''Le Voyageur'' is a weekly community

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in Greater Sudbury,

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, serving the city's Franco-Ontarian community. The newspaper was launched on June 12, 1968, shortly after the demise of the region's earlier francophone community newspaper ''

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'',C.M. Wallace and Ashley Thomson, ''Sudbury: Rail Town to Regional Capital''.

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, 1993. . and is distributed throughout

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. In 2008, the paper hosted the national conference of the ''Association de la presse francophone du Canada''. In 2009, the paper expanded its web presence to publish daily news updates. Then-editor Pascale Castonguay was also selected by the

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and the ''Association de la presse francophone du Canada'' as a correspondent covering the

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for over 250 francophone newspapers and radio stations across Canada. In 2011, the paper was purchased from its prior owners, Carole Dubé and Réjean Grenier, by

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, the owner of the city's francophone radio station

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. The transaction also made it a sister publication to ''L'Express de Timmins'', which was launched by Le5 in 2010. In 2013, Le5 merged the two publications into an expanded region-wide newspaper, covering Sudbury, Timmins, Chapleau, Wawa, Cochrane,

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, Hearst,

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, French River and the Timiskaming region, under the banner ''Le Voyageur — La voix du Nord''."Le Voyageur expanding". ''Morning North'' ( CBCS-FM), April 18, 2013.

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''Le Voyageur''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Voyageur Newspapers published in Greater Sudbury French-language newspapers published in Ontario Weekly newspapers published in Ontario Publications established in 1968 1968 establishments in Ontario

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