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The StarPhoenix is a daily newspaper that serves Saskatoon , Saskatchewan , Canada, and is a part of Postmedia Network . It has been referred to as a "sister newspaper" to the Leader-Post . The StarPhoenix puts out six editions each week and publishes one weekly, Bridges . It is also part of the canada.com web portal .

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20-549: The StarPhoenix was first published as The Saskatoon Phoenix on October 17, 1902 (following a short-lived attempt at a local newspaper, the Saskatoon Sentinel ). In 1909, it became a daily paper and, in 1910, was renamed the Saskatoon Capital . The paper was sold and bought several times between its inception and the 1920s, at one point being owned by W. F. Herman , the future owner and publisher of

40-673: A Monday edition effective March 4, 2019. On January 31, 2023, the Windsor Star had announced that effective on March 3, its plant in south-central Windsor will be shut down, and printing will be done in London and at Islington (by sister papers London Free Press and Toronto Sun , respectively). The Windsor Star has seen, like most Canadian daily newspapers , a decline in circulation . Its total circulation dropped by 22 percent to 49,613 copies daily from 2009 to 2015. Prince Albert Daily Herald The Prince Albert Daily Herald

60-514: A firm testament to "Black's views on what he calls demanning." The paper was later, in 2000, sold to CanWest Global Communications and became part of its Southam Newspapers division, later called the CanWest News Service ; in 2003 ownership was noted as being by Canwest Global , while in 2004 ownership was CanWest MediaWorks. CanWest was acquired by Postmedia News, Inc., which is the current owner of The StarPhoenix . In 2015,

80-544: A group of publishers that could use it as a way of limiting competition and increasing the value of their own newspapers (Border Cities Era: October 18, 1918, page 7) Herman had previous experience in the newspaper industry since he had owned the Prince Albert Daily Herald , the Saskatoon Capital , and the Regina Leader-Post . Herman became the paper's president, and Graybiel assumed

100-582: A printing facility in south-central Windsor. In 2013, the Windsor Star moved to a new facility at 300 Ouellette Avenue, formerly occupied by the CTV Two owned-and-operated station CHWI-DT . The former 167 Ferry Street building was sold to the University of Windsor , which opened a new downtown campus at the facility in 2015. In February 2019, the paper announced that it will no longer publish

120-559: Is a daily newspaper serving the city of Prince Albert , Saskatchewan , Canada , and the surrounding area. The Herald traces its roots to the Prince Albert Advocate , which was begun in 1894 as one of several weekly newspapers serving the community at that time. In 1908, the paper became known as the Prince Albert Weekly Herald . In 1911, W.F. Herman , who later served as publisher of

140-540: Is not proud of our mighty country has no right or title to its citizenship." They identified two other goals: the revision of tariffs and to "uphold the English language as the only proper language and method of instruction in the primary grades of the public schools." That was a somewhat-controversial stand because of the ongoing conflict between Anglophones and Francophones over educational rights in Ontario. Initially,

160-542: Is published Tuesdays through Saturdays. The paper began as the weekly Windsor Record in 1888, changing its name to the Border Cities Star in 1918, when it was bought by W. F. Herman. The Border Cities Star was a daily newspaper published from September 3, 1918, until June 28, 1935. The founders W. F. Herman and Hugh Graybiel purchased the existing daily newspaper, the Windsor Record (known as

180-658: The Windsor Daily Star in Ontario , bought the Herald and switched it to a daily newspaper. Herman soon flipped the paper back to its original owners, H. M. Hueston and Allan Holmes. The paper celebrated its silver jubilee as a daily paper in 1936. The Daily Herald was purchased from Thomson Corporation by Hollinger Inc. in October 1995, along with its sister papers the daily Moose Jaw Times-Herald and

200-921: The Windsor Star . By 1927, there were two daily papers in Saskatoon: the Saskatoon Daily Star and the Daily Phoenix . In January 1928, both papers were bought by the Sifton family of Winnipeg and amalgamated into the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix . In the early 1980s the spelling of the newspaper name was modified to StarPhoenix . Between the 1928 amalgamation and the launch of the Saskatoon edition of Metro in April 2016,

220-548: The Border Cities Star changed its name to the Windsor Daily Star . Although Herman died in 1938, the paper continued under the direction of his wife, Adie Knox Herman , along with Hugh Graybiel and W. L. (Lum) Clark. In 1959, it became simply the Windsor Star . The paper was sold to Southam Press in 1971 and then to Canwest , which bought Southam Press, in 2000. In November 1996, the paper opened

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240-516: The Border Cities Star was published from the Record Printing Company offices at 36 Sandwich Street West, on the north side of Sandwich Street, just west of Ferry Street. In 1923, it moved to a building on Ferry Street, and in 1927, it expanded into adjacent new larger premises, at the corner of Ferry Street and Pitt Street. When the city of Windsor annexed Walkerville , East Windsor ( Ford City ), Sandwich, and Ojibway in 1935,

260-537: The Evening Record from 1890 to November 1917), from John A. McKay on August 6, 1918. There was some conflict before the men purchased the newspaper. The Windsor Record had only partial wire service, and some felt that the national and international news was not sufficiently covered. Originally, the Border Cities Star was intended to be a rival daily newspaper to the Windsor Record . However, Herman's application to Canadian Press Limited for full wire service

280-612: The StarPhoenix press began printing the Regina Leader-Post , in addition to its own print edition, after the Leader-Post's own press was shut down. In 2023, Postmedia announced that the StarPhoenix press would be shut down and the building be put up for sale. Both the StarPhoenix and Leader-Post were to continue publication, but printed at a facility in Estevan . The reporting staff, working from home since March 2020 at

300-400: The StarPhoenix was the city's only daily newspaper. In the early-1990s, the paper was owned by Armadale, but it changed hands in 1995 when it was purchased by Conrad Black , making the paper part of Hollinger International . Days after Black's purchase, dozens of employees were fired from the paper in the name of cost cutting with no regard for longevity of service (decades in some cases),

320-561: The beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic , were to continue doing so on a permanent basis. Like most Canadian daily newspapers , The StarPhoenix has seen a decline in circulation . Circulation in 2003 was 62,915, and 56,419 in 2004. Circulation dropped by 28 percent to 39,008 copies daily from 2009 to 2015. Windsor Star The Windsor Star is a daily newspaper based in Windsor, Ontario , Canada. Owned by Postmedia Network , it

340-439: The community the otherwise largely inarticulate striving for the attainment of the largest self-development." The other goal was "to be worthy of Canada." They appealed to Canadian pride and nationalism, in particular with regards to Canadians' contributions to the ongoing war, and stated their intention "to be broad, to be faithful, to be progressive and forward-looking, to be free and independent and unprejudiced. The Canadian who

360-576: The role of business manager. They changed the name of the Windsor Record to the Border Cities Star to reflect not only Windsor but also all the surrounding communities. On page 4 of its inaugural issue, the new owners state that in their "Aims and Endeavors" that they intend to make it "a worth-while newspaper for worth-while people." They proposed two main goals: one was to work with and build up local institutions and organizations. The newspaper "must endeavor to become one with its community, to enter closely into its daily life and being, and to voice for

380-547: The weekly Swift Current Booster . These three Saskatchewan papers were then sold to CanWest in 2000 and later to Montreal -based publisher Transcontinental in 2002. In May 2016, Transcontinental sold its 13 newspapers in Saskatchewan to Star News Publishing of Alberta. Printing was re-located to Wainwright, Alberta , due to the associated shutdown of the Saskatoon-based printing facilities. Since May 2018,

400-479: Was denied because of opposition by McKay. . He had held a variety of committee executive positions at the organization over the years. McKay eventually agreed to subscribe to the full wire service and sold the Windsor Record to W. F. Herman for an inflated price. Many viewed that as a flaw of the Canadian Press Limited. The wire service, which was subsidized by government funds, was run mainly by

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