St. Catharines Standard

The St. Catharines Standard is a daily newspaper of the city of St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. As of May 2020,^[update] the publication was owned by Torstar but on May 26, 2020, the company agreed to be acquired by NordStar Capital, a private investment firm.^[2] The deal was expected to close prior to year end.

St. Catharines Standard

Front page of the June 8, 2020 edition
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	Metroland Media Group (Torstar)
Founder(s)	W. B. Burgoyne
Editor	Angus Scott
Founded	1891; 133 years ago (1891)
Language	English
Headquarters	1 St. Paul Street Unit 10 St. Catharines, Ontario L2R 7L4
Circulation	17,801 weekdays 19,733 Saturdays (as of 2011)[1]
ISSN	0837-3426
Website	www.stcatharinesstandard.ca

History

The St. Catharines Standard was started in 1891, and purchased by W. B. Burgoyne for $1 in 1892. The Standard, located in St. Catharines, Ontario, is the largest daily newspaper in Niagara. It has published continuously since 1891.

Its focus is local news, and it includes national and international news, sports, entertainment and lifestyle reporting. The newspaper is a consistent winner of Ontario Newspaper Awards, along with other newspaper industry awards.

It was later purchased by Southam Newspapers and then Canwest Global Communications. Osprey Media took over as publisher for a number of years until June 1, 2007, when it was announced Quebecor would acquire the company and its newspapers for $355.5 million. In 2015, Quebecor's English language newspapers were sold to Postmedia.

The Standard was one of several Postmedia newspapers purchased by Torstar in a transaction between the two companies which concluded on November 27, 2017.^[3] The paper continued to be published by the Metroland Media Group subsidiary of Torstar.^[4]

See also

• List of newspapers in Canada

References

1. Paid circulation cited in "Daily Newspaper Circulation Statement for the 12 Month Period Ended December 2011". Toronto: Canadian Circulations Audit Board. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
2. "Media company Torstar to go private after sale to NordStar Capital in $52 M deal". FinancialPost. May 26, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
3. "Postmedia and Torstar swap dozens of community papers, but will shut down most of them". CBC News. The Canadian Press. November 27, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
4. Kopun, Francine (November 27, 2017). "Torstar, Postmedia announce community and daily paper deal". Toronto Star. Retrieved November 27, 2017.

External links

• Official website