''The Record'' is the only daily (Monday–Friday)
English language newspaper based in
Sherbrooke,
Quebec, Canada. It serves the
Eastern Townships
The Eastern Townships (french: Cantons de l'Est) is an historical administrative region in southeastern Quebec, Canada. It lies between the St. Lawrence Lowlands and the American border, and extends from Granby in the southwest, to Drummondv ...
region of that province. It is one of the French-speaking province's last two English-language dailies; the other is the
Montreal Gazette, which serves the anglophone community in
Montreal.
Launched on February 9, 1897, by businessman Leonard Channell and originally known as the ''Sherbrooke Daily Record'', it is one of the two last surviving English-language daily newspapers in the French-speaking province, the other being the much larger ''
Montreal Gazette''.
For the past several years, ''The Record'' has been a daily
community newspaper for the
anglophone minority in the Eastern Townships, without comprehensive coverage of national and world news.
"Talk", or "Talk of the Townships", a weekly television, arts and cultural insert, appears every Friday. Periodic sections focus on individual communities and events within the Record's service area.
Future Canadian
media barons
John Bassett and
Conrad Black
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His father was businessman George Montegu Black II, who had significant holdings in Canadi ...
both got their starts in newspaper ownership as owner and co-owner, respectively, of the ''Sherbrooke Daily Record''.
For years ''The Record ''was owned by Black's
Hollinger International. In January 2006 it was purchased by
Alta Newspaper Group, a partnership of
Glacier Ventures International and former Hollinger executive
David Radler.
Fire
In January 1999, a fire broke out in ''The Record''s offices, which were located on rue Delorme in Sherbrooke. The building and its contents, including the newspapers computers and presses, suffered heavy losses. The newspaper was temporarily moved to a location in nearby Lennoxville without its own press.
A replacement press was eventually purchased and in June 2000 the newspaper moved into its current location on rue Galt Est, in Sherbrooke.
Former editors
* Leonard S. Channell, 1897–1899
* Victor E. Morrill, 1899–1909
* Harry Logie, 1909–1919
* Gordon Miller, 1919–1930
* Alfred Wood, 1930–1935
* Gordon Miller, 1935–1937
* J.K. Flaherty, ?-?
* Albert Reid, ?-?
* Don McMahon, ?-?
* Douglas Amaron, ?-?
* Gerald McDuff, ?-?
* George McFarlane, ?-?
* Arnold Agnew, ?-1959
* John Cranford, 1959–1963
* Hugh Doherty, 1963–1968
* Leonard Ryan, 1968–1969
* Leonard Coates, 1969–1970
* William Duff, 1970
* Paul Waters, 1971
* Ivy Weir,
ee Pankovitch 1971
* C. Scott Abbott, 1971–1972
* Lewis Harris, 1972–1973
* Alex Radmanovich, 1973–1974
* Hugh Tait, 1974
* Barbara Verity,
tevenson 1974–1977
* James Duff, 1977–1981
* Charles Bury, 1981–1996
* Sharon McCully, 1996-2006
* Eleanor Brown, 2006-?
* Jennifer Young, ? -2009
* Michael McDevitt, (interim editor 2009) (assistant editor 2010)
* Daniel Coulombe, 2010-2014
* John Edwards, 2014
See also
*
List of newspapers in Canada
References
External links
''The Record'' official site
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Newspapers published in Sherbrooke
English-language newspapers published in Quebec
Publications established in 1897
Alta Newspaper Group
Daily newspapers published in Quebec
1897 establishments in Quebec