''The Western Star'' is a

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published Wednesdays in

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, and also serving Stephenville and the

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, Bay St. George and Humber Valley areas. The paper was founded in 1900 in

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, as a

. It became a daily paper in 1954 and was the only daily newspaper in western

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. It also had readers outside its main coverage area in

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. On April 13, 2017,

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announced that it had sold all of its newspapers in Atlantic Canada to

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, a newly formed parent company of ''

The Chronicle Herald ''The Chronicle Herald'' is a broadsheet newspaper published in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada owned by SaltWire Network of Halifax. The paper's newsroom staff were locked out of work from January 2016 until August 2017. ''Herald'' management cont ...

''. SaltWire Network announced April 10, 2019 that ''The Western Star'' would change from a paid daily newspaper to a free weekly

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. The last daily paper was delivered April 10, 2019, and the new weekly model was to begin April 17, 2019. The building in Corner Brook was already in the process of being sold, and about 30 employees were to be laid off as printing operations moved from Corner Brook to St. John's. Plans were announced for many remaining employees to become

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ers, similar to SaltWire's announced changes of 2018 at another Newfoundland newspaper, ''The Carbonear Compass''.

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* Weekly newspapers published in Newfoundland and Labrador Mass media in Corner Brook SaltWire Network publications Publications established in 1900 {{Newfoundland-stub

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