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  2. History of Canadian newspapers - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Charles Fenerty - Wikipedia

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    Charles Fenerty (c. January 1821 [2] [3] – 10 June 1892) was a Canadian inventor who invented the wood pulp process for papermaking, which was first adapted into the production of newsprint. [4] Fenerty was also a poet, writing over 32 known poems.

  4. List of the oldest newspapers - Wikipedia

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    Still published. In 1788, the editor of the Journal was the official reporter of the ratification of the United States Constitution by New York in that year. The paper also served as a launching point of stories during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration when the then-President was at his estate in nearby Hyde Park. 1786 Daily Hampshire ...

  5. Technological and industrial history of Canada - Wikipedia

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    The latter device, invented in the US, was first used in Canada by George Brown in Toronto starting in 1844 to print copies of the Globe. This process permitted the printing of thousands of copies of each daily paper rather than the mere hundreds of copies possible with previous technologies.

  6. Paper - Wikipedia

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    Because paper was introduced to the West through the city of Baghdad, it was first called bagdatikos. [5] In the 19th century, industrialization greatly reduced the cost of manufacturing paper. In 1844, the Canadian inventor Charles Fenerty and the German inventor Friedrich Gottlob Keller independently developed processes for pulping wood ...

  7. History of paper - Wikipedia

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    The earliest of these mills were centered in New England and Upstate New York, the latter of which became home to International Paper, the largest pulp and paper company in the world, which held a 20% market share in 2017, [90] and at its peak produced more than 60% of the continent's newsprint in 1898, before an industry shift to Canada. [91]

  8. History of Canada - Wikipedia

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    Mexican President Carlos Salinas, U.S. President George H. W. Bush, and Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney standing during the initial signing ceremony for the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1992. Under Brian Mulroney, relations with the United States began to grow more closely integrated. In 1986, Canada and the U.S. signed the ...

  9. Republic of Canada - Wikipedia

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    The Republic of Canada was a government proclaimed by William Lyon Mackenzie on December 5, 1837. [2] The self-proclaimed government was established on Navy Island [ 3 ] in the Niagara River in the latter days of the Upper Canada Rebellion .