The ''Prince Albert Daily Herald'' is a

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serving the city of Prince Albert,

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, and the surrounding area.

History

The ''Herald'' traces its roots to the ''Prince Albert Advocate'', which was begun in 1894 as one of several weekly newspapers serving the community at that time. In 1908, the paper became known as the ''Prince Albert Weekly Herald''. In 1911, W.F. Herman, who later served as publisher of the ''

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'' in

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, bought the ''Herald'' and switched it to a daily newspaper. Herman soon flipped the paper back to its original owners, H. M. Hueston and Allan Holmes."A Newspaper's Silver Jubilee,"
''The Montreal Gazette'' (Nov. 4, 1936). The paper celebrated its silver jubilee as a daily paper in 1936. The ''Daily Herald'' was purchased from

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in October 1995, along with its sister papers the daily ''

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'' and the weekly ''Swift Current Booster''. These three Saskatchewan papers were then sold to

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in 2000 and later to

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-based publisher

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in 2002. In May 2016, Transcontinental sold its 13 newspapers in Saskatchewan to Star News Publishing of Alberta. Printing was re-located to

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, due to the associated shutdown of the Saskatoon-based printing facilities. Since May 2018, the Daily Herald has been owned by Folio Jumpline Publishing Inc., an employee owned company.

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* Mass media in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan Daily newspapers published in Saskatchewan {{Canada-newspaper-stub

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