''The Mail and Empire'' was a Canadian newspaper formed from the 1895 merger of ''

The Toronto Mail ''The Toronto Mail'' was a newspaper in Toronto, Ontario which through corporate mergers became first '' The Mail and Empire'', and then ''The Globe and Mail''. The ''Mail'' was founded in 1872 by Thomas Charles Patterson (b. 1836 in Patney, ...

'' (owned by Charles Alfred Riordan and managed by

Christopher William Bunting Christopher William Bunting (1 September 1837 – 14 January 1896) was an Irish-born politician, merchant, newspaper owner and newspaper publisher. Born in Amigan, Limerick, Ireland, he was the son of William Bunting and Jane Crowe and cam ...

) and ''

Toronto Empire ''The Empire'' was a Canadian newspaper established in Toronto, Ontario, in 1887. Founded by John A. Macdonald, the Prime Minister of Canada and publishing rival of George Brown of '' The Globe'', it was the voice of the conservatives in the ci ...

'', both

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newspapers based in

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. It acquired the assets of ''

The Toronto World ''The Toronto World'' was a Canadian newspaper based in Toronto, Ontario. It existed between 1880 and 1921, and a Sunday edition operated from 1891 to 1924. Founded by William Findlay "Billy" Maclean, it was popular among Toronto's working class ...

'' in 1921 and merged with '' The Globe'' in 1936 to form ''

The Globe and Mail ''The Globe and Mail'' is a Newspapers in Canada, Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in Western Canada, western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of more than 6 million in 2024, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on week ...

''.

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