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, founded in 1884, is a
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published daily in
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,
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, Canada. It is owned by an independent
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trust. ' was formerly a broadsheet daily, considered a
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in Canada. Its Sunday edition was discontinued in 2009, and the weekday edition in 2016. The weekend Saturday printed edition was discontinued on 31 December 2017, turning ' into an entirely digital newspaper.


Audience and sections

' is published on its
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, .ca, and its mobile app, . The newspaper targets an educated,
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readership. Its main competitors are two Montreal print dailies, the tabloid-format ', which aims at a more populist audience, and the more left-leaning
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. ' comprises several sections, dealing individually with arts, sports, business and economy and other themes. Its Saturday print edition (now discontinued) contained over 10 sections. The newspaper's archives from 2000 to 2019 are available on its website.


History

The paper was founded on October 20, 1884 by William-Edmond Blumhart.
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took over in 1889. The fledgling newspaper's circulation would soon pass that of its main competitor of the time, '. In April 1901, the paper organized a cruise to
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('). It also organized a
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to give
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gifts to poor children ('). A front-page illustration on December 3, 1904, issue celebrated the 50th anniversary of the proclamation of the
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of the
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. The practice of the time was to have an illustration on the front page, rather than a photograph. Between July 1971 and February 1972, ' endured a seven-month labour dispute between its then-owner
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and 11 trade unions, prompted by the introduction of new printing technology that could have jeopardized the jobs of newspaper typographers. This resulted in ' not being printed between October 28, 1971, and February 9, 1972. The dispute culminated in an over-10,000-strong protest in
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on October 29, 1971, resulting in over 200 injuries and arrests, as well as the death of the 28-year-old Michèle Gauthier, a student at , who was caught up in the protests. The style and presentation of the print newspaper changed immensely during the course of the 20th century. It underwent complete graphic redesigns in 1986 and 2003. From 1984 to 2014, ' every year honoured a "Person of the Year", for example,
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,
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and
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. In 1984, it also published a commemorative book in order to celebrate its 100th anniversary. A similar book was published by ' to recap the major events of the 20th century. In 2001, with the arrival of news editor
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, the newspaper began a radical remodelling. The graphic design was modernized, new sections were created, international coverage was greatly increased, and many new young, up-and-coming journalists were hired. These changes had a significant positive impact on quality and circulation, to the point that the paper is now considered a rival to for the title of Quebec's
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. In 2011, ' rebranded its new-media operations from .ca to .ca. In 2013, the newspaper launched ', a free digital edition for iPad. Founded in May 2015, Nuglif is a subsidiary of ' and the platform aims at replicating the ' business model for other publications in the daily news industry through a suite of publishing software and tools for delivery on both iPads and Android tablets. The newspaper announced in September 2015 that it would end its weekday print edition in 2016 and that thereafter the weekday paper would be available only in digital form. The Saturday edition continued in print until December 30, 2017. On May 8, 2018, it was announced that ' would become a
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and sever ties with its owner, Power Corporation. This move allowed the newspaper to accept private donations and governmental support.


Editorial line

The editorial board of ' has been consistently supportive of Canadian federalism over the past 25 years, though individual columnists may freely express less sympathy. The newspaper's editorials endorsed the
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option in both the 1980 Quebec referendum and the 1995 Quebec referendum which were held on the issue of Quebec's national sovereignism. The editorial board leaves room for the whole spectrum of opinions. It supported
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legislation in Canada, the protests against the
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, and criticized both sides in the 2012 Quebec student protests. The paper endorsed the
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in the 2006 election. This was primarily out of a reasoning that the Canadian government was in need of a necessary change after more than 12 years of
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rule. Similarly, with
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's Conservatives having been in power for nine years at the time, ' endorsed
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's Liberal Party in the 2015 election.
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is currently the editor, and François Cardinal is the assistant editor. Noted journalists associated with the paper include Patrick Lagacé, Yves Boisvert,
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and Lysiane Gagnon.


Television

The newspaper's television production arm, ', has produced the series ', hosted by former politician Mario Dumont, for the Quebec television network V (formerly TQS)."Mario Dumont to host Quebec TV show"
cbc.ca, February 25, 2009.
The division, which had changed its name to ', was sold to Attraction Images in 2014.


Notable staff

* Marcel Desjardins — vice-president, assistant editor and news director


See also

*
List of Quebec media This is a list of Quebec media. News services * CNW Telbec * La Presse Canadienne Newspapers Daily * '' 24 Heures'' ( Quebecor) * '' Le Devoir'' (independent) * '' Le Droit'' produced in Ottawa, but also distributed in Gatineau and elsewh ...
*
List of newspapers in Canada This list of newspapers in Canada is a list of newspapers printed and distributed in Canada. Daily newspapers Local weeklies Alberta * Airdrie – ''Airdrie Echo'' * Bashaw – '' Bashaw Star'' * Bassano – ''Bassano Times'' * Beaumont – ...
Montreal newspapers: * ''
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'' * ' * ' * ' * ''
Montreal Daily News The ''Montreal Daily News'' was a short-lived English language Canadian daily newspaper in Quebec. Quebecor founder Pierre Péladeau and British tabloid publisher Robert Maxwell teamed up to launch a competing English-language newspaper against ...
'' (defunct) * ''
Montreal Star ''The Montreal Star'' was an English-language Canadian newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It closed in 1979 in the wake of an eight-month pressmen's strike. It was Canada's largest newspaper until the 1950s and remained the domi ...
'' (defunct)


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