''Uptown'' (originally the ''Uptown Gazette'') was an

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arts and entertainment

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, Canada. Like most alternative weekly newspapers in Canada, ''Uptown'' includes articles regarding the arts and entertainment, CD

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reviews,

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reviews and extensive current events listings. However, unlike others in its genre (such as '' Now Magazine'', ''

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'' and the ''

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''), ''Uptown'' generally does not provide any substantial coverage of current issues events apart from occasional columns concerning local news. ''The Uptown Gazette'' originated as an independent newspaper, and its existence has at times been precarious. Briefly in the 1990s, it published a second newspaper, ''Uptown 2''. During the late 1990s ''Uptown'' faced a challenge from several competing alternative weeklies, most notably from ''Perimeter'' magazine, but it emerged as the sole survivor. ''Uptown'' was purchased in 2005 by FP Newspapers, owners of the ''

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''. Little about ''Uptown'' has changed since the acquisition, except for a relocation from its previous

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offices to the suburban St. James area. In 2012 ''Uptown'' was transformed into a weekly supplement to the ''Winnipeg Free Press''.

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''Uptown'' site
Alternative weekly newspapers published in Canada Newspapers published in Winnipeg Publications with year of establishment missing Weekly newspapers published in Manitoba {{Manitoba-stub

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