The ''Montreal Standard'', later known as ''The Standard'', was a national weekly

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, founded by Hugh Graham. It operated from 1905 to 1951.

History

The Standard began publishing in 1905 as a Saturday-only newspaper on the model of the ''

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. Through time, the ''Standard'' reduced its size from broadsheet to tabloid, and it became more of a feature-oriented weekly emphasizing feature writing, recipes, fiction, cartoons and, increasingly, illustrations and photographs over news items. In 1925, Graham sold the paper, along with other media properties including the ''

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. ''The Standard'' was available in Montreal as a free weekend supplement to the ''Montreal Star'' and nationally through subscription and newsstands and was a rival to the Toronto-based ''

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''. In 1947, the ''Standard'' wooed away popular cartoonist

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from the ''Star Weekly'' but as the ''Star Weekly'' retained the rights to the name of Frise's popular ''Birdseye Center'' comic strip, the cartoon was renamed ''Juniper Junction''. Another comic strip, "Doug Wright's Family", was launched at the Standard in 1949."NAMESAKES: DOUG WRIGHT PARK"
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