The Montreal Standard was a newspaper in 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...

, Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

 from 1905-1951 and founded by Hugh Graham, 1st Baron Atholstan

Hugh Graham, 1st Baron Atholstan

Hugh Graham, 1st Baron Atholstan , was a Canadian newspaper publisher.-Biography:Born in Athelstan , Huntingdon County, Quebec, Graham was the son of Robert Walker Graham, a Scottish land owner, and his wife, Marion, daughter of Colonel Thomas McLeay Gardner.He was educated at the Huntingdon...

. It began in 1905 as a Saturday-only newspaper on the model of the Illustrated London News

Illustrated London News

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; that is, current events using photographs and news stories. The Standard became more of a feature-oriented weekly over its history. Graham sold the paper along with other media interest to John Wilson McConnell

John Wilson McConnell

John Wilson McConnell was a Canadian businessman, newspaper publisher, humanitarian, and the most significant philanthropist in the history of the province of Quebec, Canada.-Early life:...

. In 1951 its publishers, who also owned the Montreal Star

Montreal Star

The Montreal Star was an English-language Canadian newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It folded in 1979 following an eight-month pressmen's strike....

started a new Weekend Magazine, and the Standard was ended and its staff transferred.