''The Sunday Express'' was an

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published in

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Foundation

The paper was published by ''

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'' founder Joe Azaria, who also tried without success to turn the paper into a daily, under the name ''Daily Express.'' That experiment lasted less than a year, as the paper was unable to compete with the then-dominant ''

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'' and the second place ''

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'' (now Montreal's only English daily)

Acquisition and closure by Quebecor

In 1974, the ''Sunday Express'' was acquired by

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, which ran it until closing the paper in 1985

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Notable contributors

Contributors included

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, who briefly worked there at the start of her career

as well as drama critic turned theatre director

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and Andy Nulman, who wrote an entertainment column for the paper. Canadian novelist, Kim Echlin, wrote for the paper while she was a student at McGill. Mike Cohen, presently the head of communications a
the English Montreal School Board
columnist fo
The Suburban
and a city councillor i
Côte Saint-Luc
was the assistant sports editor from 1981 to 1985.

Foundation

Acquisition and closure by Quebecor

Notable contributors

See also