Vancouver Courier

Infobox Newspaper
name = Vancouver Courier


caption =
type = Weekly/Bi-weekly newspaper
format = Tabloid
foundation = 1908
ceased publication =
price = Free
owners = CanWest Global Communications
political position =
publisher = Peter Ballard
editor = Mick Maloney
language = English
circulation = 265,000
headquarters = 1574 West 6th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V6J 1R2
CAN
ISSN = 1195-731X
website = [http://www.vancourier.com/ www.vancourier.com/]

The "Vancouver Courier" is a Canadian semiweekly local newspaper published in Vancouver, British Columbia by CanWest Global Communications. Currently, it is Canada's largest distributed community newspaper,cite web|url=http://www.canwestmediaworks.com/advertising/print/displayAdvertising/generalInformation/marketInformation.asp?ProvinceID=&MarketID=&Lang=&NewspaperID=488&frmAction=|title=General Newspaper Information|publisher=CanWest MediaWorks Limited Partnership|date=2006|accessdate=2007-03-14] with a weekly distribtuion of 265,000.cite web|url=http://www.vancouverinfocenter.com/merchant2.php/list2/381/Vancouver+Courier|title=Vancouver Courier|publisher=Villagelynx Media Ltd.|date=2006|accessdate=2007-03-14] The circulation estimate includes The "Vancouver Courier", The "Vancouver Courier Downtown", and the "Vancouver Courier Westside", and The "Vancouver Courier Eastside" on Wednesdays. Delivered to homes the paper is distributed from UBC to the Vancouver proper boundary at Boundary Road.

The newspaper began as an independent in 1908 as the Eburne News. Within the last ten years its ownership has changed three times. First by the national Southam chain, then by Hollinger, and finally CanWest. It expanded from being a neighbourhood newspaper to its current city-wide circulation area after acquiring the "Vancouver Echo" and the "West End Times". [cite web|title=The Vancouver Courier|publisher=Van Net Newspapers|url=http://www.vannetsales.com/pdf/marketdata/courier.pdf|accessdate=2007-04-25]

The paper has been named twice, "Best Community Newspaper in B.C." and was the second runner-up in the Canadian Community Newspaper Association's general excellence competition.cite web|url=http://www.vancourier.com/issues07/033107/aboutus.html|title=About Us|publisher=CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc.|date=Wednesday, March 14, 2007|accessdate=2007-03-14]

Unlike most community newspapers, which feature several news stories on their front pages, the "Courier's" front page almost always features a single, lengthy feature that runs over several pages. The paper also frequently publishes material on local Vancouver history, usually written by Lisa Smedman. Notable contributors include Kevin Potvin and Allen Garr. The poet Earle Birney worked at the paper in the mid-1920s as a summer reporter and editor.

Trivia

In an article reporting on the Essjay controversy at Wikipedia on March 9 2007, the newspaper erroneously claimed that

"Wikipedia's entry for the Vancouver Courier describes the paper as 'Canada's foremost publication on Rashes, Groin Pulls and Goiters, with a readership consisting mostly of interpretive dance instructors, grumpy looking women in power suits and former city employees let go under mysterious circumstances.'" [cite news|title=Encyclopedia browned|publisher=Vancouver Courier|url=http://www.vancourier.com/issues07/032207/entertainment/032207en5.html|accessdate=2007-04-25]

Taken from the tongue-in-cheek 'Kudos and Kvetches' section, the comments falsely quote Wikipedia where no such edit was made.

On Wednesday, May 30, 2007, Wikipedia and the made the front page of the Courier. [cite web|url=http://www.vancourier.com/issues07/055107/news/055107nn1.html|title=The Wiki Way|publisher=Vancouver Courier|date=May 30, 2007|accessdate=2007-05-30]

References

ee also

* Vancouver Sun
* Vancouver Province
* National Post

External links

* [http://www.vancourier.com/ Official website] - The Vancouver Courier
* [http://www.canwestglobal.com/home.html CW Home] - CanWest Global