Cambridge Times is a local newspaper in Southern Ontario

Southern Ontario

Southern Ontario is a region of the province of Ontario, Canada that lies south of the French River and Algonquin Park. Depending on the inclusion of the Parry Sound and Muskoka districts, its surface area would cover between 14 to 15% of the province. It is the southernmost region of...

 serving the community of Cambridge, Ontario

Cambridge, Ontario

Cambridge is a city located in Southern Ontario at the confluence of the Grand and Speed rivers in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It is an amalgamation of the City of Galt, the towns of Preston and Hespeler, and the hamlet of Blair.Galt covers the largest portion of...

. The paper replaced the Cambridge Reporter

Cambridge Reporter

The Cambridge Reporter was a local daily newspaper in Southern Ontario serving the community of Cambridge, Ontario. Founded in 1846, it was first called the Galt Reporter...

as the local paper under the Metroland Media Group

Metroland Media Group

Metroland Media Group, also referred to as Metroland is a publisher of daily and weekly community newspapers, as well as several speciality products and services, in the southern part of the Canadian province of Ontario...

 and owned Torstar Corporation.

History

The Cambridge Times was founded in the mid-1980s as a twice a week community newspaper. The paper was later merged with the former daily Cambridge Reporter and is now published three times a week since the mid-1990s. It focuses on all local news. The editorials have become known for a place for people to air their complaints which are sometimes overly personal in nature. The Times has had five owners and eight publishers since its start.

Present

Torstar bought the newspaper and its sister Fairway Group publications from Southam in 2004 and is now part of the Metroland Media Group which also includes regional sister daily newspapers The Record

The Record (Waterloo Region)

The Waterloo Region Record is the daily newspaper covering Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada, including the cities of Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge, as well as the surrounding area...

(Kitchener, Cambridge and Waterloo) and the Guelph Mercury

Guelph Mercury

The Guelph Mercury is an English language newspaper published in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. It publishes a mix of community, national and international news and is owned by the Torstar Corporation. The newspaper, in many incarnations, has been a part of the community since 1854...

, as well as group of weekly newspapers.

Both the Cambridge Times and The Record serve Cambridge and are owned and published by Metroland Media Group but keep separate newsrooms and operations.