RushHour
Encyclopedia
RushHour is a chain of free daily newspapers published in the Canadian cities of Calgary
and Edmonton
by CanWest Global Communications
.
The Ottawa edition was launched on November 13, 2006 as an online news update and entertainment guide but was discontinued on April 25, 2008.
RushHour publishes at 6am in Calgary and Edmonton. Canwest owns larger, paid newspapers in each of those cities, and RushHour tends to use content from them and from the CanWest News Service
newswire.
The newspaper replaces an earlier free daily published by Canwest, Dose
, now available online only.
RushHours main competitors in Calgary and Edmonton are 24H (published by Sun Media
), and the local version of Metro International
.
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
and Edmonton
Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...
by CanWest Global Communications
CanWest Global Communications
Canwest Global Communications Corporation, which operated under the corporate brand Canwest, was a major Canadian media company based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with its head offices at Canwest Place...
.
The Ottawa edition was launched on November 13, 2006 as an online news update and entertainment guide but was discontinued on April 25, 2008.
RushHour publishes at 6am in Calgary and Edmonton. Canwest owns larger, paid newspapers in each of those cities, and RushHour tends to use content from them and from the CanWest News Service
CanWest News Service
Postmedia News is a national news agency with correspondents in Canada, Europe, and the United States and is part of the Canadian newspaper chain owned by Postmedia Network Inc.-History:...
newswire.
The newspaper replaces an earlier free daily published by Canwest, Dose
Dose (magazine)
Dose is a daily Canadian news website and former daily print magazine.Dose was a mixture of standalone features and coverage of daily news, sometimes from an irreverent perspective...
, now available online only.
RushHours main competitors in Calgary and Edmonton are 24H (published by Sun Media
Sun Media
Sun Media Corporation is the owner of several widely read tabloid and broadsheet newspapers in Canada and the 49 percent owner of Sun News Network...
), and the local version of Metro International
Metro International
Metro International is a Swedish media company based in Luxembourg that publishes the Metro newspapers. Metro International's advertising sales have grown at a compound annual growth rate of 41% since launch of the first newspaper edition in 1995. It is a freesheet, meaning that distribution is...
.