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- Edmonton Journal, The was founded as The Evening Journal 11 Nov 1903 by John Macpherson, John W. Cunningham and Arthur Moore, all of Portage La Prairie.
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The paper was founded in 1903 as The Evening Journal by John Macpherson, John W. Cunningham and Arthur Moore. Its first edition was published on November 11, 1903, and it was advertised as a daily newspaper printed every evening except Sunday.
Oct 24, 2017 · Daily Newspapers and Evening Editions. Early newspapers were predominantly weeklies, although a few might be published two or three times a week. Canada’s first daily newspaper, the Montréal Daily Advertiser, began publishing on 14 May 1833, only to go bankrupt within a year.
The Journal was founded in 1903 by three local businessmen — John Macpherson, Arthur Moore and J.W. Cunningham — as a rival to Alberta's first newspaper, the 23-year-old Edmonton Bulletin.
Against this backdrop, the Ottawa Evening Journal ran a unique edition on Saturday, 13 April 1885—an all-women production of the newspaper. For that one day, Ottawa women assumed all the responsibilities, including managing, editing and reporting, necessary for producing a newspaper.
Edmonton Journal — ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Edmonton Journal is a historical archive of the Edmonton Journal newspaper (1911 onwards), as well as its earlier title, The Evening Journal (1903-1911). This database allows you to search cover-to-cover for local views, events and people.
With the support of Philip Ross, the editor of The Evening Journal, the Council of Woman published the “Woman’s Edition” of the newspaper in April 1895, with all profits of the edition going to a fund for the free library.
