The ''Oakville Beaver'' is a locally distributed community
newspaper
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Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...
in
Oakville, Ontario
Oakville is a town in Regional Municipality of Halton, Halton Region, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Lake Ontario between Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton. At its Canada 2021 Census, 2021 census population of 213,759, it is List of tow ...
,
Canada
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. It is published weekly 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 ...
. The first edition of the ''Oakville Beaver'' was published on December 5, 1962 by W. (William) Kirk Simpson.
History
;Timeline of predecessors
The ''Oakville Beaver'' has won the prestigious General Excellence Award in the top circulation Class (40,000 and over) in the Ontario Community Newspaper Association's (OCNA) Better Newspapers competition several times since 2006. In 2014, they won Best Front Page.
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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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External links
Official website
Weekly newspapers published in Ontario
Torstar publications
Oakville, Ontario
Publications with year of establishment missing
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