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Publisher PDF Archives
Stories included in the
October 2002 edition
of The Publisher:
| Torstar acquires share of Black Press |
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Torstar Corporation has announced that it will invest $20 million to acquire a 19.35 per cent share of Black Press Ltd.
Black Press, which owns 64 community newspapers concentrated in British Columbia and Alberta, as well as papers in Washington State and Hawaii and 11 printing plants in Western Canada, generates approximately $240 million yearly in revenue.
Torstar President and Chief Executive Officer Rob Prichard said the company was ...
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| Attempt to resolve lawsuit through mediation fails |
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An attempt Friday to resolve a lawsuit action between Bonnechere Valley Township Council, a township ratepayer, the Eganville Leader and the publishers of the newspaper has failed.
All parties involved in the legal dispute met with mediator Roger Beaudry of Stitt Feld Handy Group but after a day-long session of mediation, no resolution was reached.
All members of BV council -- Reeve Arlene Felhaber, Councillors Gerry Bimm, Rita Culhane, ...
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| Stratford Gazette joins Metroland |
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Just over one year after opening its doors, the Stratford City (ON) Gazette, has joined Metroland Printing and Publishing.
The Gazette has merged with the Town and Country Real Estate News, a Metroland publication, after 15 months of operation. On the operations side, Pat Belanger continues as publisher and general manager. Kevin McCann takes on the role as advertising manager and former Conestoga College journalism instructor Jim Hagarty ...
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| SWNA makes ‘dramatic step’ in ComBase participation |
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ComBase has taken three steps forward and one step back.
While the Saskatchewan Weekly Newspapers Association (SWNA) is making the readership research project a requirement of membership and Alberta has seen five chain papers sign on, Manitoba Community Newspapers Association (MCNA) publishers have rethought their involvement.
SWNA members voted at the association’s meeting in September to make participation in ComBase a requirement of ...
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| Saskatchewan publishers receive Quills |
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Four Saskatchewan publishers werte honoured with Quill Awards at the Saskatchewan Weekly Newspapers Association (SWNA) Annual General Meeting in September on Sept. 14.
James R. Headington received a posthumous Gold Quill at the meeting and Pat Bischoff, Duane Migowsky and M. Elaine Ashfield received Silver Quills. A Silver Quill is presented to an individual who is or has been an owner, publisher, editor or executive officer of a Canadian ...
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| Trent Hills developer takes reporter, councillor to task for ‘false information’ |
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A Trent Hills developer accused a local reporter this week of publishing “false information,” and he denounced a Trent Hills councillor for doing nothing “to correct” what was printed.
Kyle Elief levelled the charges against Community Press reporter James Fisher on Sept. 16 while appearing as a delegation to council. The president of Campbellford Homes Corporation, a subsidiary of Wycliffe International, questioned Fisher about a pair of ...
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| Brighton Councillors have no concerns with column content |
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A delegation from the Brighton Homebuilders’ Association, upset with the way one council member uses his newspaper column to express his point of view, got less than they expected from Brighton council in September.
It took a few tries, but Brighton Council finally managed to convince some members of the Association that council had nothing to do with a column written by Councillor Roy Rittwage, that appeared in the August 14 edition of The ...
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| Stanstead East threatens three papers with legal action |
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Stanstead East’s secretary-treasurer is threatening three local papers with legal action unless they retract and apologize for printing “accusations” related to last November’s municipal election.
In registered letters sent last week to The Journal, The Record, and La Tribune, secretary-treasurer Nathalie Grenier calls on the papers to print her letter, publish a retraction, and apologize for statements attributed by all three papers to mayor ...
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| Dundas newspaper editor captures town’s history |
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A new coffee-table book by Dundas (ON) Star News editor Debra Downey and three local photographers has made its debut.
Our Town, Dundas, is a 120-page coffee-table book of photographs that offers a photographer’s glimpse at a year in the life of Dundas.
The four people who collaborated on the book – Debra Downey, John MacRae, Michelle Sharp and Lawrence Yanover signed copies of the book at the town’s Cactusfest this summer.
Downey, ...
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| Grimsby paper takes development leadership role |
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Grimsby (ON) News Publisher Mike Williscraft is taking a leadership role in helping to promote economic development in his community.
Williscraft is at the forefront of a plan to use $132,000 from the Rural Secretariat’s Rural Partnership to attempt to promote tourism and economic development within the large rural Niagara region.
Williscraft is the chair of the steering committee that has spent the past two years working on a plan that ...
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| Rondeau challenges AWNA role in Press Council |
An Alberta publisher is challenging the Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association’s (AWNA) role in the Alberta Press Council (APC).
Hardisty (AB) World Publisher Rob Rondeau is bringing a motion to AWNA’s spring convention that would see AWNA members being able to opt out of the APC. Currently, AWNA represents its members on the APC.
| Torstar, Osprey still in bidding for CanWest papers |
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A report in the Globe and Mail on Sept. 25 says that Torstar Corp. and Osprey Media are the only two bidders left vying for CanWest Global’s southern Ontario newspapers.
The article said that Knight Paton Media Corp., an investment firm led by two former Sun Media Corp. executives, has left the bidding process.
CanWest has put up about 30 newspapers, including several community newspapers. Industry rumour has it that the process has been ...
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| Community newspapers can help build communities |
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It was my privilege to be part of the Canada Post Literary Awards program in Regina on Sept. 20. It is a Canada Post program of which we are a supporter.
At every provincial awards program, sponsors and supporters are recognized. This year, Canada post will recognize 34 winners. The awards are given in four categories, Individual achievement, educator, community leadership and business leadership.
This program with Canada Post is a good ...
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| Clarifying who is the second-oldest community newspaper in Canada |
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Thank you for the article on The Perth (ON) Courier, 'newspaper of record' in the latest issue of The Publisher. The digitizing of our original newspapers back to 1834-1984 for the web has been an interesting experience, and I think the system will revolutionize how all publications will archive their files. From 1984 to the present, our files are on microfiche instead of film and the company is waiting for the proper equipment to continue.
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| Reporter’s job has fostered many pleasant memories |
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[Reporter Michael Becker recently left the Watson (SK) Witness to pursue other opportunities. He published the following editorial on the ‘wonderful experiences’ he had working for a community newspaper.]
My more than eight years with The Watson Witness have given me some wonderful experiences: the odd stillness of flying in a hot air balloon; the calm certainty of imminent death while falling out of a hot air balloon (I still say I ...
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| Community pulls together for local newspaper |
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[The following story and editorial appeared in the Sept. 20, 2002 edition of the Temple City (AB) Star. The paper previously published a front-page article explaining that it was shutting its doors because it owed almost $40,000 in taxes. The paper’s accounts were frozen and it appealed to readers to call and voice their opinions to the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA). So many readers called the CCRA that the agency sat back down ...
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