The ''Vancouver Sun'', also known as the ''Sun'', is a daily
broadsheet
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newspaper based in
Vancouver
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,
British Columbia
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, Canada. The newspaper is currently published by the Pacific Newspaper Group, a division of
Postmedia Network. Published six days a week from Monday to Saturday, the ''Sun'' is the largest newspaper in
western Canada
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by circulation.
The newspaper was first published on 12 February 1912. The newspaper expanded in the early 20th century by acquiring other papers, such as the ''Daily News-Advertiser'' and ''
The Evening World
''The Evening World'' was a newspaper that was published in New York City from 1887 to 1931. It was owned by Joseph Pulitzer, and served as an evening edition of the ''New York World.''
History
The first issue was on October 10, 1887. It was publ ...
''. In 1963, the Cromie family sold the majority of its holdings in the ''Sun'' to
FP Publications
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, who later sold the newspaper to
Southam Inc. in 1980. The newspaper was taken over by
Hollinger Inc. in 1992, and was later sold again to
CanWest
Canwest Global Communications Corporation, which operated under the corporate name Canwest, was a major Canadian media conglomerate based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with its head offices at Canwest Place. It held radio, television broadcasting an ...
in 2000. In 2010, the newspaper became part of the
Postmedia Network as a result of the collapse of CanWest.
History
The ''Vancouver Sun'' published its first edition on 12 February 1912. The newspaper was originally based at 125 West Pender Street, just around the corner from ''
The Vancouver Daily Province'', its rival at the time. In 1917, the ''Sun'' acquired the ''Daily News-Advertiser'', a newspaper that was established in 1886.
From 1917 until his death in 1936, its publisher was
Robert James Cromie. In 1924, the ''Sun'' acquired ''
The Evening World
''The Evening World'' was a newspaper that was published in New York City from 1887 to 1931. It was owned by Joseph Pulitzer, and served as an evening edition of the ''New York World.''
History
The first issue was on October 10, 1887. It was publ ...
'', another newspaper established in 1888.
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In March 1937, a fire destroyed the ''Suns business and editorial offices. The only death was the janitor, who suffered minor burns and smoke inhalation. The ''Sun'' promptly moved across the street into the World Building, where the ''World'' had been published. The building was accordingly renamed the ]Sun Tower
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.
The ''Sun'' emerged as the city's leading newspaper after ''The Vancouver Daily Province'' experienced a lengthy labour dispute from 1946 to 1949.[
In 1958, the ''Vancouver Sun'' and ''The Province'' joined to create the ''Pacific Press'' in response to the rising costs of producing newspapers. First the papers merged their mechanical and financial departments, then they both moved into the Pacific Press Building on December 27, 1965.
In 1963, the majority of the Cromie family holdings in the newspaper were sold to ]FP Publications
The ''Winnipeg Free Press'' (or WFP; founded as the ''Manitoba Free Press'') is a daily (excluding Sunday) broadsheet newspaper in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It provides coverage of local, provincial, national, and international news, as well as ...
in 1963, who later sold it to Southam Inc. in 1980. In 1992, the newspaper was taken over by Conrad Black's Hollinger Inc.[
The newspaper's photography department became the first in the world to fully switch over to ]digital photography
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following the 1994 release of the Kodak DCS 400 series
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The cameras in this series include the 1.5-megapixel D ...
, which used a Nikon F90
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body; the camera was developed by Kodak
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in collaboration with The Associated Press
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and each unit cost $16,950.
In 1997, Kennedy Heights, the printing press for the ''Vancouver Sun'' and ''The Province'', was opened in Surrey. Later in 1997 the paper moved to Granville Square
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. In 2000, the newspaper was sold to CanWest
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.[
In May 2009, the newspaper laid off long-time editorial cartoonist ]Roy Peterson
Roy Eric Peterson, OC (14 September 1936 – 30 September 2013) was a Canadian editorial cartoonist who drew for ''The Vancouver Sun'' from 1962 to 2009.
Biography
Peterson was born in Winnipeg and studied in Vancouver at the Kitsilano Secon ...
who had been drawing for the paper since 1962.
In 2010, the newspaper became part of the Postmedia Network, as a result of the collapse of CanWest
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. In December 2011, after much research on the demographics of the greater Vancouver
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area, the newspaper launched a Chinese-language version ''Taiyangbao
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'' with original Chinese language content. According to an article broadcast on China Now on China Radio International
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(December 2011), the key to success was not necessarily to "translate" its English-language version into Chinese.
In January 2015, the Kennedy Heights printing press operation was shut down, resulting in 220 workers losing their jobs. Printing of the ''Vancouver Sun'' and ''The Province'' were outsourced, each to different printing press operations.
In 2017, the ''Vancouver Sun'' and ''The Province'' moved to East Vancouver, to the Broadway Tech Centre.
Content
As a broadsheet newspaper, the ''Sun'' was not originally related to the Sun Media chain and its tabloid ''Sun'' papers in Toronto
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, Ottawa
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, Winnipeg
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, Calgary, and Edmonton
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. However, the ''Vancouver Sun'' and the tabloid ''Sun'' papers have been part of the same company since 2015, as a result of Postmedia's acquisition of Sun Media.
Editorial stances
The newspaper was first established in 1912 to "consistently advocate the principles of Liberalism". Under the Cromie family, the newspaper typically supported the Liberals, although were often critical of them.[ Under Hollinger Inc., the newspaper was considered a ]middlebrow
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newspaper with a more socially and economically diverse readership than its competitor. While publishing under Hollinger, the ''Sun''s editorials, op-ed articles, and guest columns were unambiguously critical of the federal Liberal government.
Circulation
The ''Vancouver Sun'' has seen, like most Canadian daily newspapers, a decline in circulation. Its total circulation dropped by percent to 136,787 copies daily from 2009 to 2015.
:::::::::Daily average[ Figures refer to the total circulation (print and digital combined) which includes paid and unpaid copies.]
Notable staff
* Kim Bolan
Kim Rosemary Bolan (born 1959) is a Canadian journalist who has been a reporter at ''The Vancouver Sun'' since her journalism career began in 1984. She has reported on minority, women's, education, and social services issues; wars in El Salvador ...
, crime
* Hal Sigurdson
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(1966 to 1976), assistant sports editor
See also
*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 †...
*List of newspapers in Canada by circulation
Below is a list of Canada's top twenty-four newspapers by 2015 daily Newspaper circulation, circulation.Source: Figures refer to the total circulation (print and digital combined) which includes paid and unpaid copies.
See also
* History of ...
*Media in Vancouver
This is an overview of media in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Major newspapers
Vancouver has two major English-language daily newspapers, ''The Vancouver Sun'' (a broadsheet) and ''The Province'' (a tabloid). Both are published by Postmedia Netw ...
* The ''Vancouver Sun'' Classic Children's Book Collection
*Vancouver Sun Run
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References
External links
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''Vancouver Sun'' RSS feed
History of Metropolitan Vancouver
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Vancouver Sun people