VANCOUVER COURIER

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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,^[1] with a weekly distribtuion of 265,000.^[2] 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.¹
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''.^[3]
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.^[4]
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. Notable contributors include Kevin Potvin and Allen Garr.

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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.'"^[5]

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. ^[6]

References

1. General Newspaper Information
2. Vancouver Courier
3. The Vancouver Courier
4. About Us
5. Encyclopedia browned
6. The Wiki Way

See also

★ Vancouver Sun

★ Vancouver Province

★ National Post

External links

★ Official website - The Vancouver Courier

★ CW Home - CanWest Global