The ''Moose Jaw Times-Herald'' was a

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serving the city of

Moose Jaw Moose Jaw is the fourth largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. Lying on the Moose Jaw River in the south-central part of the province, it is situated on the Trans-Canada Highway, west of Regina. Residents of Moose Jaw are known as Moose Javian ...

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, 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 Walter Scott (full name: Thomas Walter Scott) (October 27, 1867 – March 23, 1938) was the first premier of Saskatchewan from 1905 to 1916. Scott was Saskatchewan's second longest-serving Premier, serving one continuous term from 1905 to 1 ...

in 1894–1895. Scott would later become the first

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. 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''.

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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, Canada, and the surrounding area. History The ''Herald'' traces its roots to the ''Prince Albert Advocate'', which was begun in 1894 as on ...

'' and the weekly ''Swift Current Booster'' to Hollinger Inc. Those three Saskatchewan papers were then sold to CanWest in 2000 and later to

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-based publisher Transcontinental 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.

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* Mass media in Moose Jaw M Daily newspapers published in Saskatchewan Newspapers established in 1889 1889 establishments in Canada {{Canada-newspaper-stub

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