The Vancouver Courier is a Canadian semiweekly local newspaper published in Vancouver

Vancouver

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, British Columbia

British Columbia

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 by Postmedia Network Inc. Currently, it is Canada's largest distributed community newspaper, with a weekly distribtuion of 265,000. 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

University of British Columbia

The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...

 to the Vancouver proper boundary at Boundary Road.

The newspaper began as an independent in 1908

1908 in Canada

-Incumbents:*Prime Minister: Sir Wilfrid Laurier*Governor General: Earl Grey*Premier of Alberta: Alexander Rutherford*Premier of British Columbia: Richard McBride*Premier of Manitoba: R.P. Roblin*Premier of New Brunswick: Clifford Robinson then John Hazen...

 as the Eburne News. Within the last 11 years its ownership has had four owners: first, the national Southam

Southam

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 chain, then Hollinger

Hollinger

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, CanWest and now Postmedia Network Inc, who took over control when they bought CanWest in June 2010. It expanded from being a neighbourhood newspaper to its current city-wide circulation area after acquiring the Vancouver Echo and the West End Times.

The paper has twice been named "Best Community Newspaper in B.C." and was the second runner-up in the Canadian Community Newspaper Association's general excellence competition.

Unlike most community newspapers, which feature several news stories on their front pages, the Courier's Friday front page features a single, lengthy feature that runs over several pages. The paper also frequently publishes material on local Vancouver history, usually written by Lisa Smedman

Lisa Smedman

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. Columnists include Geoff Olson, Allen Garr

Allen Garr

Allen Garr is a journalist, author, and journalism instructor based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Garr is well-known in the city for his editorials covering civic politics in the weekly Vancouver Courier newspaper...

, Fiona Hughes and Mark Hasiuk. The poet Earle Birney

Earle Birney

Earle Alfred Birney, OC, FRSC was a distinguished Canadian poet and novelist, who twice won the Governor General's Award, Canada's top literary honor, for his poetry.-Life:...

worked at the paper in the mid-1920s as a summer reporter and editor.

External links

• Official website - The Vancouver Courier
• CW Home - CanWest Global