become the Sun chain, was announced through a partnership of Sun Media and Edmonton Sun Publishing Ltd. The paper was launched on April 2, 1978. In 1981, the outstanding shares of Edmonton Sun Publishing Ltd were acquired by Sun Media. The company purchased the '' Calgary Albertan'' on July 31, 1980 for $1.3 million and relaunched it days later as the ''Calgary Sun'', with the same format and appearance as its sister papers. In 1983, 50% of Sun Media was acquired by Maclean-Hunter for $55 million. That same year, Sun Media, with Maclean-Hunter's backing, acquired the ''

Houston Post The ''Houston Post'' was a newspaper that had its headquarters in Houston, Texas, United States. In 1995, the newspaper shut down, and its assets were purchased by the ''Houston Chronicle''. History Gail Borden Johnson founded the ''Houston Po ...

'' for $100 million in an attempt to expand into the

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. It was sold for $150 million four years later. In 1987, Maclean-Hunter's '' Financial Post'' weekly was sold to Sun Media for $46 million and was relaunched as a daily tabloid financial newspaper the following year. In 1988, Sun Media acquired the ''Ottawa Sunday Herald'' which it would relaunch as the daily '' Ottawa Sun''. In 1994, Maclean-Hunter was purchased by

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. Two years later, on October 4, 1996, the management of the Sun chain under the leadership of Paul Godfrey purchased Rogers' share of the Sun Publishing and renamed the company Sun Media. In 1998, the ''Financial Post'' was sold to Southam Inc. in exchange for the ''

Hamilton Spectator ''The Hamilton Spectator'', founded in 1846, is a newspaper published weekdays and Saturdays in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. One of the largest Canadian newspapers by circulation,''The Hamilton Spectator'' is owned by Torstar. History ''The Ha ...

'', the '' Kitchener-Waterloo Record'', the '' Guelph Mercury'', and the '' Cambridge Reporter''. Also in 1998, Sun Media was purchased by Quebecor and maintained as a wholly owned subsidiary of it. Godfrey had sought out Quebecor as a "white knight" in order to frustrate an attempted hostile takeover by the Sun's longtime rival, the ''

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''. In 1999, Quebcor sold the four recently acquired southern Ontario newspapers to the owners of the ''

'' and became part of its Metroland Media Group. Southam, owned by Conrad Black, would relaunch the ''Financial Post'' as the ''

National Post The ''National Post'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet newspaper available in several cities in central and western Canada. The paper is the flagship publication of Postmedia Network and is published Mondays through Saturdays, with ...

''. In 2007, Sun Media acquired and absorbed the Osprey Media chain of small English language newspapers mostly based in Ontario. In 2014, after years of cuts and restructuring, Quebecor sold its Sun Media division to Postmedia which, ironically, had former Sun Media CEO Paul Godfrey as its chief executive. The sale was completed in April 2015 and Sun Media was dissolved with its newspapers being absorbed by the Postmedia chain.

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''Sun'' newspapers

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''Le Journal'' newspapers

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''24hrs'' newspapers

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Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple- ...

* '' 24hrs''

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most pop ...

* '' 24hrs''

Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. Th ...

Local daily newspapers

Alberta

* '' The Daily Herald-Tribune'' - Grande Prairie * '' Fort McMurray Today'' - Fort McMurray

Manitoba

* '' Portage Daily Graphic'' - Portage la Prairie

Ontario

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Belleville Intelligencer ''The Intelligencer'' (locally nicknamed the ''Intell'') is the daily (except on Sundays and certain holidays) newspaper of Belleville, Ontario, Canada. The paper is regarded mainly as a local paper, stressing local issues over issues of more na ...

'' - Belleville * '' Brantford Expositor'' - Brantford * '' Chatham Daily News'' - Chatham * ''

Cornwall Standard Freeholder The ''Cornwall Standard-Freeholder'' is a daily newspaper based in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. It has been in circulation for many years, and continues to be the newspaper with the largest circulation inside the Montreal - Ottawa - Kingston tri ...

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* '' Kingston Whig Standard'' -

Kingston Kingston may refer to: Places * List of places called Kingston, including the five most populated: ** Kingston, Jamaica ** Kingston upon Hull, England ** City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia ** Kingston, Ontario, Canada ** Kingston upon Thames, ...

* '' London Free Press'' -

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

* '' Niagara Falls Review'' -

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North Bay Nugget The ''North Bay Nugget'' is a newspaper published in North Bay, Ontario, Canada. The paper is currently owned by Postmedia. The paper was launched in 1907 as the ''Cobalt Nugget'', during the silver boom at Cobalt, Ontario. It was acquired by bus ...

'' - North Bay * ''

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Orillia Packet and Times Orillia is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is in Simcoe County between Lake Couchiching and Lake Simcoe. Although it is geographically located within Simcoe County, the city is a single-tier municipality. It is part of the Huronia region of ...

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Owen Sound Owen Sound ( 2021 Census population 21,612) is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. The county seat of Grey County, it is located at the mouths of the Pottawatomi and Sydenham Rivers on an inlet of Georgian Bay. The primary tourist attr ...

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Pembroke Daily Observer The ''Pembroke Daily Observer'' is a digital newspaper serving the city of Pembroke, Ontario, Canada, and the nearby town of Petawawa. It was founded in 1855 and is now owned by Postmedia. As a broadsheet daily newspaper, it had a circulation of a ...

'' - Pembroke * '' Peterborough Examiner'' -

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Sarnia Observer The ''Observer'' has been serving Sarnia-Lambton since 1853 and publishes five times per week, Tuesday through Saturday. The offices of the ''Observer'' are in Sarnia. The paper is printed in London, Ontario, on presses owned by Postmedia, whic ...

'' - Sarnia * '' Sault Star'' -

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Simcoe Reformer The ''Simcoe Reformer'' is a newspaper circulating in Norfolk County, Ontario and Haldimand County, Ontario, both in Canada. The ''Reformer'' is published weekdays. History In 1858, Dr William H. Oliver, who had written for and edited a number of ...

'' - Simcoe * ''

St. Catharines Standard The ''St. Catharines Standard'' is a daily newspaper of the city of St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. As of May 2020, the publication was owned by Torstar but on May 26, 2020, the company agreed to be acquired by NordStar Capital, a private investm ...

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St. Thomas Times-Journal The ''St. Thomas Times-Journal'' is the city newspaper of St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, and is owned by Postmedia. The publication focuses on the newsworthy events in St. Thomas and surrounding municipalities, such as the sports teams of Aylmer. ...

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Sudbury Star ''The Sudbury Star'' is a Canadian daily regional newspaper published in Sudbury, Ontario. It is owned by the media company, Postmedia. It is the largest daily paper in Northeastern Ontario by circulation. History The ''Sudbury Star'' began as ...

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The Barrie Examiner The ''Barrie Examiner'' was a daily newspaper published in Barrie, Ontario from 1864 to 2017. History The ''Examiner'' was founded in 1864. Publisher William Manley Nicholson launched the paper as an alternate to the ''Northern Advance'', whic ...

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Barrie Barrie is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada, about north of Toronto. The city is within Simcoe County and located along the shores of Kempenfelt Bay, the western arm of Lake Simcoe. Although physically in Simcoe County, Barrie is politically i ...

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The Beacon Herald ''The Beacon Herald (Stratford Beacon-Herald)'' is a daily newspaper (Monday to Saturday) published in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. The paper serves the area of Perth County, Ontario. The paper was established in 1923 from the merger of two local ...

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Brockville Brockville, formerly Elizabethtown, is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada, in the Thousand Islands region. Although it is the seat of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, it is politically independent of the county. It is included with Le ...

* '' Timmins Daily Press'' - Timmins * ''

Welland Tribune The ''Welland Tribune'' is a daily newspaper that services Welland, Ontario and surrounding area. The ''Tribune'' was one of several Postmedia Network newspapers purchased by Torstar in a transaction between the two companies which concluded on N ...

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Welland Welland is a city in the Regional Municipality of Niagara in Southern Ontario, Canada. As of 2021, it had a population of 55,750. The city is in the centre of Niagara and located within a half-hour driving distance to Niagara Falls, Niagara-o ...

* '' Woodstock Sentinel-Review'' -

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Weekly newspapers

Alberta

* '' Airdrie Echo'' - Airdrie * ''

Bow Valley Crag & Canyon The ''Bow Valley Crag and Canyon'' is a weekly local newspaper based in Banff, Alberta, Canada. On July 3, 2013, following the 2013 Alberta floods, Sun Media (now Postmedia) combined the ''Banff Crag & Canyon'' and the ''Canmore Leader'' under o ...

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Camrose Canadian The ''Camrose Canadian'' was a local news publication for the Camrose, Alberta area. Founded in 1908, the paper was one of many Alberta publications owned by Postmedia Network. On June 26, 2018, Postmedia announced that the newspaper would cease ...

'' - Camrose * ''

Cochrane Times Cochrane may refer to: Places Australia *Cochrane railway station, Sydney, a railway station on the closed Ropes Creek railway line Canada * Cochrane, Alberta * Cochrane Lake, Alberta * Cochrane District, Ontario ** Cochrane, Ontario, a town wit ...

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Cochrane Cochrane may refer to: Places Australia *Cochrane railway station, Sydney, a railway station on the closed Ropes Creek railway line Canada * Cochrane, Alberta * Cochrane Lake, Alberta * Cochrane District, Ontario ** Cochrane, Ontario, a town wit ...

* '' Cold Lake Sun'' - Cold Lake * '' County Market'' - Leduc * '' Devon Dispatch'' -

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* '' Drayton Valley Western Review'' - Drayton Valley * '' Edmonton Examiner'' -

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* '' Edson Leader'' - Edson * '' Fairview Post'' - Fairview * '' Fort Saskatchewan Record'' - Fort Saskatchewan * '' Hanna Herald'' -

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* '' High River Times'' - High River * ''

Hinton Parklander The ''Hinton Parklander'' was a weekly newspaper serving the Hinton, Alberta area. On January 8, 2020, Postmedia announced the paper would cease publication on January 13, 2020. See also *List of newspapers in Canada This list of newspapers i ...

'' - Hinton * ''

Lacombe Globe Lacombe may refer to: Places * Lacombe, Alberta, Canada * Lacombe County, Alberta, Canada * Lacombe, Louisiana, United States * Lacombe, Aude, France People * Albert Lacombe (1827–1916), oblate missionary to the Cree and Blackfoot * Bernard ...

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Lacombe Lacombe may refer to: Places * Lacombe, Alberta, Canada * Lacombe County, Alberta, Canada * Lacombe, Louisiana, United States * Lacombe, Aude, France People * Albert Lacombe (1827–1916), oblate missionary to the Cree and Blackfoot * Bernar ...

* '' Leduc Representative'' - Leduc * '' Mayerthorpe Freelancer'' - Mayerthorpe * ''

Meridian Booster The ''Lloydminster Meridian Booster'' is a newspaper based out of Lloydminster, Alberta/Saskatchewan, Canada. It is published weekly on Wednesday. It publishes a mix of community, provincial and national news and is owned by the Lloydminster So ...

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* '' Nanton News'' - Nanton * '' Peace Country Sun'' - Grande Prairie * '' Peace River Record-Gazette'' - Peace River * ''

Pincher Creek Echo The ''Pincher Creek Echo'' is a Canadian weekly newspaper serving the Pincher Creek, Alberta area, including the communities of Cowley, the Piikani Indian Reserve and Waterton Lakes National Park. The newspaper was founded in 1900 by publisher E ...

'' - Pincher Creek * '' Sherwood Park News'' - Sherwood Park * '' Spruce Grove Examiner'' - Spruce Grove * ''

Stony Plain Reporter Stony may refer to: Places * Stony Brook (disambiguation) * Stony Creek (disambiguation) * Stony Lake (disambiguation) * Stony River (disambiguation) * Stony Island (disambiguation) * Stony Point (disambiguation) * Stony Mountain (Missouri) * St ...

'' - Stony Plain * '' Strathmore Standard'' - Strathmore * '' The Beaumont News'' - Beaumont * '' Vermilion Standard'' -

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* '' Vulcan Advocate'' - Vulcan * ''

Wetaskiwin Times Wetaskiwin ( ) is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. The city is located south of the provincial capital of Edmonton. The city name comes from the Cree word ''wītaskiwinihk'', meaning "the hills where peace was made". Wetaskiwin ...

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Whitecourt Star The ''Whitecourt Star'' is a weekly newspaper serving the Whitecourt, Alberta area. It is the paper of record for Whitecourt. See also *List of newspapers in Canada This list of newspapers in Canada is a list of newspapers printed and distri ...

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Manitoba

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Altona Red River Valley Echo Altona may refer to: Places Australia * Altona Beach, in Altona, Victoria, Australia * Altona Meadows, Victoria, Australia * Altona North, Victoria, Australia * Altona, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia ** Altona railway station ** Al ...

'' - Altona * '' Carman Valley Leader'' - Carman * '' Interlake Spectator'' - Gimli * ''

Morden Times Morden is a district and town in south London, England, within the London Borough of Merton, in the ceremonial county of Greater London. It adjoins Merton Park and Wimbledon to the north, Mitcham to the east, Sutton to the south and Worcester Pa ...

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Selkirk Journal Selkirk may refer to: People * Alexander Selkirk, Scottish castaway who formed the basis for the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe * Selkirk (surname), surname origin, and list of people with the surname * Earl of Selkirk, a title in the Pee ...

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Stonewall Argus and Teulon Times Stonewall or Stone wall may refer to: * Stone wall, a kind of masonry construction * Stonewalling, engaging in uncooperative or delaying tactics * Stonewall riots, a 1969 turning point for the modern LGBTQ rights movement in Greenwich Village, N ...

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Stonewall Stonewall or Stone wall may refer to: * Stone wall, a kind of masonry construction * Stonewalling, engaging in uncooperative or delaying tactics * Stonewall riots, a 1969 turning point for the modern LGBTQ rights movement in Greenwich Village, Ne ...

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Winkler Times Winkler may refer to: * Winkler (surname), people with the surname ''Winkler'' or ''Winckler'' * Winkler scale, also known as the heat summation scale for classifying climates * Winkler (crater), a crater on the Moon * 6473 Winkler, an asteroid * ...

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Ontario

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Bancroft This Week ''Bancroft This Week'' is a White Pine Media publication that first appeared in 2000 as Bancroft This Weekend, and was an independent weekly newspaper. Production In its current incarnation, in tabloid-format, it circulates to more than 10,000 ...

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Barry's Bay This Week Barry's may refer to: * Barry's (company), an American fitness brand * Barry's Tea, an Irish tea company * Barry's Amusements, the largest theme park in Northern Ireland See also * Barry (disambiguation) Barry may refer to: People and fictional ...

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Barry's Bay Barry's Bay is a community in the township of Madawaska Valley, Ontario, Canada, located two hours west of Ottawa on the shores of Kamaniskeg Lake, with a 2016 population of 1,259. History The Algonquin people named the area Kuaenash Ne-ishi ...

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Bradford West Gwillimbury Times The ''Bradford Times'' was a weekly community newspaper founded in October 1991 and terminated in November, 2017. History The ''Bradford West Gwillimbury Times'' served the Bradford West Gwillimbury, south Innisfil and Holland Marsh areas fo ...

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Chatham This Week ''Chatham This Week'' is a community newspaper serving the city of Chatham, Ontario with a controlled circulation to approximately 19,400 homes. History A tabloid, ''Chatham This Week'' was launched in February 1991. Dean Mulharrem has been th ...

'' - Chatham * '' Clinton News-Record'' -

Clinton Clinton is an English toponymic surname, indicating one's ancestors came from English places called Glympton or Glinton.Hanks, P. & Hodges, F. ''A Dictionary of Surnames''. Oxford University Press, 1988 Clinton has frequently been used as a given ...

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* '' Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin'' -

Collingwood Collingwood, meaning "wood of disputed ownership", may refer to: Educational institutions * Collingwood College, Victoria, an Australian state Prep to Year 12 school * Collingwood College, Durham, college of Durham University, England * Collingw ...

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County Weekly News A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposes Chambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

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Elliot Lake Standard The ''Elliot Lake Standard'' is a weekly newspaper, published in Elliot Lake, Ontario. Owned by Postmedia, the paper publishes each Thursday and serves much of the North Shore region, including Iron Bridge, Blind River, Spanish and Sables-Spani ...

'' - Elliot Lake * ''

Fort Erie Times A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...

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Frontenac This Week Frontenac may refer to: People *Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France Places Canada Quebec * Château Frontenac, hotel in Quebec City *Frontenac, Quebec *Frontenac County, Quebec *Frontenac (Montreal Metro), Montreal Metro station * ...

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Goderich Signal Star Goderich ( or ) is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario and is the county seat of Huron County. The town was founded by John Galt and William "Tiger" Dunlop of the Canada Company in 1827. First laid out in 1828, the town is named after F ...

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Haliburton Echo The ''Haliburton County Echo'' is a weekly newspaper in the heart of Ontario’s cottage country. Established in 1884, it is published every Tuesday from its home base in the village of Haliburton. With its focus on news features, profiles and ...

'' - Haliburton * ''

Hanover Post Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany a ...

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Hanover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...

* '' Ingersoll Times'' - Ingersoll * ''

Innisfil Examiner Innisfil is a town in Ontario, Canada, located on the western shore of Lake Simcoe in Simcoe County, immediately south of Barrie and north of Toronto. It has historically been a rural area, but due to being geographically sandwiched in between ...

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Kenora Kenora (), previously named Rat Portage (french: Portage-aux-Rats), is a city situated on the Lake of the Woods in Ontario, Canada, close to the Manitoba boundary, and about east of Winnipeg by road. It is the seat of Kenora District. The hi ...

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Kincardine News The ''Kincardine News'' is the premier news publication for the Municipality of Kincardine, Ontario, including the communities of Kincardine, Tiverton, Inverhuron, Bervie, Glammis and Armow, as well as serving the neighbouring Huron-Kinlos ...

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Kincardine Kincardine may refer to: Places Scotland *Kincardine, Fife, a town on the River Forth, Scotland **Kincardine Bridge, a bridge which spans the Firth of Forth *Kincardineshire, a historic county **Kincardine, Aberdeenshire, now abandoned **Kincardi ...

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* '' Lakeshore Advance'' - Grand Bend * ''

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Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth ...

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Lucknow Sentinel Lucknow (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is also the second largest urban agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and divis ...

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Mid-North Monitor The ''Mid-North Monitor'' is a Canadian weekly newspaper, published in Espanola, Ontario. The newspaper has a readership circulation of just under 2,400 copies weekly. History The newspaper just celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2008 as the ' ...

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Melfort Journal Melfort may refer to: *Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada **Melfort (electoral district), a former federal electoral district in Canada ** Melfort (provincial electoral district), a provincial electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada *Melfort, Zimbabw ...

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Nipawin Journal Nipawin () is a town in Saskatchewan, Canada, on the Saskatchewan River portion of Tobin Lake. The town lies between Codette Lake, created by the Francois-Finlay Dam (built in 1986) and Tobin Lake, created by the E.B. Campbell Dam built ...

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Nipawin Nipawin () is a town in Saskatchewan, Canada, on the Saskatchewan River portion of Tobin Lake. The town lies between Codette Lake, created by the Francois-Finlay Dam (built in 1986) and Tobin Lake, created by the E.B. Campbell Dam built ...

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Muskoka Trails Muskoka may refer to: Canada Geographical * Lake Muskoka, lake located between Port Carling and Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada * Muskoka River, a river in the Muskoka District of Ontario, Canada Municipalities * District Municipality of Muskoka, a ...

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Niagara Magazine Niagara may refer to: Geography Niagara Falls and nearby places In both the United States and Canada *Niagara Falls, the famous waterfalls in the Niagara River *Niagara River, part of the U.S.–Canada border *Niagara Escarpment, the cliff ov ...

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Ontario Farmer Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic Eastern Canada, eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located ...

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Sault Good Life Sault may refer to: Places in Europe * Sault, Vaucluse, France * Saint-Benoît-du-Sault, France * Canton of Sault, France * Canton of Saint-Benoît-du-Sault, France * Sault-Brénaz, France * Sault-de-Navailles, France * Sault-lès-Rethel, Fran ...

'' * '' Simcoe Life'' * '' Vines Magazine'' * '' What's Up Muskoka''

Former assets

The following publications have been closed by Sun Media:Sun Media cutting 360 jobs, closing 8 publications, 3 free dailies
680News (2013-07-16). Retrieved on 2013-08-17. * '' 24 Hours'' in

Ottawa Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...

Calgary Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, maki ...

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* '' Canmore Leader'',

Canmore, Alberta Canmore is a town in Alberta, Canada, located approximately west of Calgary near the southeast boundary of Banff National Park. It is located in the Bow Valley within Alberta's Rocky Mountains. The town shares a border with Kananaskis Count ...

''(merged to become the Bow Valley Crag & Canyon in 2013)'' * ''

Banff Crag & Canyon The ''Bow Valley Crag and Canyon'' is a weekly local newspaper based in Banff, Alberta, Canada. On July 3, 2013, following the 2013 Alberta floods, Sun Media (now Postmedia) combined the ''Banff Crag & Canyon'' and the ''Canmore Leader'' under o ...

'', Banff, Alberta ''(merged to become the Bow Valley Crag & Canyon in 2013)'' * ''

The Beausejour Review ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in E ...

'', Beausejour, Manitoba * ''

The Lac du Bonnet Leader ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in E ...

'', Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba * '' The Lindsay Daily Post'', Lindsay, Ontario * ''

Midland Free Press The ''Midland Free Press'' was founded in 1896. In 1933, it was purchased by Herbert Cranston, longtime editor of the ''Toronto Star Weekly''. Cranston published the newspaper until his death. His son sold it to Thomson Newspapers in 1965. Thomson ...

'', Midland, Ontario * '' L’Action Régionale Montérégie'', Montérégie, Québec * '' Le Magazine Saint-Lambert'',

Saint-Lambert, Quebec Saint-Lambert () is a city (french: ville) in southwestern Quebec, Canada, located on the South Shore (Montreal), south shore of the St. Lawrence River, opposite Montreal. It is part of the Urban agglomeration of Longueuil of the Montérégie ad ...

* '' Le Progrès de Bellechasse'',

Bellechasse, Quebec Bellechasse Regional County Municipality is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec. The county seat is Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse. Saint-Lazare was chosen as the county seat because of its central location ...

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The Meadow Lake Progress ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in E ...

'', Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan * ''

The Crowsnest Pass Promoter ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in E ...

'', Crowsnest Pass, Alberta * CKXT-DT - closed 2011 * Sun News Network

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'', Houston, Texas (acquired in 1983, sold in 1987) *'' The Hamilton Spectator'',

Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Hamilton has a population of 569,353, and its census metropolitan area, which includes Burlington and Grimsby, has a population of 785,184. The city is approximately southwest of ...

(acquired 1998, sold in 1999) *'' Kitchener-Waterloo Record'',

Kitchener, Ontario ) , image_flag = Flag of Kitchener, Ontario.svg , image_seal = Seal of Kitchener, Canada.svg , image_shield=Coat of arms of Kitchener, Canada.svg , image_blank_emblem = Logo of Kitchener, Ontario.svg , blank_emblem_type = ...

(acquired 1998, sold in 1999) *'' Guelph Mercury'', Guelph, Ontario (acquired 1998, sold in 1999) *'' Cambridge Reporter'', Cambridge, Ontario (acquired 1998, sold in 1999) * CP24 - 29.9% interest sold to

CHUM Limited CHUM Limited was a Canadian media company based in Toronto, Ontario in operation from 1945 to 2007. The company was founded in 1945 as York Broadcasters Limited when it launched CHUM-AM 1050 but was acquired by salesman Allan Waters in 1954. CH ...

in 2004. Now owned by

Bell Media Bell Media Inc. (French: ) is a Canadian company formed by the amalgamation of several companies. Establishment (2011–13) On December 9, 2011, the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan announced the sale of its majority stake in Maple Leaf Sports ...

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