Richmond Hill Liberal

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Richmond Hill Liberal
Type Weekly newspaper
Founded1878
City Richmond Hill, Ontario
Website https://www.therecord.com/local-richmond-hill/home.html

The Richmond Hill Liberal is a Canadian newspaper based in Richmond Hill, Ontario and servicing Richmond Hill and surrounding communities since 1878 [1] as a weekly [2] local newspaper. [3] It usually gives full coverage to all local council meetings. [4]

History

The paper was founded in 1878 after the Conservative York Herald (the town's only paper) attacked the more progressive Richmond Hill council. [5]

Thomas F. McMahon purchased the newspaper in 1884, [6] and was the editor until his death in 1925. [7] James H. Ormiston was a later editor. [8]

Richmond Hill LIberal printed its last paper version on September 14, 2023 after its parent company, Metroland Media Group, entered bankruptcy protection and transitioned the paper into digital-only. [9]

References

  1. Beck, Marney. "Liberal celebrating 140 years of newspaper service to Richmond Hill", "Richmond Hill Liberal", Richmond Hill, Jul 06, 2018.
  2. Haggart, Ron (December 28, 1962). "Paper Changes Tune On Interest Conflict". Toronto Daily Star . p. 11. ProQuest   1426617277.
  3. Daubs, Katie (March 13, 2013). "The show must go on, choir teacher tells her union". Toronto Star (published March 12, 2013). p. A3. ProQuest   2032000663 . Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  4. Berton, Pierre (January 6, 1961). "Potpourri". Toronto Daily Star . p. 17. ProQuest   1428494034.
  5. Duffin, Jacalyn (1993). Langstaff : a nineteenth-century medical life. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 383. ISBN   978-0802029089.
  6. "Dominion Notes". The Globe . Toronto. February 6, 1884. ProQuest   1532194338.
  7. "Editor of Liberal lays down his pen". The Globe . Toronto. July 16, 1925. p. 10. ProQuest   1435724793.
  8. "J. H. Ormiston - Former Editor of Whitby Paper". The Globe and Mail . Toronto. April 5, 1957. ProQuest   1288844323.
  9. Willis, Andrew; Castaldo, Joe (2023-09-15). "Nordstar to put Metroland newspaper group into bankruptcy, more than 70 weekly papers to go digital only". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2023-09-30.