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23-627: In 1917 the David Martin Mennonites emerged under the leadership of Minister David B. Martin (1838-1920) from the Old Order Mennonite Conference in Ontario , mainly concerning issues of discipline. In the next decades the young church was not without troubles and struggled to maintain its members. They used the ban on several occasions and growth was slow. In 1954, a group of about 25 people separated from

46-693: A controlling interest in Southam during the period when it owned The Record . The paper was acquired by Sun Media in 1998, but Sun itself was bought by Quebecor soon after, and The Record was sold to Torstar before the end of the year. The administrative records and photographic negatives of the paper amassed prior to the Sun Media acquisition are maintained at the University of Waterloo Library . On June 3, 2002, The Record switched from being an afternoon newspaper to morning one. In January 2005,

69-567: A million subscribers but the publication has an international cachet that makes it a "must-read", especially in the U.S. where Fake news has been widespread. The Waterloo Region Record has seen like most Canadian daily newspapers a decline in circulation . Its total circulation dropped by 14 percent to 53,283 copies daily from 2009 to 2015. The Record has won the Michener Award for meritorious public service in journalism four times: 1978, 1981 (shared), 1983, and 2001. It received

92-540: A news report. Both agencies cited a lack of cooperation with public health requirements that were intended to minimize the spread of the virus. In an interview with the Waterloo Region Record , bishop Peter Brubacher, ("bishop for seven Old Order Mennonite church districts" in north Waterloo Region according to another news agency), made this comment, "I guess to be frank and honest, a lot of people really didn’t take it that serious, to isolate". In 1957

115-598: Is a moderate Old Order Mennonite group in the Canadian province of Ontario , that was formed in 1889 as a reaction to modernizing trends among the Mennonites in Ontario. The members use horse and buggy for transportation. As of 2020, they also have a colony in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. The Conference is sometimes referred to as Old Order Mennonite Church (e. g. Donald Kraybill ) , whereas

138-524: Is the daily newspaper covering Waterloo Region , Ontario , Canada, including the cities of Kitchener , Waterloo and Cambridge , as well as the surrounding area. Since December 1998, the Record has been published by Metroland Media Group , a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation. On May 26, 2020, Torstar, agreed to be acquired by NordStar Capital, a private investment firm; the deal was expected to close by year end. The Record traces its history back to

161-529: The Daily Record took over the Daily Telegraph , leaving it the only newspaper of significant size serving the community. On April 2, 1929, the newspaper moved from 49 King Street West to what was at the time considered the most modern printing operation in the country (using a 24-page press) at 30 Queen Street North. Motz and Euler fought over control of the newspaper for the next two decades, with

184-625: The 2001 award for breaking the story on the RIM Park financing fiasco. In November 2005, the Record began publishing Grand , a regional lifestyle magazine. It followed that with the March 2006 launch of Rex , a business magazine covering Waterloo Region and Guelph . Most magazine, for women over 40, was launched in the spring of 2008. Rex was scheduled to suspend publication after the April 2009 issue. All magazines are distributed independently of

207-532: The 24-page press would be replaced first by a 48-page press in the 1950s, a 96-page press in 1961–1962, and a 128-page press in 1973. In 1962, it was the first company in Canada to use plastic sleeves to protect newspapers bound for rural addresses. Ownership had been in the hands of the Motz family for generations until 1990, when the paper was sold to Southam in a $ 90 million deal. Conrad Black 's Hollinger Inc. took

230-572: The David Martin Mennonites and in 1956 Elam S. Martin, their minister, was excommunicated from the David Martin Mennonites. This Elam Martin group with others formed the Orthodox Mennonites in 1958. Since then the David Martins adopted a policy not to talk to outsiders about their faith. "We have lost too many people", bishop David W. Martin stated. The David Martins have grown rapidly through natural increase since 1958. In 1987,

253-504: The Old Order Mennonite Conference of Ontario had a membership of 1,061, unbaptized family members not counted. In 1992 there were about 2,200 adult members in 16 congregations. In 2008/9 membership was about 3,200 in 36 congregations. By the year 2018 the population of the community had grown to 6,831 individuals. Waterloo Region Record The Waterloo Region Record (formerly The Record )

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276-763: The Record is usually printed at the Star-owned Hamilton Spectator . On May 24, 2019, Torstar Corporation announced it will close its Hamilton Spectator printing operations on or about August 24, 2019. The printing work (including printing of the Record) performed at the Hamilton facility will be transferred to TC Transcontinental Printing , various Torstar-owned facilities, and other external printers. The Record building on Fairway Road in Kitchener

299-510: The Region of Waterloo Public Health unit and Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health issued orders to close Old Order schools and places of worship in their regions and to limit social interactions. The orders were issued because of extremely high infection rates. In Waterloo Region, the orders applied to sects "including Markham, Old Colony, and David Martin Mennonite communities", according to

322-703: The city of Berlin: the Berlin Daily Telegraph , the Berlin Daily Record and Moyer's Daily News . Due to financial pressures, by 1897 the latter two had merged to become the Berlin News Record , run by William (Ben) Uttley, publisher of the Berlin Daily Record and local historian. Retiring in October 1919, Uttley sold the newspaper to W.J. Motz and William Daum Euler , who renamed it The Kitchener Daily Record . In 1922,

345-554: The conference. The members use horse and buggy for transportation. Their stance on technology is quite similar to that of the Groffdale Conference Mennonite Church . The German language is used in worship services, and Pennsylvania German is spoken at home and with members of the own group as well as with other Old Order groups. In November 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario , both

368-438: The former eventually winning majority interest. Euler sold his stock to Southam Company in 1953, leaving Motz's son, John E. Motz, the sole director of the rapidly growing daily. On January 1, 1948, John Motz changed the name of the newspaper once again, to The Kitchener-Waterloo Record (to mark the occasion of Waterloo's designation as a city), a name which remained until the change to The Record , in 1994. During this period

391-552: The founding of the Daily News , first published on February 9, 1878, by former Methodist preacher Peter Moyer at a printing press located at King and Ontario streets in Berlin (now Kitchener). This would be the city's first daily newspaper, and Canada's first bilingual daily as it was supplemented with a full page of German news for the first eight months of its life. In 1896, at the time of Moyer's death, three newspapers existed in

414-435: The group. In 1942 there were 72 adult members and 92 children. In 1952 there were 89 adult members and 183 children. In the 1990s they had more than 400 adult members. Around the year 2000 the David Martin Mennonites counted about 350 households, which would mean about 2100 people. In 2010 there were about 3,500 people in the group. Ontario (Old Order) Mennonite Conference The Ontario (Old Order) Mennonite Conference

437-927: The majority of the Anson Hoover group, a subgroup of Orthodox Mennonites consisting of some 70 members, went back to the David Martin Mennonites. In 1979 the David Martins, as a group, unanimously accepted the telephone. David Martin Mennonites do not talk about their personal lives or church life, but they are open for business. They do not own automobiles but do utilize certain aspects of modern technology, such as cellphones and computers, primarily for business. Fields are tilled with horses and tractors. while stationary belt-drive diesel engines for threshing and other farm works are allowed. In their homes they have electric light, freezers, refrigerators and propane stoves are accepted. David Martin Mennonites send their children to public schools which their children attend until they are 14 years old. In 1925 there were 55 adult members in

460-554: The name given above is used by the Mennonite World Conference and by Stephen Scott . A popular name for the members is Woolwich Mennonites or just Woolwichers , because Abraham Weber Martin, the bishop who was the main force behind the formation of the group, resided in Woolwich, Ontario . Since 1871, when six bishops in Ontario declared there should be no association with bishop Jacob Wisler of Ohio, who

483-578: The paper was moved to Market Square on King Street East in Kitchener's downtown core. It had been based on Fairway Road in Kitchener since May 1973. The paper was printed at that location on a letterpress system until 2000, when printing was moved to offset presses at parent company Torstar's Vaughan Press Centre in Vaughan . Printing later moved to presses of sister papers in Hamilton and Guelph , and then back to Vaughan from time to time. As of 2014,

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506-537: Was demolished in September 2005. On March 11, 2008, the name was changed to the Waterloo Region Record , returning the community name to the nameplate . In early 2018, the company announced that it would set up a paywall on its website. Consumers who do not pay the fee to subscribe will be allowed to read only seven articles per month. An article published by CBC News indicated that this strategy has not been successful for some newspapers. The New York Times has

529-467: Was dismissed because of his conservative stance, there were tensions among the Mennonites in Ontario about the question how much modern practices like Sunday School , revival meetings , English language preaching etc. should be introduced. The final break between the Old Orders and the modernizers occurred in 1889 when there were two different Conferences, because there was a conflict about the date of

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