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20-658: 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 the Evening Record from 1890 to November 1917), from John A. McKay on August 6, 1918. There

40-671: 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

60-789: A business case for the printing department and staff's retention. The Free Press has one of the few printing presses in southern Ontario and it prints several papers for Sun Media newspapers in the area, including the Chatham Daily News , the Sarnia Observer , the Simcoe Reformer , the St. Thomas Times-Journal , the Stratford Beacon Herald , the Woodstock Sentinel-Review and

80-578: 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

100-510: 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 a group of publishers that could use it as a way of limiting competition and increasing

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

140-538: 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,

160-580: The London Advertiser , which was a daily evening newspaper. The Free Press has usually been a morning paper, but for many years, it also published an evening paper. Both morning and evening editions were published from the 1950s through to 1981, when the evening edition was permanently retired. The Blackburn family was also involved in other forms of media in London. They established CFPL in 1933, CFPL-FM in 1948 and CFPL-TV in 1953. The radio stations are now owned by Corus Entertainment , and

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

200-546: 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

220-515: 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,

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240-478: The Canadian Free Press , founded by William Sutherland. It first began printing as a weekly newspaper on January 2, 1849. In 1852, it was purchased for $ 500 by Josiah Blackburn (and Stephen Blackburn), who renamed it The London Free Press and Daily Western Advertiser . In 1855 Blackburn turned the weekly newspaper into a daily. From 1863 to 1936 The London Free Press competed for readership with

260-605: The Daily Herald has been owned by FolioJumpline Publishing Inc., an employee owned company. This article about a Canadian newspaper is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . London Free Press The London Free Press is a daily newspaper based in London , Ontario , Canada. It has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Southwestern Ontario . The London Free Press began as

280-437: 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

300-541: The same year, Sun Media was acquired by Quebecor Inc. In late August 2005, Quebecor announced that, starting in 2007, The London Free Press would no longer be printed locally at its press at 369 York Street; instead it would be printed at a new press facility to be built north of Toronto , resulting in a loss of 180 local jobs. However, in September 2007, the move was suspended to allow the Free Press to present

320-428: 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

340-478: The television station is owned by Bell Media as a CTV 2 station. The sudden death of publisher Martha Blackburn in the summer of 1992, due to a heart attack after water skiing on Lake Huron , set the stage for the eventual sale of the family owned newspaper. In 1997 the Blackburn family sold the newspaper to Sun Media Corporation , with new, London-born publisher John Paton introducing a Sunday edition. Later

360-666: 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 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

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,

400-433: 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 was denied because of opposition by McKay.. He had held

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