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The Chronicle Herald is a broadsheet published in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The largest newspaper company in Nova Scotia, The Chronicle Herald is also the highest circulation newspaper in the Atlantic provinces and is currently the largest independently owned newspaper company in Canada. The paper is owned by the Dennis family of Halifax.

History

• Founded in 1874 as The Morning Herald, it quickly became one of Halifax's main newspapers. The same company also owned the Evening Mail, which was published in the afternoon.
• The main competitors were the Chronicle in the morning, and the Star in the afternoon.
• By 1949 both sets of papers had merged to become The Chronicle-Herald and Mail-Star respectively.
• In 1998 the company began producing a Sunday edition called The Sunday Herald. In 2004 The Chronicle-Herald and Mail-Star were merged to form the single The Chronicle Herald.
• In January 2004, The Chronicle Herald became the first newspaper in Canada, and one of only several in the world, to operate a WIFAG offset press. This development led to an increased use of colour, as well as changes in font and styling.
• In October 2008, The Chronicle Herald was named one of "Canada's Top 100 Employers" by Mediacorp Canada Inc., and was featured in Maclean's newsmagazine.^[1]
• On February 3, 2009, the paper laid off 24 employees representing approximately one quarter of its newsroom staff but remains the largest newsroom east of Montreal. These cuts also impacted the production department where 9 employees were laid off. The layoffs were the result of a decline in advertising due to the distress of the current economic situation.^[2]

Trivia

• The Chronicle Herald's now-deactivated press room at its Argyle Street headquarters was used in 2001 to film scenes used in The Shipping News.
• The Chronicle Herald's editorial cartoonist Bruce MacKinnon has won numerous national and international awards for his distinctive work.
• In 2006, a comment made by a Halifax Herald reporter prompted a walk out at Richmond Academy in Louisdale, after the reporter accused students of racism towards the native students.
• On June 16, 2008, The Chronicle Herald published the final edition of its Mayflower TV supplement, replacing it with an expanded daily TV grid and online listings in partnership with Tribune Media, which supplied the Mayflower TV listings for many years.

References

External links

• Official website