Oakville Beaver
The Oakville Beaver is a locally distributed community newspaper in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. It is published weekly by Metroland Media Group. The first edition of the Oakville Beaver was published on December 5, 1962 by W. (William) Kirk Simpson.
| Type | Weekly community newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Star Metroland Media |
| Publisher | Kelly Montague |
| Editor | Karen Miceli, Catherine O'Hara |
| Founded | December 5, 1962 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 901 Guelph Line, Burlington, ON L7R 3N8 |
| Circulation | 52,103 |
| Website | oakvillebeaver |
History
- Timeline of predecessors[1]
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Oakville Beaver (merged 1981)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
- originally the New Era (1897); sold and renamed Raymond's Record; sold and renamed Oakville Record (1907)
- named changed from the Oakville Express in 1880 (originallly established 1854); later named the Oakville Star-Independent
- later the Oakville Journal Record (1974)
The Oakville Beaver has won the prestigious General Excellence Award in the top circulation Class (40,000 and over) in the Ontario Community Newspaper Association's (OCNA) Better Newspapers competition several times since 2006. In 2014, they won Best Front Page.[3]
See also
References
- "The first 100 years". Oakville Journal Record. 8 October 1980. pp. 1–2.
- "The OJR's last day". Oakville Journal Record. 17 July 1981. p. 8.
- "2014 BNC Award Winners Announced | OCNA". www.ocna.org. Archived from the original on 2015-05-25.
Further reading
- "Oakville Beaver, Burlington Post move into new digs this weekend". InsideHalton.com. 2015-03-18. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
- "Oakville News - Latest Daily Breaking News Stories | InsideHalton.com". InsideHalton.com. Archived from the original on 2013-06-09. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
- Blackburn, Angela (2008-04-05). "Former Beaver publisher had the community at heart". InsideHalton.com. Retrieved 2018-05-12.</ref>
- Murray, Allie (2018-05-11). "Smartcar Coffee Confidential takes Burlington businesses for a ride". InsideHalton.com. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
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