The ''Cambridge Times'' is a local newspaper in

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, Canada, serving the community of

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. It replaced the ''

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'' as the local paper in 2003, when the latter was closed by its publisher. The ''Times'' is published by the

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and owned by the

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History

The ''Cambridge Times'' was founded in the mid-1980s as a twice a-week-community newspaper. The paper was later merged with the former daily ''Cambridge Reporter'' and has been published three times a week since the mid-1990s. It focuses on all local news. The ''Times'' has had five owners and eight publishers since its start.

Present

Torstar bought the newspaper and its sister Fairway Group publications from Southam in 2004 and is now part of the Metroland Media Group which also includes regional sister daily newspaper the ''

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'' (Kitchener, Cambridge and Waterloo) and the weekly ''

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'', as well as several other weekly newspapers. The ''Cambridge Times'' and the ''Record'' are both owned and published by Metroland Media Group but maintain separate newsrooms and operations.

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