The Guardian (Charlottetown)

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The Guardian
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Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) SaltWire Network
EditorJocelyne Lloyd
Founded1870s
Headquarters165 Prince Street
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
C1A 4R7
Website www.saltwire.com/prince-edward-island/

The Guardian is a daily newspaper published five days a week in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

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The paper was originally launched in the 1870s as The Presbyterian and Evangelical Protestant Union, owned by Presbyterian minister Stephen G. Lawson. It adopted its current name in 1887.

After a succession of local owners, the newspaper was bought by Thomson Corporation in the 1950s. Southam Newspapers acquired the paper from Thomson in 1996, before itself being acquired by Canwest Global Communications in 2000. Canwest sold the paper to Transcontinental in 2002, before being sold to SaltWire Network, a newly formed parent company of The Chronicle Herald , in April 2017. [1]

The Guardian had a sister publication, The Evening Patriot, which was discontinued in 1995 amid efficiency changes by the publishers. [2]

While the slogan of The Guardian for many years has been "Covers the Island like the dew", it remains principally a Charlottetown publication, with the Journal Pioneer in Summerside to the west and The Eastern Graphic in Montague to the east. In 2010,[ needs update ] the daily weekday circulation was approximately 18,000.[ citation needed ]

The Guardian is currently[ when? ] printed in Halifax. The Guardian is a Tuesday to Saturday paper only.[ citation needed ] On July 26, 2024, Postmedia entered an agreement to purchase SaltWire. [3]

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References

  1. Cassie Williams (13 April 2017). "Chronicle Herald buys all Atlantic Canadian Transcontinental papers". CBC News . Retrieved 13 April 2023.
    - Kevin Yarr (13 April 2017). "Transcontinental sells The Guardian, Journal Pioneer". CBC News. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
    - Brian Ward (13 April 2017). "The Chronicle Herald acquires Transcontinental Inc.'s newspapers, news websites and four printing plants in Atlantic Canada". The Chronicle Herald. Archived from the original on 16 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  2. "Island Newspapers: Patriot". Robertson Library, University of Prince Edward Island . Retrieved 20 January 2015.[ dead link ]
  3. Yarr, Kevin; Walton, Victoria (Jul 26, 2024). "Postmedia enters agreement to buy SaltWire chain of newspapers". CBC News. Retrieved July 26, 2024.