''Kanadan Sanomat'' is a Canadian weekly

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newspaper established in 2012 in

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, Canada, as a merger between two earlier publications both owned by Vapaa Sana Press Ltd. It is also promoting the logo ''KS'' as a shortened name particularly for online promotion. ''Kanadan Sanomat'' is a merger of two newspapers: *''

Vapaa Sana ''Vapaa Sana'' was a Finnish-Canadian weekly newspaper located in Toronto, Ontario. ''Vapaa Sana'' was founded in 1931 and when closing in 2012 it was one of the oldest surviving newspapers that early Finnish immigrants founded in North America. ...

'' published between 1931 and 2012 in

, Ontario *''

Canadan Sanomat ''Kanadan Sanomat'' is a Canadian weekly Finnish language newspaper established in 2012 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, as a merger between two earlier publications both owned by Vapaa Sana Press Ltd. It is also promoting the logo ''KS'' as a shorte ...

'' published between 2001 and 2012 in

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, Canada ''Kanadan Sanomat'' is considered a natural continuation of both papers and serves both Toronto and

readers that were earlier served by the two newspapers. The new newspaper utilizes the K in the name ''Kanadan Sanomat'' referring to Canada with a K as customary in the

, rather than its predecessor ''Canadan Sanomat''.

External links

* http://www.finnishcanadian.com

References

European-Canadian culture in Ontario Finnish-Canadian institutions Newspapers published in Toronto Weekly newspapers published in Ontario Multicultural and ethnic newspapers published in Canada Newspapers established in 2012 2012 establishments in Ontario Finnish-language newspapers {{Canada-newspaper-stub