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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 CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc., which is affiliated with CanWest Global Communications company. It is published six days a week, Monday to Saturday.
Although its staff of reporters has shrunken considerably in recent years, the Sun still has the largest newsroom in Vancouver.
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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 CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc., which is affiliated with CanWest Global Communications company. It is published six days a week, Monday to Saturday.
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.
History
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 recent NADbank survey, the Sun's daily readership was 499,800, making it British Columbia's second most read newspaper, after The Province. Its six-day average circulation was 203,390 copies a day as of December 31, 2001.
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.
Politics
The Vancouver Sun is owned by media giant Canwest Media, which has historically been right of center. In the 2006 election, the Sun supported the Conservatives party. The editorial board has consistently supported the center-right BC Liberals and many of its policies. Senior editor Fazil Mihlar formerly worked for the Fraser Institute, the right-wing Vancouver-based think tank that issues Report Cards for many Canadian provinces, ranking schools based on their students' performance on standardized examinations.
Criticisms
It has been argued by many media critics and journalists that the Vancouver Sun's corporate owner, CanWest, exhibits a virtual monopoly over the Vancouver news market. Further to this, the Sun was featured in an article by writer Sean Condon in the September 2007 issue of Adbusters, in which the article was strongly critical of the Sun and its role in the Vancouver newspaper market.
Senior Editors
- Patricia Graham, Editor in Chief
- Kirk LaPointe, Managing Editor
- Harold Munro, Deputy Managing Editor
- Paul Bucci, Deputy Managing Editor
- Fazil Mihlar, Editorial Page Editor
Columnists
- David Baines
- Daphne Bramham
- Don Cayo
- Cam Cole
- Shelley Fralic
- Anthony Gismondi
- Stephen Hume
- Jonathan Manthorpe
- Craig McInnes
- Peter McKnight
- Pete McMartin
- Fazil Mihlar
- Ian Mulgrew
- Vaughn Palmer
- Malcolm Parry
- Doug Todd
- Steve Whysall
- Barbara Yaffe
Reporters
- Andrews, Marke (Business)
- Bates, Linda (Features)
- Beamish, Mike (Sports)
- Bellett, Gerry (News)
- Birnie, Peter (Features)
- Boei, Bill (News)
- Bolan, Kim (News)
- Cernetig, Miro (Victoria Bureau)
- Constantineau, Bruce (Business)
- Culbert, Lori (News)
- Fayerman, Pamela (Health)
- Fowlie, Johnathan (News)
- Gram, Karen (Features)
- Griffin, Kevin (Culture & Arts)
- Hall, Neal (News)
- Hamilton, Gordon (Business)
- Kane, Michael (Business)
- Kingston, Gary (Sports)
- Lee, Jeff (2010 Winter Olympics)
- Lee, Jenny (Features)
- Lee-Young, Joanne (Business)
- Little, Lyndon (Sports)
- MacIntyre, Iain (Sports)
- Mackie, John (Features)
- O'Brian, Amy (Features)
- Pap, Elliott (Sports)
- Pemberton, Kim (Features)
- Penner, Derrick (Business)
- Pynn, Larry (News)
- Scott, Michael (News)
- Shaw, Gillian (Business)
- Simpson, Scott (Business)
- Skelton, Chad (News)
- Stainsby, Mia (Features)
- Steffenhagen, Janet (Education)
- Todd, Douglas (Religion)
- Walker, Ian (Sports)
- Ward, Doug (News)
- Whysall, Steve (Gardening)
- Wigod, Rebecca (Books)
- Zacharias, Yvonne (Features)
- Ziemer, Brad (Sports)
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