The ''Niagara Falls Review'' is a daily newspaper distributed in

Niagara Falls Niagara Falls () is a group of three waterfalls at the southern end of Niagara Gorge, spanning the border between the province of Ontario in Canada and the state of New York in the United States. The largest of the three is Horseshoe Falls, ...

and also serving the nearby towns of

Fort Erie Fort Erie is a town on the Niagara River in the Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada. It is directly across the river from Buffalo, New York, and is the site of Old Fort Erie which played a prominent role in the War of 1812. Fort Erie is one of Ni ...

and Niagara-on-the-Lake area in

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. The paper is owned by

Metroland Media Group Metroland Media Group (also known as Community Brands) is a Canadian mass media publisher and distributor which primarily operates in Southern Ontario. A division of the publishing conglomerate Torstar Corporation, Metroland publishes more than 7 ...

, a subsidiary of

Torstar Torstar Corporation is a Canadian mass media company which primarily publishes daily and community newspapers. In addition to the ''Toronto Star'', its flagship and namesake, Torstar also publishes daily newspapers in Hamilton, Peterborough, Ni ...

. In late May 2020, Torstar accepted an offer for the sale of all of its assets to Nordstar Capital, a deal expected to close by year end.

History

The ''Niagara Falls Review'' has been the local newspaper in Niagara Falls since 1879 and founded by William Henry Anger and James Edwin Anger. Publishing daily since the 1930s, The ''Review'' currently competes with a weekly Metroland paper. Other papers available in its coverage area include the four Toronto dailies, the ''

Hamilton Spectator ''The Hamilton Spectator'', founded in 1846, is a newspaper published weekdays and Saturdays in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. One of the largest Canadian newspapers by circulation,''The Hamilton Spectator'' is owned by Torstar. History ''The Hami ...

'' and the '' St. Catharines Standard''. Review's office is located at 4424 Queen Street, but was once located on 4656 Erie Avenue (Louis Fisher Cigar Store) from 1879 to 1889, then Park Street. and at 4801 Valley Way from 1952 to 2014. The ''Niagara Falls Review'' was one of several Postmedia newspapers purchased by

in a transaction between the two companies which concluded on November 27, 2017. The paper will continue to be published by the

subsidiary of Torstar.

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The ''Niagara Falls Review'' ISSN 0839-1572
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