The ''Guelph Mercury Tribune'', formerly known as the ''Royal Tribune'' and the ''Guelph Tribune'', is a twice-weekly newspaper serving the city of

Guelph Guelph ( ; 2021 Canadian Census population 143,740) is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Known as "The Royal City", Guelph is roughly east of Kitchener and west of Downtown Toronto, at the intersection of Highway 6, Highway 7 and Wel ...

Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...

, Canada.

History

The ''Guelph Tribune'' was founded on September 30, 1986 as the ''Royal Tribune'', a once-a-week community newspaper. The paper was later renamed the ''Guelph Tribune'' and in 2016 as the ''Guelph Mercury Tribune'' after the closure of the daily ''

Guelph Mercury The ''Guelph Mercury'' was an English language daily newspaper published in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. It published a mix of community, national and international news and is owned by the Torstar Corporation. The newspaper, in many incarnations, w ...

'' in January 2016. The newspaper had published twice a week since the mid-1990s. It focuses on local news. The ''Mercury Tribune'' has had five owners and eight publishers since it began. It employs carriers to deliver the paper and advertisements with it.

Present

Torstar Torstar Corporation is a Canadian mass media company which primarily publishes daily and community newspapers. In addition to the ''Toronto Star'', its flagship and namesake, Torstar also publishes daily newspapers in Hamilton, Peterborough, Ni ...

bought the newspaper from Southam in 2004 and it is now part of the

Metroland Media Group Metroland Media Group (also known as Community Brands) is a Canadian mass media publisher and distributor which primarily operates in Southern Ontario. A division of the publishing conglomerate Torstar Corporation, Metroland publishes more than 7 ...

which includes regional sister daily newspaper the ''

Waterloo Region Record The ''Waterloo Region Record'' (formerly ''The Record'') is the daily newspaper covering Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada, including the cities of Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge, as well as the surrounding area. Since December 1998, the ''Re ...

'' (Kitchener, Cambridge and Waterloo), as well as a group of weekly newspapers. The paper is distributed free of charge, and is supported through donation drives and advertisements. On April 28, 2016, the ''Tribune'' was renamed the ''Guelph Mercury Tribune''.

Newsrooms

The ''Guelph Tribune'' and ''Guelph Mercury'' were owned and published by

but kept separate newsrooms and operations.

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* {{Torstar Newspapers published in Guelph Torstar publications Newspapers established in 1986 1986 establishments in Ontario Biweekly newspapers published in Canada

History

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