The Vancouver Sun
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The Vancouver Sun is a daily newspaper first published in the Canadian province
of British Columbia
on February 12, 1912. The paper is currently published by the Pacific Newspaper Group, a division of Postmedia Network
. It is published six days a week, Monday to Saturday. In more recent years, its opinions have been considered by scholars to be conservative in its orientation.
Although its staff of reporters has shrunken considerably in recent years, the Sun still has the largest newsroom in Vancouver. The Sun is a broadsheet
newspaper and is not part of the Sun Media
chain that operates tabloid papers in Toronto
, Ottawa
, Winnipeg
, Calgary
and Edmonton
.
When the Sun began operation, it was published at 125 West Pender Street, just around the corner from The Province
, its rival newspaper at the time.
In 1924, the Sun bought the Vancouver World newspaper, which had been in financial difficulty for some time.
In March 1937, a fire destroyed the Sun's business and editorial offices. The only casualty was the janitor, who suffered minor burns and smoke inhalation. The Sun promptly moved across the street into the World Building, where the World had previously been published. The building was accordingly renamed the Sun Tower
.
In 1958, the Sun and the Province joined to create the Pacific Press in response to the rising costs of producing newspapers. First the papers merged their mechanical and financial departments, then they both moved into the Pacific Press Building on December 27, 1965.
The paper moved to Granville Square
in 1997.
According to a 2010 NADbank survey, the Sun' s daily Monday-to-Friday readership was 453,500, making it British Columbia's second most read newspaper, after The Province
. Its six-day average circulation was 171,515 copies a day as of September 30, 2010.
In May 2009, the newspaper laid off long-time editorial cartoonist Roy Peterson
who had been drawing for the paper since 1962.
Provinces and territories of Canada
The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second-largest country by area. There are ten provinces and three territories...
of British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
on February 12, 1912. The paper is currently published by the Pacific Newspaper Group, a division of Postmedia Network
Postmedia Network
Postmedia Network Canada Corp. is a Canadian media company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, consisting of the publishing properties of the former Canwest, with primary operations in newspaper publishing, news gathering and Internet operations....
. It is published six days a week, Monday to Saturday. In more recent years, its opinions have been considered by scholars to be conservative in its orientation.
Although its staff of reporters has shrunken considerably in recent years, the Sun still has the largest newsroom in Vancouver. The Sun is a broadsheet
Broadsheet
Broadsheet is the largest of the various newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages . The term derives from types of popular prints usually just of a single sheet, sold on the streets and containing various types of material, from ballads to political satire. The first broadsheet...
newspaper and is not part of the 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...
chain that operates tabloid papers in Toronto
Toronto Sun
The Toronto Sun is an English-language daily tabloid newspaper published in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is known for its daily Sunshine Girl feature and for what it sees as a populist conservative editorial stance.-History:...
, Ottawa
Ottawa Sun
The Ottawa Sun is a daily tabloid newspaper in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is published by Sun Media. It was first published in the early 1980s as the Ottawa Sunday Herald, until it was acquired by Toronto Sun Publishing Corporation in 1988....
, Winnipeg
Winnipeg Sun
The Winnipeg Sun is a daily tabloid-sized newspaper in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.It is owned by Sun Media, a subsidiary of Quebecor Media, and shares many characteristics typical of Sun Media tabloids, including an emphasis on local news stories, extensive sports coverage, a Canadian conservatism...
, Calgary
Calgary Sun
The Calgary Sun is a daily newspaper published in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is a division of Sun Media, a Quebecor company.First published in 1980, the tabloid-format daily replaced the long-running broadsheet newspaper, The Albertan soon after it was acquired by the publishers of the Toronto...
and Edmonton
Edmonton Sun
The Edmonton Sun is a daily newspaper published in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is a division of Sun Media, a Quebecor company.It began publishing in 1978 and shares many characteristics typical of Sun Media tabloids, including an emphasis on local news stories, its conservative editorial stance,...
.
History
The Province
The Province is a daily, tabloid format newspaper published in British Columbia by Postmedia. It has been a daily newspaper since 1898.According to a recent NADbank survey, The Provinces average weekday readership was 520,100, making it British Columbia's most read newspaper...
, its rival newspaper at the time.
In 1924, the Sun bought the Vancouver World newspaper, which had been in financial difficulty for some time.
In March 1937, a fire destroyed the Sun's business and editorial offices. The only casualty was the janitor, who suffered minor burns and smoke inhalation. The Sun promptly moved across the street into the World Building, where the World had previously been published. The building was accordingly renamed the Sun Tower
Sun Tower
The Sun Tower is a 17 storey Beaux-Arts building at 100 West Pender Street in Vancouver, British Columbia. It is known for its faux-patina steel dome painted to imitate copper cladding. Nine nude muses, the "nine maidens" supporting the cornice line can be seen...
.
In 1958, the Sun and the Province joined to create the Pacific Press in response to the rising costs of producing newspapers. First the papers merged their mechanical and financial departments, then they both moved into the Pacific Press Building on December 27, 1965.
The paper moved to Granville Square
Granville Square
Granville Square is a prominent tower located at 200 Granville Street in Downtown Vancouver's Financial District. Completed in 1973, it stands at 142 m or 30 storeys high, making it one of the tallest buildings in the city...
in 1997.
According to a 2010 NADbank survey, the Sun
The Province
The Province is a daily, tabloid format newspaper published in British Columbia by Postmedia. It has been a daily newspaper since 1898.According to a recent NADbank survey, The Provinces average weekday readership was 520,100, making it British Columbia's most read newspaper...
. Its six-day average circulation was 171,515 copies a day as of September 30, 2010.
In May 2009, the newspaper laid off long-time editorial cartoonist Roy Peterson
Roy Peterson
Roy Eric Peterson, OC is a Canadian editorial cartoonist who drew for the Vancouver Sun from 1962 to 2009.Peterson was born in Winnipeg and studied in Vancouver at the Kitsilano Secondary School. Along with the Sun, his work often appeared in Maclean's magazine, where he would illustrate the...
who had been drawing for the paper since 1962.
Sections
The Sun has multiple sections. Its main, or A, section usually contains the top local stories of the day along with local columns. The B section features national and world news, along with analysis. The paper also has daily Arts & Life, BusinessBC and Sports sections. On Thursdays, The Sun publishes a tabloid entertainment section called Westcoast Life. On Saturdays, there is a section called Weekend Review with columnists, features and articles on science. The Sun also publishes a popular editorial section each fall called BC's Top Employers, profiling employers in the province with progressive and interesting workplace policies.Senior editors
- Patricia Graham, Editor-in-Chief
- Harold Munro, Deputy Managing Editor
- Paul Bucci, Deputy Managing Editor, Digital
- Valerie Casselton, Executive Editor
- Nicholas Palmer, Senior Editor
- Fazil Mihlar, Editorial Pages Editor
Department editors
- Adrienne Tanner, City Editor
- Dan Cassidy, Assignment Editor
- Liam Ford, Night City Editor
- Hugh Dawson, News Editor
- Dean Broughton, News Editor, Digital
- Chris Parry, Digital Editor
- Massey Padgham, Canada/World Editor
- Cheryl Shoji, Photo Assignment Editor
- Bev Wake, Special Projects
- Fiona Anderson, Business Editor
- Scott Brown, Sports Editor
- Maggie Langrick, Arts, Life & Entertainment
- Juanita Ng, Food Editor
- Brad Frenette, Social Media & Digital Editor
- Steve Snelgrove, iPad and Daytime Production Editor
- Roger Watanabe, Design Editor
Columnists
- David Baines
- Daphne Bramham
- Don Cayo
- Cam Cole
- Harvey Enchin
- Shelley Fralic
- Anthony Gismondi
- Stephen Hume
- Iain MacIntyre
- Jonathan Manthorpe
- Craig McInnes
- Peter McKnight
- Pete McMartin
- Fazil Mihlar
- Ian Mulgrew
- Vaughn Palmer
- Malcolm Parry
- Randy Shore
- Doug Todd
- Steve Whysall
- Barbara Yaffe
Reporters
- Beamish, Mike (Sports)
- Bellett, Gerry (News)
- Birnie, Peter (Features)
- Bolan, Kim (Crime)
- Constantineau, Bruce (Sports)
- Culbert, Lori (News)
- Fayerman, Pamela (Health)
- Fowlie, Johnathan (Legislative Bureau)
- Gram, Karen (Features)
- Griffin, Kevin (Culture & Arts)
- Hall, Neal (News)
- Hamilton, Gordon (Business)
- Hansen, Darah (News)
- Kingston, Gary (Sports)
- Kwantes, James (Business)
- Lee, Jeff (City Hall)
- Lee, Jenny (Features)
- Little, Lyndon (Sports)
- MacIntyre, Iain (Sports)
- Mackie, John (Features)
- Morton, Brian (Business)
- O'Brian, Amy (Features)
- O'Neil, Peter (Ottawa bureau)
- Pap, Elliott (Sports)
- Pemberton, Kim (Features)
- Penner, Derrick (Business)
- Pynn, Larry (News)
- Ryan, Denise (Features)
- Scott, Michael (On leave)
- Shaw, Gillian (Business
- Sherlock, Tracy (Books)
- Sinoski, Kelly (Metro)
- Simpson, Scott (Business)
- Skelton, Chad (News)
- Stainsby, Mia (Restaurants & Features)
- Steffenhagen, Janet (Education)
- Todd, Douglas (Religion)
- Walker, Ian (Sports)
- Ward, Doug (News)
- Whysall, Steve (Gardening)
- Woo, Andrea (News)
- Zacharias, Yvonne (Features)
- Ziemer, Brad (Sports)
See also
- Vancouver Sun RunVancouver Sun RunThe Vancouver Sun Run, sponsored by The Vancouver Sun newspaper, is a 10-km race held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada each year on the third Sunday in April since 1985...
- The Vancouver Sun Classic Children's Book CollectionThe Vancouver Sun Classic Children's Book CollectionThe Vancouver Sun Classic Children's Book Collection is a set of 32 novels published by The Vancouver Sun from 2004-2005. The novels could only be purchased by presenting a coupon from the newspaper and paying the stated amount of money to a store which sold the novel. The first novel, The Jungle...