''L'Express'', formerly ''L'Express de Toronto'', is a
French-language
French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Nor ...
weekly newspaper, published in
Toronto,
Ontario, Canada. The paper concentrates primarily on local and regional news for
Franco-Ontarians
Franco-Ontarians (french: Franco-Ontariens or if female, sometimes known as ''Ontarois'' and ''Ontaroises'') are Francophone Canadians that reside in the province of Ontario. Most are French Canadians from Ontario. In 2016, the Government of O ...
in the
Greater Toronto Area
The Greater Toronto Area, commonly referred to as the GTA, includes the City of Toronto and the regional municipalities of Durham, Halton, Peel, and York. In total, the region contains 25 urban, suburban, and rural municipalities. The Greater T ...
and
Central Ontario, although it has also published a smaller selection of national and international news coverage. It is considered one of the most important francophone media outlets in Canada outside of Quebec; for instance, in
Jacques Parizeau's first trip outside of Quebec after winning the
1994 Quebec provincial election, ''L'Express'' was the only media outlet besides the national ''
CBC Prime Time News'' to whom he granted an interview.
The newspaper was founded in 1976 by Jean Mazaré, a student at the
Ontario College of Art. The current publisher is Eric Mazaré.
[History of l'Express](_blank)
Contributing journalists include Aline Ayoub, Jacqueline Brodie, Annik Chalifour, Martin Francoeur, Benoit Legault, Gérard Lévesque, Nathalie Prézeau, Gabriel Racle,
Aurélie Resch
Aurélie Resch is an author, travel writer and filmmaker from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Biography
Resch has written eight books and has written in many collectives. Her work on exile and the quest of identity led her to be a finalist in 2002 ...
, Charles-Antoine Rouyer, Paul-François Sylvestre and Monique Telmosse.
In 2018, ''L'Express'' was admonished by the
Canadian Internet Registration Authority for deceptively using the web domain name ''lemetropolitain.ca'', which closely resembles the ''lemetropolitain.com'' domain name of the competing publication ''
Le Métropolitain'', to direct readers to ''L'Express''.
"Un journal francophone fait preuve « de mauvaise foi » en s'appropriant l'adresse d'un concurrent"
Ici Radio-Canada, August 3, 2018.
See also
* List of newspapers in Canada
* Media in Toronto
This is a list of television and radio stations along with a list of media outlets in and around Toronto, Ontario, Canada, including the Greater Toronto Area. Toronto is Canada's largest media market, and the fourth-largest market in North Ameri ...
References
External links
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Newspapers published in Toronto
French-language newspapers published in Ontario
Weekly newspapers published in Ontario
Publications established in 1976
1976 establishments in Ontario