The Lindsay Post
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The Lindsay Post is a twice-weekly, broadsheet community newspaper in Lindsay
, Ontario
, Canada
, that was established as The Canadian Post in 1857 in Beaverton
before being moved to Lindsay in 1861. It is part of Sun Media
and Quebecor
, Canada's largest newspaper publisher.
The Lindsay Post has a subscription-based paper on Tuesdays and a Friday edition that is delivered to homes free across the City of Kawartha Lakes
. The publisher is Gordon Brewerton. Gerry Drage is the advertising manager and Jason Bain is the managing editor
.
The paper changed its name from The Daily Post to The Lindsay Post in May 2007 to reflect its change from publishing Monday to Friday to Tuesdays and Fridays. In July 2008, it began publishing on Thursdays instead of Fridays. In April 2009, it switched back to Fridays when its printing moved from Peterborough to a new state-of-the-art press in Toronto that gives the paper full colour.
For one hundred years, the newspaper operated at 15 William Street South, a historic building where the Freemasons once leased the third floor. In May 2007, the paper moved a short distance away to 17 William Street South where it remains.
Sister papers in the Sun Media
chain in the region include The Peterborough Examiner, Orillia Packet & Times, Minden Times
and Haliburton Echo
.
According to the 1857 Canada Directory of newspapers, Lindsay had the Lindsay Advocate and the Lindsay Herald when The Canadian Post joined them in 1863. In 1866, The Omemee
Warder was moved to Lindsay to become the Victoria Warder. Peter Murray and W.M. Hale began the Lindsay Expositor in 1869. The Herald and Expositor died in infancy.
The Lindsay Advocate sold its equipment to The Post and Warder in 1876. In 1870, C.B. Robinson moved to Toronto
and founded the Canadian Presbyterian. The Post was left to be run by his brother-in-law George T. Gurnett until 1873 when it was taken over by Charles D. Barr, night editor of the Toronto Globe.
Cooper sold The Warder to John Dobson and Edward Flood became editor. Sam Hughes
, a Toronto high school teacher, became editor of The Warder in 1885. In time, Cooper sold out the Watchman to George Lytle, who in 1899 bought up The Warder and amalgamated them as the Watchman Warder'.
Lytle was succeeded as editor by Allan Gillies who, with the help of Ford Moynes of Stratford
, launched The Daily Warder in 1903. John W. Deyell then became the proprietor.
The Post was taken over by George H. Wilson and F. W. Wilson of Port Hope
in 1893. On April 8, 1895, the weekly edition was supplemented by a daily edition.
In later years, F.W. Wilson continued as sole publisher of the Port Hope Evening Guide and G.H. Wilson as sole publisher of The Post.
Two new rival papers founded in 1895 were short-lived. Sam Porter of The Post staff published a Lindsay News Item for a few weeks in 1895 and a Free Press was started on May 8, 1908, but it ceased publication on February 20, 1909.
During and after the First World War, newspaper costs became so crushing The Post and the Watchman Warder entered into an agreement by which, after September 30, 1920, the former abolished their weekly and latter abolished their daily edition.
The Post continued to publish as a daily for one hundred years until May 2007. It continues to publish twice a week as a source for local news, sports and information in the City of Kawartha Lakes.
Lindsay, Ontario
Lindsay is a community of 19,361 people on the Scugog River in the Kawartha Lakes region of south-eastern Ontario, Canada. It is approximately west of Peterborough...
, 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....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, that was established as The Canadian Post in 1857 in Beaverton
Beaverton, Ontario
Beaverton is a community in Brock Township in the Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada.Originally part of Thorah Township in Ontario County, Beaverton was first settled in 1822. The settlement is located on Lake Simcoe at the mouth of the Beaver River...
before being moved to Lindsay in 1861. It is part of 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...
and Quebecor
Quebecor
Quebecor Inc. is a communications company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded by Pierre Péladeau, and remains run by his family. Quebecor Inc. owns 55% of Quebecor Media Inc...
, Canada's largest newspaper publisher.
The Lindsay Post has a subscription-based paper on Tuesdays and a Friday edition that is delivered to homes free across the City of Kawartha Lakes
Kawartha Lakes
The city of Kawartha Lakes is a unitary municipality in Central Ontario, Canada. Although called a city, Kawartha Lakes is the size of a typical Ontarian county and is mostly rural....
. The publisher is Gordon Brewerton. Gerry Drage is the advertising manager and Jason Bain is the managing editor
Managing editor
A managing editor is a senior member of a publication's management team.In the United States, a managing editor oversees and coordinates the publication's editorial activities...
.
The paper changed its name from The Daily Post to The Lindsay Post in May 2007 to reflect its change from publishing Monday to Friday to Tuesdays and Fridays. In July 2008, it began publishing on Thursdays instead of Fridays. In April 2009, it switched back to Fridays when its printing moved from Peterborough to a new state-of-the-art press in Toronto that gives the paper full colour.
For one hundred years, the newspaper operated at 15 William Street South, a historic building where the Freemasons once leased the third floor. In May 2007, the paper moved a short distance away to 17 William Street South where it remains.
Sister papers in 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 in the region include The Peterborough Examiner, Orillia Packet & Times, Minden Times
Minden Times
The Minden Times is an award-winning tabloid newspaper published in Minden, centrally located in the heart of Ontario's cottage country. Published every Wednesday, it holds a mirror to the world of the Highway 35 corridor from Norland to Dorset...
and Haliburton Echo
Haliburton Echo
The Haliburton County Echo is an award-winning weekly newspaper in the heart of Ontario’s cottage country. Established in 1884, it is published every Tuesday from its home base in the village of Haliburton. With its focus on news features, profiles and photography, it has won dozens of awards from...
.
History
The Canadian Post, a liberal weekly, was started in Beaverton in 1857 by C. Blackett Robinson and moved to Lindsay in 1861.According to the 1857 Canada Directory of newspapers, Lindsay had the Lindsay Advocate and the Lindsay Herald when The Canadian Post joined them in 1863. In 1866, The Omemee
Omemee, Ontario
Omemee is a community within the city of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada, formerly known as Victoria County. Omemee is one of the major communities in the Kawartha Lakes, as the proclaimed "city" is vastly rural and has but one major population centre...
Warder was moved to Lindsay to become the Victoria Warder. Peter Murray and W.M. Hale began the Lindsay Expositor in 1869. The Herald and Expositor died in infancy.
The Lindsay Advocate sold its equipment to The Post and Warder in 1876. In 1870, C.B. Robinson moved to Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
and founded the Canadian Presbyterian. The Post was left to be run by his brother-in-law George T. Gurnett until 1873 when it was taken over by Charles D. Barr, night editor of the Toronto Globe.
Cooper sold The Warder to John Dobson and Edward Flood became editor. Sam Hughes
Sam Hughes
For other people of the same name see Sam Hughes Sir Samuel Hughes, KCB, PC was the Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence during World War I...
, a Toronto high school teacher, became editor of The Warder in 1885. In time, Cooper sold out the Watchman to George Lytle, who in 1899 bought up The Warder and amalgamated them as the Watchman Warder'.
Lytle was succeeded as editor by Allan Gillies who, with the help of Ford Moynes of Stratford
Stratford, Ontario
Stratford is a city on the Avon River in Perth County in southwestern Ontario, Canada with a population of 32,000.When the area was first settled by Europeans in 1832, the townsite and the river were named after Stratford-upon-Avon, England. It is the seat of Perth County. Stratford was...
, launched The Daily Warder in 1903. John W. Deyell then became the proprietor.
The Post was taken over by George H. Wilson and F. W. Wilson of Port Hope
Port Hope, Ontario
Port Hope is a municipality in Southern Ontario, Canada, about east of Toronto and about west of Kingston. It is located at the mouth of the Ganaraska River on the north shore of Lake Ontario, in the west end of Northumberland County...
in 1893. On April 8, 1895, the weekly edition was supplemented by a daily edition.
In later years, F.W. Wilson continued as sole publisher of the Port Hope Evening Guide and G.H. Wilson as sole publisher of The Post.
Two new rival papers founded in 1895 were short-lived. Sam Porter of The Post staff published a Lindsay News Item for a few weeks in 1895 and a Free Press was started on May 8, 1908, but it ceased publication on February 20, 1909.
During and after the First World War, newspaper costs became so crushing The Post and the Watchman Warder entered into an agreement by which, after September 30, 1920, the former abolished their weekly and latter abolished their daily edition.
The Post continued to publish as a daily for one hundred years until May 2007. It continues to publish twice a week as a source for local news, sports and information in the City of Kawartha Lakes.