Newswest
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Newswest is a community publication serving a number of communities within Canada's National Capital Region
National Capital Region (Canada)
The National Capital Region, also referred to as Canada's Capital Region, is an official federal designation for the Canadian capital of Ottawa, Ontario, the neighbouring city of Gatineau, Quebec, and surrounding urban and rural communities....

. Newswest is a wholly Canadian publication and not related to the 1980s U.S. newspaper NewsWest, previously owned by Tab Communications
Tab Communications
Tab Communications Inc. , based first in Newton, Massachusetts, USA, then in nearby Needham, was a weekly newspaper publisher in Greater Boston before being bought by Fidelity Investments in 1992 and dissolved into Community Newspaper Company in 1996.The company, founded in 1979, steadily expanded...

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Newswest was founded in 1978 and is one of the longest surviving community newspapers in Ottawa. It operates as a non-profit corporation and is published 12 times a year inside Kitchissippi Times with a circulation of well over 16,000 copies. The inclusion of Newswest in Kitchissippi Times began in 2003 after an agreement on advertising revenue was reached between the 2 papers. Since that time Kitchissippi Times handles all advertising allowing Newswest to focus on its non-profit community content. Kitchissippi Times is published 20 times per year so the editors of the 2 papers share responsibility on things like the Community Calendar section.

Newswest covers the area bordered (east to west) by the O-Train tracks and Woodroofe Avenue, and between the Ottawa River
Ottawa River
The Ottawa River is a river in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. For most of its length, it now defines the border between these two provinces.-Geography:...

 and Carling Avenue
Carling Avenue
Carling Avenue is a major east-west arterial road in the west end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It runs from March Road in Kanata to Bronson Avenue in the Glebe...

. This area includes the neighborhoods of Mechanicsville
Mechanicsville (Ottawa)
Mechanicsville is a neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located to the west of downtown and bordered by the Ottawa River to the north, the transitway railway to the east, Scott Street to the south, and Parkdale Avenue to the west...

, Hintonburg
Hintonburg
Hintonburg is a neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is a historically working-class, predominately residential neighbourhood, with a commercial strip located along Wellington Street West, located to the west of downtown...

, Champlain Park, West Wellington, Hampton Park, Westboro Beach, Westboro, Highland Park, McKellar Park
McKellar Park
McKellar Park is a park and sub-neighbourhood of Westboro, in the City of Ottawa, in the province of Ontario that lies to the North of the Queensway. It is considered a trendy and expensive area, being close to the Westboro Village....

, Carlingwood and the Civic Hospital
Civic Hospital
Civic Hospital is a neighbourhood in Ottawa, Canada. It is named after the Ottawa Civic Hospital, which is located in the neighbourhood.Civic Hospital is bounded on the west by Island Park Drive, on the north by Queensway, on the east by the O-Train and on the south by Carling Avenue.The...

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Most of the articles to Newswest are provided by local volunteer writers and photographers. Additionally, columns from the local representatives for 3 levels of government and the public school board appear regularly.

The current editor of Newswest is Anne Duggan.

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