Canadan Sanomat

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name = Canadan Sanomat


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type = Weekly newspaper
format = Tabloid
foundation = 2001
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price = $1.60
owners = Independent
publisher = Vapaa Sana Press Ltd.
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language = Finnish
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headquarters = 314 Bay Street
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
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website = [http://www.canadansanomat.com/ Canada Sanomat]

"Canadan Sanomat" is a weekly Finnish language newspaper in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. It is headquartered in the Finnish Labour Temple.

The paper is published by Vapaa Sana Press Ltd.

Canadan Sanomat was launched by people who had been employed at Canadan Uutiset during its final phase. Dating back to the 20s, Canadan Uutiset had been published in Thunder Bay. Earlier it had been close to the League of Loyal Finns (a right wing Finnish central organization in Canada, opposed to the Finnish Organization of Canada). However, for decades Canadan Uutiset had been a Finnish community paper in Thunder Bay, without appreciable political color. Nationally, Canadan Uutiset was a competitor to the Toronto based Vapaa Sana. In the 90s Canadan Uutiset was taken over by a Florida based Finnish newspaper owner. The Thunder Bay acquisition ran into difficulties though and had to close down. Canadan Sanomat was started after an interim period with no Finnish language weekly paper being published in Thunder Bay. In 2004 Vapaa Sana Press Ltd (the publisher of Vapaa Sana, Toronto) purchased the Canadan Sanomat publication rights. Vapaa Sana Press Ltd has continued the publication of Canadan Sanomat in its tradtional form. In contrast to Vapaa Sana (Toronto), Canadan Sanomat has no English and advertises itself as the "most Finnish newspaper in Canada".

ee also

*Vapaa Sana
*The Chronicle-Journal

External links

* [http://www.canadansanomat.com/ Canada Sanomat] fi