The ''Moose Jaw Times-Herald'' was a
daily newspaper serving the city of
Moose Jaw,
Saskatchewan,
Canada, and the surrounding area. It was printed Tuesdays through Saturdays (Monday editions ended in 2016).
J.N. McDonald founded the ''Times'' as a
weekly in 1889. One of its early owner-editors was
Thomas Walter Scott in 1894–1895. Scott would later become the first
Premier of Saskatchewan. The paper converted to a daily in 1906, changing its name to the ''Evening News''; in 1920 it purchased its rival the ''Daily News'' and in 1923 established the ''Times Morning Herald'', though this morning edition was discontinued a few years later.
In 1949,
Roy Thomson purchased the ''Times-Herald''.
Thomson Newspapers published it until October 1995, when it was sold along with its sister papers the daily ''
Prince Albert Daily Herald
The ''Prince Albert Daily Herald'' is a daily newspaper serving the city of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada, and the surrounding area.
History
The ''Herald'' traces its roots to the ''Prince Albert Advocate'', w ...
'' and the weekly ''Swift Current Booster'' to
Hollinger Inc.
Hollinger Inc. was a Canadian media company based in Toronto which was established by businessman Conrad Black. At one time, the company was the third-largest media empire in the world. The company went bankrupt in 2007.
History
Hollinger Inc. ...
Those three Saskatchewan papers were then sold to
CanWest
Canwest Global Communications Corporation, which operated under the corporate name Canwest, was a major Canadian media conglomerate based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with its head offices at Canwest Place. It held radio, television broadcasting an ...
in 2000 and later to
Montreal-based publisher
Transcontinental
Transcontinental may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* "Transcontinental", a song by the band Pedro the Lion from the album ''Achilles Heel''
* TC Transcontinental, a publishing, media and marketing company based in Canada, a subsidiary o ...
in 2002. In May 2016, Transcontinental sold its 13 newspapers in Saskatchewan to Star News Publishing of Alberta.
Star News Publishing announced that The Times-Herald will cease publication as of December 7, 2017.
See also
*
List of newspapers in Canada
References
External links
*
Mass media in Moose Jaw
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Daily newspapers published in Saskatchewan
Newspapers established in 1889
1889 establishments in Canada
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