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37-478: The newspaper was founded as the Toronto Star Weekly by Joseph E. Atkinson as a Canadian equivalent of British Sunday editions . it began as a 16-page publication. According to one retrospective, "Its weekly menu included feature articles about important issues of the day; offbeat, funny stories; sports features with big, bold photos that made the heroes of hockey, baseball and boxing jump right off

74-492: A humid continental climate ( Dfb ) with warm summers and cold winters. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Port Hope had a population of 17,294 living in 7,318 of its 7,607 total private dwellings, a change of 3.2% from its 2016 population of 16,753 . With a land area of 278.8 km (107.6 sq mi), it had a population density of 62.0/km (160.7/sq mi) in 2021. Mother tongue (2021): Downtown Port Hope offers shopping and

111-522: A destination for heritage tourism and people interested in architecture. In 1978, eight members of the Satan's Choice Motorcycle Club were charged with a murder that occurred at Port Hope's Queen's Hotel. The trial and conviction of some members—the Port Hope 8 case —has been described as a miscarriage of justice. On January 1, 2001, the original town amalgamated with Hope Township to form

148-692: A historic main street. Port Hope is served by a Via Rail station. It has a medical center, and a community health centre. It has had a daily newspaper since 1878, the Port Hope Evening Guide . Until 2007, this was part of the Osprey Media chain and subsequently a part of the Sun Media organization. In 2009 the newspaper was amalgamated with the Cobourg Daily Star and renamed as Northumberland Today.com . In November 2017

185-572: A job opening at the Port Hope Times , a weekly newspaper in Port Hope, Ontario . He joined the paper at age 18, initially collecting accounts. When the Times started publishing daily, Atkinson became a reporter. In October 1888, he jumped to The Toronto World and a few months later joined the Globe , one of the newspapers which would become The Globe and Mail . After two years, he became

222-702: A journalist for the Montreal Herald and the Toronto Daily Star . In Henry James Morgan's Types of Canadian Women , he describes "Mrs. Atkinson contrives without loss of interest to give dignity to woman's work in journalism." In 1899, Atkinson was asked to become managing editor of the Montreal Star , then the largest English-language newspaper in Canada. The paper's conservative viewpoint clashed with Atkinson's liberal beliefs. While he

259-659: A plan to remove and store contaminated soil that had been used as landfill. Over one billion dollars is expected to be spent on the soil remediation project, the largest such cleanup in Canadian history. Besides the town proper of Port Hope, the municipality of Port Hope comprises a number of villages and hamlets, including Campbellcroft, Canton , Dale , Davidson's Corners (partially), Decker Hollow (ghost town), Elizabethville, Garden Hill, Knoxville, Morrish, Osaca, Perrytown, Port Britain, Rossmount (partially), Tinkerville, Thomstown, Welcome , Wesleyville, and Zion . Port Hope has

296-549: A reflection of its national ambitions, the name became The Star Weekly . The publication included feature articles, fiction, recipes, sports, lifestyle articles, 20 pages of colour comics among other elements. At its peak, in the early 1960s, the magazine averaged 108 pages and sold over one million copies a week and also sold 30,000 copies in the United States. In 1965, the Star Weekly went from being published by

333-606: A supplement in the Saturday edition of the Toronto Star . In 1968, the Star Weekly was purchased outright by Southam and merged with its weekend supplement, The Canadian Magazine and continued to be published as The Canadian/Star Weekly , which was provided for free as a weekend supplement in the Saturday Star and also sold as a standalone on newspaper stands across the country for 20 cents. On December 26, 1973

370-593: Is a municipality in Southern Ontario , Canada, approximately 109 km (68 mi) east of Toronto and about 159 km (99 mi) west of Kingston . It is located at the mouth of the Ganaraska River on the north shore of Lake Ontario , in the west end of Northumberland County . The private Trinity College School opened here in 1868. The Cayuga people , one of the Six Nations of

407-473: Is known for having the largest volume of historic low-level radioactive wastes in Canada. These wastes were initially created by Eldorado Mining and Refining Limited and its private sector predecessors, resulting from the refining of radium from pitchblende . Radium was used in radioluminescent paint (such as aircraft dials), and in early treatments for cancer. During the Second World War,

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444-580: The Toronto Star became one of the largest and most influential newspapers in Canada. Atkinson amassed a considerable fortune, eventually holding the controlling interest in the paper he edited. After his death, control of the paper passed to the trustees of the Atkinson Foundation , a major Canadian charity. A strict Methodist, he earned the nickname "Holy Joe." Atkinson was born near Newcastle , Canada West , in 1865. His early life

481-542: The Globe' s Ottawa correspondent, covering the six sessions of Parliament from 1891 to 1896. Atkinson then became managing editor of the Montreal Herald in 1897. Joseph E. Atkinson married in Toronto on April 18, 1892, to Elmina Ella Susannah Elliott of Oakville, Ontario . Like her husband, Elliott Akinson was a member of the staff of the Toronto Globe . Under the nom-de-plume of "Madge Merton" she worked as

518-805: The Iroquois Confederacy , migrated as United Empire Loyalists to the Port Hope area from New York state in 1779. They had been forced from their ancestral homeland in the Finger Lakes region, south of the Great Lakes , after having fought for King George III as Loyalists during the American Revolution . Great Britain had ceded their lands, along with all other territory in the Thirteen Colonies east of

555-522: The Mississippi River , after the United States won independence. In 1793, other Loyalists from the northern colonies became the first permanent settlers of European heritage in Port Hope, as the Crown granted them land as compensation for being forced to leave the colonies (much of their property was confiscated by rebel governments) and as payment for military service. The new colonists called

592-624: The Port Hope railway station along the Toronto-Montreal corridor. The station was built in 1856 for the Grand Trunk Railway and later CN Rail . It was restored in 1985. Pleasure boats dock at the foot of John Street at Hayward Street and share the facilities with Cameco, which has berths for freighters servicing their manufacturing facilities at the mouth of the Ganaraska River. Public education in Port Hope

629-562: The Province of Quebec . The post office dates from 1820. In 1834 Port Hope was incorporated as a town. Relatively slow growth from 1881 to 1951 resulted in much of the town's 19th century architecture surviving. In the early 21st century, Port Hope's downtown is celebrated as the best-preserved 19th-century streetscape in the province of Ontario. The town's local chapter of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario and

666-557: The Star Weekly ceased publication entirely and The Canadian became the Toronto Star' s weekend supplement. Until 1968, the Weekly shared many of the staff from the daily Toronto Daily Star . Notable contributors to the Star Weekly included Robert W. Service , Morley Callaghan , Nina Moore Jamieson , Ernest Hemingway , Arthur Lismer , Fred Varley , C.W. Jefferys , Sylvia Fraser , Nellie McClung , Robert Thomas Allen and Jimmy Frise , whose cartoon Bridseye Centre appeared in

703-465: The Toronto Star alone to being published by Southstar Publishers, a consortium of the Toronto Star and Southam Press that also launched The Canadian as a weekend supplement and competitor to Weekend . Jointly, they produced The Canadian/Star Weekly as a newsstand edition for communities that did not receive a newspaper with The Canadian as a supplement while the Star Weekly served as

740-546: The Eldorado plant produced exponentially more uranium oxides , which the United States used in the Manhattan Project that created the first nuclear weapons. This plant, now under the ownership of Cameco , continues to produce uranium fuel for nuclear power plants. In 2002, a large amount of contaminated soil was removed from beachfront areas. More recently, a testing program began of over 5,000 properties, with

777-560: The Heritage Port Hope Advisory Committee are very active and advise on the restoration and preservation of architecturally or historically significant buildings. With over 270 heritage-designated buildings throughout the municipality, Port Hope has a higher per capita rate of preservation than any other town or city in Canada. Downtown businesses are regulated by the municipality to maintain the town's unique character. This special character makes Port Hope

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814-536: The Municipality of Port Hope and Hope , which was renamed to its current name in November of that same year. At the time of amalgamation, the town's census population was listed as 11,718, while the township's was 3,887. The 2017 horror movie It , its 2019 sequel It Chapter Two , and It: Welcome to Derry were all filmed in Port Hope, which portrayed the fictional town of Derry, Maine. Port Hope

851-563: The Toronto Star as a cash machine for social justice movements." After Atkinson died in May 1948, a front-page article in the Star announced that both the newspaper and its weekend magazine, The Star Weekly had been "willed in perpetuity" to The Atkinson Charitable Foundation, incorporated in 1942. The article included quotes from Atkinson's will expressing his desire that ownership of the papers "shall not fall into private hands." It stipulated that

888-474: The finish line." Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was cancelled in 2020 and 2021, the first time in its history for such action. The Capitol Theatre is Canada's last functioning atmospheric theatre . The theatre's main auditorium is styled after an outdoor medieval courtyard and rolling clouds are projected onto the ceiling. The town spent in excess of three million dollars renovating and upgrading

925-496: The fortunes of the paper around and by 1913 it had the largest circulation of any Toronto newspaper. He continued to run the Star until his death in 1948, at the age of 82. He was well-known for using the power of his newspaper for his social crusades, which led him at times into controversy. Canadian journalist and historian Mark Bourrie has described Atkinson as a "strange mixture of social justice advocate and soul-crushing capitalist" and "a scolding, arch-capitalist Marxist who ran

962-493: The job on those terms and insisted that he be given full control over newspaper policy and that the Star be run in the best interests of the paper, not the Liberal Party. Atkinson travelled to Ottawa and successfully appealed to Laurier for support. Atkinson also insisted that 40 percent of his salary be paid in stock at par value and that he be given the opportunity to become majority owner. After some initial opposition,

999-450: The magazine for several decades. The last editor of the original Star Weekly until its 1968 sale and merger was Peter Gzowski who later gained fame as a broadcaster. Pierre Berton was a frequent contributor and served as associate editor from 1958 to 1962. Joseph E. Atkinson Joseph E. Atkinson (born Joseph Atkinson , December 23, 1865 – May 8, 1948) was a Canadian newspaper editor and activist . Under his leadership

1036-467: The most recent having occurred on March 21–22, 1980. Every April since until 2020, Port Hope has commemorated the flood with "Float Your Fanny Down the Ganny" ten kilometre boat race. "Participants range from serious paddlers navigating the cold, fast-moving water in kayaks and canoes, to the very entertaining 'crazy craft' paddlers, floating any combination of materials down the river in an attempt to reach

1073-443: The newspaper was included in the large-scale closing of many local community newspapers throughout the province of Ontario. Port Hope's Economic Development Strategic Plan aims to increase job growth at least as fast as population growth. The town has a variety of industries. The Ganaraska River (affectionately known as "The Ganny"), is well known to area anglers for annual salmon and trout runs. It has caused many historic floods,

1110-641: The newspapers will be used for the promotion and maintenance of social, scientific and economic reforms which are charitable in nature...It is my desire that the Trustees shall have the widest possible freedom possible in the decisions which they make in the operation of the newspapers and the charitable causes which they promote and maintain. Four years after Atkinson's death, his charitable foundation had distributed $ 336,867 to 42 recipients including research foundations, universities and hospitals. Atkinson had two children: Port Hope, Ontario Port Hope

1147-489: The ownership group accepted those terms. The group took ownership of the paper on December 13, 1899. Shareholders formally approved the hiring of Atkinson five days later, with his employment backdated to start December 13. Atkinson's name first appeared in the masthead of the December 21 edition. His task was to save a failing newspaper, competing in a conservative city with six daily newspapers. Atkinson succeeded in turning

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1184-428: The page and, each week, a condensed novel published in serial form, often by one of the most popular authors of the day." A key feature of the magazine was its extensive section of colour comics which was inaugurated in 1913 and became a major driver of the publication's circulation success. In 1924, the Toronto Star Weekly absorbed the rival Sunday World to become the only weekend magazine in Toronto. In 1938, as

1221-548: The settlement Smith's Creek after a former fur trader . They developed mills and a town plot by the turn of the century. After the War of 1812 , the Crown tried to recruit more British settlers, and townspeople wanted a new name. After a brief fling with the name Toronto, the village was renamed in 1817 as Port Hope, after the Township of Hope of which it was a part. That was the namesake of Colonel Henry Hope , lieutenant governor of

1258-494: The seven trustees of the Foundation and their successors would also operate the Star and Star Weekly : This should accomplish two things: (1) The publication of the papers will be conducted for the benefit of the public in the full and frank dissemination of news and opinions, with the profit motive, while still important, subsidiary to what I consider to be the chief functions of a metropolitan newspaper; (2) The profits from

1295-432: The theatre in 2004–2005. It is also used for live events by Port Hope Festival Theatre. The Municipality of Port Hope is home to many heritage and cultural attractions, and events, including: Highway 401 runs through the north end of Port Hope, with exits at County Road 2/Toronto Road (461) and Highway 28/Ontario Street (464). Port Hope Transit provides local bus service, and VIA Rail provides passenger service from

1332-567: Was considering the offer, in December 1899, Atkinson was asked by a group of supporters of Wilfrid Laurier , the Liberal prime minister of Canada, if he would become publisher of the Toronto Evening Star . The group included Senator George Cox , William Mulock , Peter Charles Larkin and Timothy Eaton . Mulock and most other members of the group wanted the paper to be the voice of the Liberal Party, but Atkinson refused to take

1369-451: Was difficult, creating conditions which would eventually lead to his social activism. His father died when he was six months old, his mother, Hannah, when he was thirteen. At about the age of 16, while working at the post office, he began to sign his name as "Joseph E. Atkinson" even though he had been given no middle name at birth. Looking for a better job, Atkinson hoped to become a banker, but through his post office work he found out about

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