The ''Edmonton Journal'' is a daily

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published in

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, Canada. It is part of the

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History

The ''Journal'' was founded in 1903 by three local businessmen — John Macpherson, Arthur Moore and J.W. Cunningham — as a rival to

's first newspaper, the 23-year-old '' Edmonton Bulletin''. Within a week, the ''Journal'' took over another newspaper, ''The Edmonton Post'', and established an editorial policy supporting the Conservative Party against the ''Bulletins stance for the

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. In 1912, the ''Journal'' was sold to the Southam family. It remained under Southam ownership until 1996, when it was acquired by

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. The ''Journal'' was subsequently sold to

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in 2000, and finally came under its current ownership, Postmedia Network Inc., in 2010.Godfrey group buys Canwest
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'', May 11, 2010 EdmontonJournalExterior

In 1905, ''The Journal'' began operating from a building on the corner of a lot on 102nd Avenue and 101st Street. Its present location at 101st Street and 100th Avenue was established in 1921, and Alberta's first radio station,

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, began broadcasting from the building a year later. In 1937, the ''Journal'' came into conflict with Alberta Premier

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's attempt to pass the '' Accurate News and Information Act'' requiring newspapers to print government rebuttals to stories the provincial cabinet deemed "inaccurate". After successfully fighting the law, the ''Journal'' became the first non-American newspaper to be honoured by the

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committee, receiving a special bronze plaque in 1938 for defending the

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. After the ''Bulletin'' folded in 1951, the ''Journal'' was left for a time as Edmonton's only remaining daily newspaper. The monopoly continued until the ''

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'' began publishing in 1978. Around 2020, the Journal ceased being a daily newspaper when it stopped publishing Sunday issues. In 1982, government officials under the

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entered and searched the paper's offices under the suspicion that Southam Newspapers was violating federal legislation by engaging in unfair trading and anti-competitive business practices. The

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ruled the search to be inconsistent with the ''Charter of Rights and Freedoms'', a decision the

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upheld in ''

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''.

Present day

Today, the ''Journal'' publishes six days a week, with regular sections including News (city, Canada, and world), Sports, Opinion, A&E, Life, and Business. The newspaper participated in the Critics and Awards Program for High School Students (Cappies), now called the Alberta Youth Theatre Collective, and has partnerships with a number of arts organizations in

, including the

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and the

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. It also supports community events such as the Canspell National Spelling Bee. The ''Journal'' has also begun operating under a new commitment to digital media in addition to traditional print. In 2014, Postmedia Network, the owner of the Edmonton Journal, purchased several newspapers and websites from Quebecor. This made it that both the Edmonton Journal and its competitor, the Edmonton Sun were both owned by Postmedia. In 2016 it was announced that the Journal and Sun's newsrooms and operations would be merged while both newspapers would continue to be published. This also led to the cuts of many staff between the two papers.

Circulation

The ''Edmonton Journal'' has seen a decline in circulation, like most Canadian daily newspapers. Its total circulation dropped by percent to 92,542 copies daily from 2009 to 2015.

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