''The Suburban'' is the largest English language
weekly newspaper
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in the province of
Quebec
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.
It is a
community newspaper
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If it covers wider topics, community j ...
based in
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...
's
Saint-Laurent borough which publishes three geographically based editions containing some shared and some location-specific content, to populations in Montreal's West Island, East End and inner suburbs, as well Laval—Quebec's third-largest city—located just north of Montreal on the adjacent island of ''Île Jésus''. Total circulation of all three editions is 145,000—making it the largest weekly newspaper in Quebec.
The Suburban was established by Sophie Wollock on March 1, 1963, in the Montreal suburb of
Côte-Saint-Luc. The Wollock family owned the newspaper until 1987, when it was sold to the Sochaczevski family.
The newspaper's
editor-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
is Beryl Wajsman. Its publisher is Michael Sochaczevski.
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 †...
References
External links
The Suburban (official website)
Newspapers published in Montreal
Newspapers established in 1963
English-language newspapers published in Quebec
Saint-Laurent, Quebec
Weekly newspapers published in Quebec
1963 establishments in Quebec
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