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Crownest Pass Promoter in Alberta closes 27 Aug 2013 | 07:49 am
Make that 13 Sun Media newspapers shuttered since last fall. The Crowsnest Pass Promoter in Alberta is toast as of today. The latest Sun Media casualtity is said to be a victim of a dispute between ...
Sun Promo Queen Lesley Annett dies at 65 26 Aug 2013 | 10:18 am
Her smile and the glow that came from being one of the Toronto Sun's key promotions staffers is what we will remember of Lesley Annett. Mike Strobel has written about Lesley in two recent columns, in...
Open invite to Pyette/Spremo affair 26 Aug 2013 | 08:12 am
The Canadian News Hall of Fame will induct Les Pyette and Boris Spremo on Oct. 16 and two more deserving Canadian newspaper giants would be difficult to find. The Hall of Fame was inactive for more t...
Andre Forget out as Sun Media national photo editor 20 Aug 2013 | 06:50 am
A reliable source tells TSF Andre Forget, an award-winning Sun Media photographer for more than 15 years, has been ousted as the chain's national photo editor. "Forget ((@QMIshooter) covered the Hill...
The day Lou Grant was senior city editor 6 Aug 2013 | 11:52 am
Peter Worthington used to say one of the many events that separated the tabloid Toronto Sun from most other print media was the day Lou Grant, aka Ed Asner, worked the city desk for a day. Lou, hired...
Marilyn Linton says farewell 6 Aug 2013 | 03:23 am
Marilyn Linton is the latest Toronto Sun vet to say farewell. Lifetsyle's health writer doesn't explain her exit, but a closing paragraph in her final column reads: After nearly 30 years of working ...
Dresden-Bothwell Leader-Spirit axed 1 Aug 2013 | 02:44 pm
Make that 12. Twelve Sun Media newspapers shuttered since last fall. The latest casualty this week - the Dresden-Bothwell Leader-Spirit in Southern Ontario. Not a large newspaper, but community to ...
Chatham Voice - community first 24 Jul 2013 | 03:34 pm
The recently launched Chatham Voice, owned and managed by former Sun Media news vets Bruce Corcoran and Jim Blake, gives us goosebumps. The thought of small, community-minded newspapers sprouting fro...
Mark Bonokoski says farewell 21 Jul 2013 | 11:57 am
Mark's final Sun Media column: When Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper columnist Jimmy Breslin penned his final piece for New York’s Newsday, he signed off to both management and readers by writing “th...
Is the 1903 Eclipse building doomed? 19 Jul 2013 | 12:32 pm
It has been nine months since David Mirvish unveiled plans for a massive facelift for King Street West. The project would include demolition of the Princess of Wales Theatre and the nearby Eclipse Whi...
