Vapaa Sana is a Finnish-Canadian

Finnish-Canadian

Finnish Canadians are Canadians of Finnish ancestry. According to the 2001 census number over 114,000 Canadians claim Finnish ancestry. Finns started coming to Canada in the early 1880s, and in much larger numbers in the early 20th century and well into the mid-20th century...

 weekly newspaper located in Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, Ontario

Ontario

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. Vapaa Sana was founded in 1931 and it is one the oldest surviving newspapers that early Finnish immigrants founded in North America.

Articles in Vapaa Sana are in the Finnish language, although a special English section called Finnish Canadian Reporter is published fortnightly.

Vapaa Sana Press Ltd is also the publisher of the Canadan Sanomat

Canadan Sanomat

Canadan Sanomat is a weekly Finnish language newspaper in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. It is headquartered in the Finnish Labour Temple.The paper is published by Vapaa Sana Press Ltd....

newspaper in Thunder Bay

Thunder Bay

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