Exeter Lakeshore Times-Advance

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Exeter Lakeshore Times-Advance
Type Weekly
Format Tabloid
Owner(s) Postmedia Network
Founded1873;150 years ago (1873) (Exeter Times-Advocate
1880;143 years ago (1880) (Lakeshore Advance)
City Exeter, Ontario
CountryCanada
Website https://www.lakeshoreadvance.com/

The Exeter Lakeshore Times-Advance is a weekly local newspaper, published in the town of Exeter, Ontario. [1] It serves the counties of Huron, Middlesex, and Lambton. It was established in 1873 as the Exeter Times-Advocate. [2]

The Exeter Times-Advocate was one of several Torstar-owned newspapers purchased by Postmedia in a transaction between the two companies which concluded on November 27, 2017. [3] The paper will continue to be published by Postmedia. [4] In 2018, the Exeter Times Advocate merged with the Grand Bend-based Lakeshore Advance to create the Exeter Lakeshore Times-Advance. [5]

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  2. "Metroland.com - Exeter Times-Advocate". Archived from the original on 2013-09-14. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
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