Prime Minister Praises Canadian Weekly Newspapers
Prime Minister Louis St Laurant endorses National Weekly Newspaper Week and commends weekly papers for informing citizens and supporting democracy. He highlights the role of weeklies in remote areas as key news sources and thanks the press for local national and international coverage. It notes a milk to cheese fact as a closing aside.
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Louis St. Laurent
Week
Canada
Marilyn Monroe
Daily
Hollywood
Jane Russell
Montreal
Imperial Oil
Typographical Terrors and the Weekly Press in Canada
W W Cranston of the Midland Free Press spoke in Vancouver at the CWNA convention about the role of weekly newspapers in Canadian life. The address discusses editors as “crackers” and the daily and weekly press facing typographical errors and the challenges of publishing for a broad non metropolitan audience.
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Ww. J. Cranston
Canada
Midland Free Press
Vancouver
CWNA
Oracles
National Weekly Newspapers Week Highlights Local Impact
The Free Press notes Canada’s 800+ weekly papers serve 2.39 million families, with a strong local focus. Editors describe their role as community practitioners, balancing public duty with newsroom realities and praising readers advertisers and staff.
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Free Press
Acton
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Fman
Hiroshima
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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NATO
Daniel's den
Lions
Marmora
Ont
Toronto Globe and Mail
Wendell .Cabine
Marmora Herald
Kingston General Hospital
Jago Sabine
Palmerston
Ontario
St. Mary's
Marmora— Continuation School
Marmora AF
Lodge
Prince Edward District
A.B.C
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Association of Publishers
Acton Free Press
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