The Cornwall Standard Freeholder is a daily newspaper based in Cornwall, Ontario

Cornwall, Ontario

Cornwall is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada and the seat of the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario. Cornwall is Ontario's easternmost city, located on the St...

. It has been in circulation for many years, and continues to be the newspaper with the largest circulation inside the Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

 - Ottawa

Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

 - Kingston

Kingston, Ontario

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 triangle. The newspaper is owned by Quebecor

Quebecor

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 through its Sun Media

Sun Media

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 division.

History

The Standard-Freeholder has been the newspaper of record for Cornwall and the counties of Stormont

Stormont County, Ontario

Stormont County area is a county in the Canadian province of Ontario.Stormont was created in 1792, however, it was settled seven years earlier in 1785. Veterans of Loyalist regiments were among the first settlers...

, Dundas

Dundas County, Ontario

Dundas County is a county in the Canadian province of Ontario.Dundas was created in 1792 by the area's first settlers: German Loyalists who had fought with Sir John Johnson in the American Revolutionary War. The settlers, descendants of the Palatine immigrants to America in 1710, had immigrated to...

 and Glengarry

Glengarry County, Ontario

thumb|right|Glengarry located within OntarioGlengarry County , an area covering , is a county in the Canadian province of Ontario, and is historically known for its settlement of Scottish Highlanders due to the Highland Clearances.Glengarry was founded in 1792 by Scottish loyalists, mainly from...

 since 1846. The Cornwall Standard Freeholder is one of the oldest newspapers in Canada.

The current newspaper began as two publications, the Freeholder, which was founded by the first premier of Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, John Sandfield Macdonald

John Sandfield Macdonald

John Sandfield Macdonald, QC was the first Premier of the province of Ontario, one of the four founding provinces created at the confederation of Canada in 1867...

, and the Standard.

The two newspapers were amalgamated in 1932 and the first issue was published on April 30 of that year. The Standard-Freeholder became a daily newspaper on April 1, 1941 and now has a circulation of nearly 15,000 copies.

Present day

The Standard-Freeholder remains the only daily newspaper in the triangle between Brockville, Ottawa and Montreal to this day. In 2006, the Standard-Freeholder was nominated for the first time for a National Newspaper Award for a series of articles published the day after an announcement the city's oldest and most prominent employer, Domtar

Domtar

Domtar Corporation is the largest integrated producer of uncoated freesheet paper in North America and the second largest in the world based on production capacity, and is also a manufacturer of papergrade pulp....

 Fine Papers Inc., would be shutting down its paper mill

Paper mill

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operation for good.

Circulation Department

Steven Robinson, Anthony Joubert, Chad Terriah, Chris Chartrand

Current editorial staff

Managing Editor Andrew Carroll;

Associate Editor Claude McIntosh;

Sports Editor Kevin Gould;

Sports Reporter Todd Hambleton

Staff Reporters: Erika Glasberg, Greg Pereenboom, Cheryl Brink and Danielle Van Den Brink.

External links

• Cornwall Standard-Freeholder