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There were five important periods in the history of Canadian newspapers' responsible for the eventual development of the modern newspaper. These are the "Transplant Period" from 1750 to 1800, when printing and newspapers initially came to Canada as publications of government news and proclamations; followed by the "Partisan Period from 1800–1850," when individual printers and editors played ...
This is a list of early Canadian newspapers. This includes newspapers in all the former colonies now a part of Canada, which published prior to the War of 1812 . The earliest Canadian newspaper was the Halifax Gazette which first published on 23 March 1752, [ 1 ] followed by other newspapers in what are now the Maritimes and Quebec .
The Ottawa Journal was a daily broadsheet newspaper published in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, from 1885 to 1980. It was founded in 1885 by A. Woodburn as the Ottawa Evening Journal. [1] Its first editor was John Wesley Dafoe who came from the Winnipeg Free Press. In 1886, it was bought by Philip Dansken Ross.
Canada withdraws from the War in Afghanistan at the end of the first phase. [136] [137] [146] 2018: 17 October The Cannabis Act becomes law, making recreational cannabis use legal throughout the country. Canada is the second country (after Uruguay in 2013) to legalize recreational cannabis use nationwide. [147] 2020: 7 January - March
The first newspaper in France, the Gazette de France, was established in 1632 by the king's physician Theophrastus Renaudot (1586–1653), with the patronage of Louis XIII. [24] All newspapers were subject to prepublication censorship, and served as instruments of propaganda for the monarchy. [citation needed] La Gazette, 26 December 1786
The Globe and Mail is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada.With a weekly readership of more than 6 million in 2024, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, [2] although it falls slightly behind the Toronto Star in overall weekly circulation because the Star publishes a Sunday edition, whereas the Globe does not.
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The Toronto Evening Telegram was founded in 1876 by publisher John Ross Robertson.He had borrowed CA$10,000 to buy the assets of The Liberal, a defunct newspaper, [2] and published his first edition of 3,800 copies on April 18, 1876. [1]