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The ''Lloydminster Meridian Booster'' is a newspaper based out of
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Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...
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, Canada. It is published weekly on Wednesday. It publishes a mix of community, provincial and national news and is owned by the Lloydminster Source, another newspaper based out of Lloydminster.


History

In 1958, Byron Keebaugh founded Meridian Printing Ltd. and founded the Meridian Booster the following year in 1959. Keebaugh an early adopter of offset printing, introduced the technology to Lloydminster at a time when it was generally only used in larger newspaper markets like Edmonton and Calgary. The Booster was later sold to Sun Media. Following the founding of the Booster, Keebaugh also came to own numerous community newspapers including The
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, The Meadow Lake Progress, and the Bonnyville Nouvelle. In December 2016,
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, the successor to Sun Media, sold the newspaper to the Lloydminster Source.


See also

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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 – ...
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Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada, provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to t ...
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Saskatchewan Weekly Newspapers Association Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Da ...


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*{{Official website, http://www.meridianbooster.com Mass media in Lloydminster Newspapers established in 1959 Weekly newspapers published in Alberta Weekly newspapers published in Saskatchewan 1959 establishments in Alberta 1959 establishments in Saskatchewan