The ''Cornwall Standard-Freeholder'' is a daily newspaper based in

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, Canada. It has been in circulation for many years, and continues to be the newspaper with the largest circulation inside the

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triangle. The newspaper is owned by

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History

The ''Standard-Freeholder'' is a daily newspaper in Cornwall and the counties of Stormont,

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and

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. The Cornwall Standard-Freeholder is one of the oldest newspapers in Canada. The current newspaper began as two publications, the ''Freeholder'', which was founded by the first

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in 1846, and the ''Standard,'' founded in 1886. The two newspapers were amalgamated in 1932 and the first issue was published on April 30 of that year. The ''Standard-Freeholder'' became a daily newspaper on April 1, 1941. It currently publishes print editions Tuesdays through Saturdays, excluding statutory holidays. A complimentary edition is printed and distributed on Thursdays for non-subscribers.

Present day

The ''Standard-Freeholder'' remains the only daily newspaper in the triangle between

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, Ottawa and Montreal to this day. In 2006, the ''Standard-Freeholder'' was nominated for the first time for a

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for a series of articles published the day after an announcement the city's oldest and most prominent employer,

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Fine Papers Inc., would be shutting down its

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operation for good. In November 2018, the ''Standard-Freeholder'' along with several other daily newspapers in the Postmedia chain had its Monday edition cut, bringing it down to five editions per week instead of six.

Current editorial staff

* Managing editor: Hugo Rodrigues * Staff reporters: Francis Racine, Todd Hambleton and Joshua Santos

References

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''Cornwall Standard-Freeholder''
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History

Present day

Current editorial staff

See also

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