Pulse Niagara is an alternative weekly

Alternative weekly

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 newspaper serving the Niagara Region

Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario

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 in Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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. Its offices are located in downtown

Downtown St. Catharines, Ontario

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 St. Catharines, Ontario

St. Catharines, Ontario

St. Catharines is the largest city in Canada's Niagara Region and the sixth largest urban area in Ontario, Canada, with 97.11 square kilometres of land...

.

It is published by Dynasty Communication Inc

Dynasty Communication Inc

Dynasty Communication Inc is a publisher of three alternative weekly newspapers in Ontario, Canada. These publications serve the Kitchener, Hamilton and Niagara areas....

 of Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton, Ontario

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. Dynasty also publishes similar papers in Hamilton (View Magazine

View Magazine

View Magazine is an alternative weekly newspaper serving the Hamilton, Ontario area in Canada. It covers the cities and towns of Niagara Region, Ancaster, Burlington, Stoney Creek, Glanbrook, Dundas, Flamborough, and Hamilton. Its offices are located in downtown Hamilton.It is published by Dynasty...

) and the Kitchener area (Echo Weekly

Echo Weekly

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).

Pulse Niagara is a weekly publication which served the Niagara region of Ontario. In 2010 it merged with Hamilton's View Magazine to serve both markets which are right beside each other.

Masthead

• Publisher: Ron Kilpatrick
• Editor in Chief: Jordy Yack
• Editorial Assistant: Alexandra Bates
• Advertising Sales Manager: Dayna Dubecki
• Gaming Section: Christina Winterburn

Originally founded by Jenifer Cass in December 1986, PULSE NIAGARA emerged as the Niagara Region's premier voice of independent music. Editor David DeRocco penned the magazine's first feature, a 1986 article on homegrown band Honeymoon Suite. The magazine was sold to Dynasty in 1996.