Links to Canadian Newspapers

The Big News Papers

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Ontario Dailies Including Postmedia & Metroland - Updated March 2018

Former Sunmedia LTE pages owned by Postmedia or Metroland (Torstar). Note because all these papers are in the same chain, you can submit the same letter to multiple papers

Big Sun Papers
Calgary Sun (250)* Calgary, AB https://calgarysun.com/send-letter
Edmonton Sun (250)* Edmonton, AB https://edmontonsun.com/send-letter
Ottawa Sun (250)* Ottawa, ON https://ottawasun.com/send-letter
Toronto Sun (250)* Toronto, ON https://torontosun.com/send-letter
Winnipeg Sun (250)* Winnipeg, MB https://winnipegsun.com/send-letter

Community Dailies
Belleville Intelligencer (500) Belleville https://www.intelligencer.ca/letter-to-the-editor/letter-to-the-editor 
Brantford Expositor (500) Brantford https://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/letter-to-the-editor
Chatham This Week(500) Chatham, ON http://www.chathamthisweek.com/letter-to-the-editor
Chatham Daily News (500) Chatham, ON  http://www.chathamdailynews.ca/letter-to-the-editor
Cornwall Standard-Freeholder (500) Cornwall, ON  http://www.standard-freeholder.com/letter-to-the-editor
Fort McMurray Today (500) Fort McMurray, AB  http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/letter-to-the-editor
Ingersoll Times(500) Ingersoll ON  http://www.ingersolltimes.com/letters
Kingston Whig-Standard (500) Kingston, ON  http://www.thewhig.com/letter-to-the-editor
London Free Press (150)* London, ON  http://www.lfpress.com/letters
North Bay Nugget (500) North Bay, ON  http://www.nugget.ca/letter-to-the-editor
Northern News (500) Kirkland Lake ON  http://www.northernnews.ca/letter-to-the-editor
Owen Sound Sun Times Owen Sound, ON  http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/letter-to the editor
Pembroke Daily Observer (500) Pembroke, ON  http://www.thedailyobserver.ca/letter-to-the-editor
Sarnia Observer (500) Sarnia, ON  http://www.theobserver.ca/letter-to-the-editor
Sault Star (500) Sault Ste. Marie, ON  http://www.saultstar.com/letter-to-the-editor
Simcoe Reformer (500) Simcoe, ON  http://www.simcoereformer.ca/letter-to-the-editor
St. Thomas Times-Journal (500) St. Thomas, ON  http://www.stthomastimesjournal.com/letter-to-the-editor
Stratford Beacon Herald (500) Stratford, ON  http://www.stratfordbeaconherald.com/letter-to-the-editor
Sudbury Star (500) Sudbury, ON  http://www.thesudburystar.com/letter-to-the-editor
The Daily Graphic (500) Portage La Prairie, MB  http://www.portagedailygraphic.com/letter-to-the-editor
The Daily Herald-Tribune (500) Grande Prairie, AB  http://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/letter-to-the editor
The Daily Miner and News (500) Kenora, ON  http://www.kenoradailyminerandnews.com/letters
The Londoner (500)  London  http://www.thelondoner.ca/letter-to-the-editor
The Recorder and Times (500) Brockville, ON  http://www.recorder.ca/letter-to-the-editor
 Tillsonburg News (500)  Tillsonburg ON  http://www.tillsonburgnews.com/letter-to-the-editor
Timmins Daily Press (500) Timmins, ON  http://www.timminspress.com/letter-to-the-editor
 Woodstock Sentinel-Review (500) Woodstock, ON  http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/letter-to-the-editor 

 

Links to Metroland Papers (Torstar) that were former Sunmedia Dailies

Community Dailies
Barrie Examiner (250)  Barrie ON  newsroom@simcoe.com
Bradford Times (250)  Bradford ON  newsroom@simcoe.com
Collingwood Enterprise-Bulletin (250)  Collingwood  ON  newsroom@simcoe.com
Innisfil Examiner (250)  Innisfil  ON  newsroom@simcoe.com
Niagara Falls Review (250)  Niagara Falls ON letters@niagaradailies.com
 Niagara this Week (250)  “Golden Horseshoe”
Northumberland Today (500) Coburg ON  klongwell@northumberlandnews.com
Orillia Packet and Times (250)  Orillia ON  newsroom@simcoe.com
Peterborough Examiner(250)  Peterborough ON letters@peterboroughdaily.com
The Sherbrooke Record(??) Sherbrooke QC newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com
St Catharine’s Standard (350) letters@niagaradailies.com
Welland Tribune (350)  Welland ON letters@niagaradailies.com

 

Other Ontario Dailies:

 

Ontario
Location
(Population)		 Newspaper Chain;
– CEO		 Total Circulation Language
& Format		 Estab-
lished		 LTE
Hamilton
(747,545)		 Hamilton Spectator Torstar
(Metroland Media);
– John Boynton		 114,000
(Sat. 117,000)		 English
a.m. broadsheet		 1846  letters@thespec.com
Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo
(523,894)		 Waterloo Region Record Torstar
(Metroland Media);
– John Boynton		 47,000
(Sat. 45,000)		 English
a.m. broadsheet		 1878  letters@therecord.com
Ottawa–
Gatineau
(1,323,783)		 Ottawa Citizen Postmedia Network
– Paul Godfrey		 111,000
(Sat. 104,000)		 English
a.m. broadsheet		 1845  letters@ottawacitizen.com
Ottawa-Gatineau Le Droit Groupe Capitales Médias;
– Claude Gagnon		 35,000 French
a.m. tabloid		 1913
Thunder Bay
(121,621)		 Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal Horizon;
(Continental Newspapers);
– David Radler		 22,700
(Sat. 22,100
(Sun. 19,600)		 English
a.m. broadsheet		 1880  https://www.chroniclejournal.com/site/forms/online_services/letter/letter_editor/
Globe and Mail Independent
(The Woodbridge Co. Ltd.)
– David Thomson		 350,000
(Sat. 410,000)		 English
a.m. broadsheet		 1844   letters@globeandmail.com
National Post Postmedia Network
– Paul Godfrey		 163,000
(Sat. 167,000)		 English
a.m. broadsheet		 1907  letters@nationalpost.com
Toronto Star Torstar;
– John Boynton		 260,000
(Sat. 340,000)
(Sun. 250,000)		 English
a.m. broadsheet		 1892  lettertoed@thestar.ca
Windsor
(329,144)		 Windsor Star Postmedia Network
– Paul Godfrey		 52,000
(Sat. 53,000)Web stats:
–		 English
a.m. broadsheet		 1918 letters@windsorstar.com

 

 

Plus one more of note: Northern Life (300)Sudbury ON editor@Sudbury.com

THESE TABLES WERE ADAPTED FROM A PREVIOUS TABLE AND ALL THE LTE CONTACT INFORMATION WAS RESEARCHED AND ADDED BY CCL SUDBURY.

 

 

 

Atlantic Canada - NEW March 2018

Newfoundland and Labrador
Location
(Population)		 Newspaper Chain;
– CEO		 Total Circulation Language
& Format		 Estab-
lished		 LTE
Corner Brook
(31,917)		 Corner Brook Western Star SaltWire Network;
– Mark Lever		 3,400
(Sat. 3,500)		 English
a.m. broadsheet		 1900 newsroom@thewesternstar.com
St. John’s
(205,955)		 St. John’s Telegram SaltWire Network;
– Mark Lever		 19,800
(Sat. 25,000)		 English
a.m. broadsheet		 1879 letters@thetelegram.com

Nova Scotia
Location
(Population)		 Newspaper Chain;
– CEO		 Total Circulation Language
& Format		 Estab-
lished		 LTE
Cape Breton
(98,722)		 Sydney Cape Breton Post
s		 SaltWire Network;
– Mark Lever		 14,800
(Sat. 13,800)		 English
a.m. broadsheet		 1901 news@cbpost.com
Halifax
(403,390)		 Halifax Chronicle-Herald
–		 SaltWire Network;
– Mark Lever		 96,000 English
a.m. broadsheet		 1875  letters@herald.ca
Metro Halifax Metro
– Leif Eliasson		 43,000*
(Fri. 44,000*)		 English
a.m. tabloid		 2008 halifaxletters@metronews.ca
New Glasgow
(34,487)		 New Glasgow Evening News
 		 SaltWire Network;
– Mark Lever		 5,800 English
p.m. tabloid		 1911 news@ngnews.ca
Truro
(45,753)		 Truro Daily News SaltWire Network;
– Mark Lever		 5,000 English
p.m. tabloid		 1891  news@trurodaily.com
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Prince Edward Island
Location
(Population)		 Newspaper Chain;
– CEO		 Total Circulation Language
& Format		 Estab-
lished		 LTE
Charlottetown
(69,325)		 Charlottetown Guardian
 		 SaltWire Network;
– Mark Lever		 12,000
(Sat. 12,400)		 English
a.m. broadsheet		 1887    letters@theguardian.pe.ca
Summerside
(16,587)		 Summerside Journal-Pioneer SaltWire Network;
– Mark Lever		 4,400 English
p.m. broadsheet		 1865 newsroom@journalpioneer.com

New Brunswick
Location
(Population)		 Newspaper Chain;
– CEO		 Total Circulation
(“*”=free)		 Language
& Format		 Estab-
lished
Caraquet
(4,248)		 Caraquet L’Acadie Nouvelle Independent
(Acadie Presse);
– Clarence LeBreton		 18,100 French
a.m. tabloid		 1984 francis.sonier@acadiemedia.com
Fredericton
(101,760)		 Fredericton Daily Gleaner Irving Group
(Brunswick News);
– James K. Irving		 15,900
(Sat. 16,500)		 English
p.m. broadsheet		 1880 editor@thebrunswicknews.com
Moncton
(144,810)		 Moncton Times and Transcript Irving Group
(Brunswick News);
– James K. Irving		 27,000
(Sat. 30,000)		 English
a.m. broadsheet		 1868 editor@thebrunswicknews.com
Saint John
(126,202)		 New Brunswick Telegraph Journal Irving Group
(Brunswick News);
– James K. Irving		 24,300
(Sat. 26,000)		 English
a.m. broadsheet		 1862 editor@thebrunswicknews.com
THIS TABLE WAS ADAPTED FROM FISHWRAP.CA AND ALL THE LTE CONTACT INFORMATION WAS RESEARCHED AND ADDED BY CCL SUDBURY.

Quebec - NEW March 2018

 

Quebec
Location
(Population)		 Newspaper Chain;
– CEO		 Total Circulation
(“*”=free)		 Language
& Format		 Estab-
lished
Granby
(85,056)		 Granby La Voix de l’Est
–		 Groupe Capitales Médias;
– Claude Gagnon		 16,200
(Sat. 15,300)		 French
a.m. tabloid		 1935 opinions@lavoixdelest.ca
Montreal
(4,098,927)		 Montreal Le Devoir Independent
(Le Devoir);
– Bernard Descôteaux		 32,000
(Sat. 52,000)Web stats:		 French
a.m. broadsheet		 1910 lettres@ledevoir.com
Montreal Gazette Postmedia Network;
– Paul Godfrey		 102,000
(Sat. 116,000)Web stats:		 English
a.m. broadsheet		 1778 letters@montrealgazette.com
Le Journal de Montréal Québecor Groupe Média;
– Pierre Karl Péladeau		 212,000
(Sat. 227,000)
(Sun. 210,000)		 French
a.m. tabloid		 1964  jdm.transmission@quebecormedia.com
Métro Montreal Metro
(Publications Métropolitaines Inc.);
– Leif Eliasson		 172,000* 

 

 French
a.m. tabloid		 2001  opinions@journalmetro.com
Montreal La Presse Independent
(Gesca);
– Paul Desmarais Jr.		 (issues are available in tablet digital editions only, not in print) 

Web stats:

 French
a.m. broadsheet		 1884 debats@lapresse.ca
24 Heures Montreal Québecor Groupe Média;
– Pierre Karl Péladeau		 155,000* French
a.m. tabloid		 2001  does not publish letters to editor but anyone is welcome to send feedback to cederick.caron@quebecormedia.com
Quebec City
(800,296)		 Le Journal de Québec Québecor Groupe Média;
– Pierre Karl Péladeau		 122,000
(Sat. 130,000)
(Sun. 124,000)		 French
a.m. tabloid		 1967  sébastien.menard@quebecormedia.com
Quebec Le Soleil Groupe Capitales Médias;
– Claude Gagnon		 76,000
(Sat. 97,000)		 French
a.m. tabloid		 1896  opinions@lesoleil.com
Saguenay
(160,980)		 Saguenay Le Quotidien Groupe Capitales Médias;
– Claude Gagnon		 27,000
(Sat. 29,000)
(Sun. 32,000)		 French
a.m. tabloid		 1973  mst-hilaire@lequotidien.com
Sherbrooke
(212,105)		 Sherbrooke Record Glacier;
(Alta Newspaper Group)
– Jon Kennedy		 4,300 English
a.m. tabloid		 1897  newsroom@sherbrooke.com
Sherbrooke La Tribune Groupe Capitales Médias;
– Claude Gagnon		 31,000
(Sat. 33,000)		 French
a.m. tabloid		 1910 mailto:redaction@latribune.qc.ca
Trois-Rivières
(156,042)		 Trois-Rivières Le Nouvelliste Groupe Capitales Médias;
– Claude Gagnon		 43,000
(Sat. 44,000)		 French
a.m. tabloid		 1920  sfrappier@lenouvelliste.qc.ca 

 
This table was adapted from Fishwrap.ca and all the LTE contact information was researched and added by CCL Sudbury.

Western Canada - NEW March 2018

Manitoba
Location
(Population)		 Newspaper Chain;
– CEO		 Total Circulation Language
& Format		 Estab-
lished		 LTE
Brandon
(58,003)		 Brandon Sun FP Canadian Newspapers;
– Ron Stern		 11,800
(Sat. 13,100)		 English
p.m. broadsheet
(Sun. a.m. tabloid)		 1882  soundoff@brandonsun.com
Winnipeg
(778,489)		 Winnipeg Free Press FP Canadian Newspapers;
– Ron Stern		 109,000
(Sat. 144,000)		 English
a.m. broadsheet		 1872  https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/send_a_letter/
Winnipeg Sun Postmedia Network;
(Sun Media)
– Paul Godfrey		 52,000
(Sat. 43,000)
(Sun. 45,000)		 English
a.m. tabloid		 1980 http://www.winnipegsun.com/letter-to-editor

Saskatchewan
Location
(Population)		 Newspaper Chain;
– CEO		 Total Circulation Language
& Format		 Estab-
lished		 LTE
Prince Albert
(44,160)		 Prince Albert Daily Herald Independent;
– Donna Pfeil		 5,200
(Sat. 5,400)		 English
p.m. broadsheet		 1894 https://paherald.sk.ca/letter-to-the-editor/
Regina
(236,481)		 Regina Leader-Post Postmedia Network
– Paul Godfrey		 39,000
(Sat. 40,000)		 English
a.m. broadsheet		 1883  letters@leaderpost.com
Saskatoon
(295,095)		 Saskatoon StarPhoenix Postmedia Network
– Paul Godfrey		 45,000 English
a.m. broadsheet		 1902  letters@thestarphoenix.com

Alberta
Location
(Population)		 Newspaper Chain;
– CEO		 Total Circulation
(“*”=free)		 Language
& Format		 Estab-
lished		 LTE
Calgary
(1,392,609)		 Calgary Herald Postmedia Network
– Paul Godfrey		 119,000
(Sat. 115,000)		 English
a.m. broadsheet		 1883  letters@calgaryherald.com
Metro Calgary Metro
(Free Daily News Group);
– Leif Eliasson		 55,000*
(Fri. 57,000*)		 English
a.m. tabloid		 2007  calgaryletters@metronews.ca
Sing Tao Daily Torstar and Sing Tao 5,000 Chinese
Calgary Sun Postmedia Network;
(Sun Media)
– Paul Godfrey		 40,000
(Sun. 47,000)		 English
a.m. tabloid		 1980  http://www.calgarysun.com/letter-to-editor
Edmonton
(1,321,426)		 Edmonton Journal Postmedia Network
– Paul Godfrey		 112,000
(Sat. 113,000)
(Sun. 109,000)		 English
a.m. broadsheet		 1903  http://www.edmontonjournal.com/opinion/letters/letters-to-the-editor.html
Metro Edmonton Metro
(Free Daily News Group);
– Leif Eliasson		 55,000*
(Fri. 60,000*)		 English
a.m. tabloid		 2007  edmontonletters@metronews.ca
Edmonton Sun Postmedia Network;
(Sun Media)
– Paul Godfrey		 34,000
(Sat. 32,000)
(Sun. 40,000)		 English
a.m. tabloid		 1978  http://www.edmontonsun.com/letter-to-editor
Grande Prairie
(63,166)		 Grande Prairie Herald-Tribune Postmedia Network;
(Sun Media)
– Paul Godfrey		 4,400 

Web stats:

 English
p.m. broadsheet		 1910  http://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/letters
Lethbridge
(117,394)		 Lethbridge Herald Glacier;
(Alta Newspaper Group)
– Jon Kennedy		 17,900
(Sat. 15,300)
(Sun. 12,400)		 English
a.m. broadsheet		 1905  http://lethbridgeherald.com/letter-to-the-editor-submission/
Medicine Hat
(76,522)		 Medicine Hat News Glacier;
(Alta Newspaper Group)
– Jon Kennedy		 10,800 English
a.m. broadsheet		 1885  http://medicinehatnews.com/letter-to-the-editor-submission/
Red Deer
(100,418)		 Red Deer Advocate Black Press;
– Rick O’Connor		 12,100 English
p.m. broadsheet		 1901  https://www.reddeeradvocate.com/contact-us/
Wood Buffalo
(73,320)		 Fort McMurray Today Postmedia Network;
(Sun Media)
– Paul Godfrey		 2,110 English
p.m. broadsheet		 1974  http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/letters
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British Columbia
Location
(Population)		 Newspaper Chain;
– CEO		 Total Circulation Language
& Format		 Estab-
lished
Abbotsford-Mission
(180,518)		 There are no daily newspapers in Abbotsford, one of only four metropolitan cities in Canada without one.
Burnaby See Metropolitan Vancouver for Korea Daily and Korea Times Daily.
Kelowna
(194,882)		 Kelowna Daily Courier Horizon
(Okanagan Valley Group);
– David Radler		 8,000
(Sat. 8,200)Web stats:		 English
a.m. broadsheet		 1904  letters@ok.bc.ca
Parksville
(28,922)		 Vancouver Island Free Daily Black Press;
– Rick O’Connor		  * English
tabloid		 2016  https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/contact-us/
Penticton
(43,432)		 Penticton Herald Horizon
(Okanagan Valley Group);
– David Radler		 4,200
(Sat. 4,500)		 English
a.m. broadsheet		 1906  https://www.pentictonherald.ca/site/forms/online_services/letter/letter_editor/
Prince George
(86,622)		 Prince George Citizen Glacier;
– Jon Kennedy		 9,700
(Sat. 10,100)		 English
a.m. broadsheet		 1916 letters@pgcitizen.ca
Richmond See Metropolitan Vancouver for Ming Pao Daily News.
Trail
(7,709)		 Trail Daily Times Black Press;
– Rick O’Connor		 2,900 English
p.m. tabloid		 1895  editor@trailtimes.ca
Vancouver
(2,463,431)		 Epoch Times (Western Canada ed.) Epoch Times Media 6,000* Chinese
broadsheet		 2005
Burnaby Korea Daily
Vancouver ed.		 Korea Daily;
– Song Pil-ho		 Korean
Burnaby Korea Times Daily HanKook Daily News
(Seoul, South Korea);		 Korean
broadsheet		 1981
Richmond Ming Pao Daily News Ming Pao;
– Datuk Tiong Hiew King		 29,000 Chinese
a.m. broadsheet		 1993
Metro Vancouver Metro
(Greenfield Newspapers);
– Leif Eliasson		 96,000*
(Fri. 101,000*)		 English
a.m. tabloid		 2005  vancouverletters@metronews.ca
Vancouver Province Postmedia Network 

– Paul Godfrey

 138,000
(Sun. 149,000)		 English
a.m. tabloid		 1898 provletters@theprovince.com
Sing Tao Daily
Western (B.C.) ed.		 Torstar and Sing Tao 31,000 Chinese
a.m. broadsheet		 1983
Vancouver Sun Postmedia Network
– Paul Godfrey		 158,000
(Sat. 180,000)		 English
a.m. broadsheet		 1912 sunletters@vancouversun.com
Victoria
(367,770)		 Victoria Times Colonist Glacier;
– Jon Kennedy		 53,000
(Sat.-Sun. 52,000)		 English
a.m. broadsheet		 1858  letters@timescolonist.com

 

Other Papers in BC

Cowichan Valley Citizens: https://www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com/submitletters/ 

Parksville Qualicum Beach News: https://www.pqbnews.com/submitletters/ 

Nanaimo News Bulletin: https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/submitletters/

 

 
This table was adapted from Fishwrap.ca and all the LTE contact information was researched and added by CCL Sudbury.

Sample Letters to the Editor

 

Sample Letters to the Editor from the past six months as of March 2018

Sask. Party’s climate proposal is just a smokescreen

Vote wisely to preserve our planet

Solid emission reduction essential for further LNG development in B.C.

Carbon pricing can’t stand alone

Uniting for renewables

Climate Change Misinformation

Canada needs a rising fee on carbon emissions, revenue returned to households

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Maximize the number of letters to the editor (LTE) gets published

  1. Set a goal for the number of LTEs your group want to get published this year and make a plan. Can you double what you got published last year? If you are new, can you get one LTE published 2, 3 or 5 LTEs published this year in your group?
  2. Subscribe to your local newspapers. If you don’t want the paper version, many papers can be purchased online at https://www.pressreader.com/
  3. Send out LTE alerts for your local group on a regular basis. Better yet, assign someone to be your LTE alert person.
  4. Consider having your best writers directly assist or event ghostwrite for newer writers until they become accustomed to the process.
  5. Have an LTE training session.
    Check out: Create a writing team on CCL Community
    Consider using this Power Point Presentation on writing LTEs to guide you.
    Bring newspapers and write an LTE together and submit it.
    Here are sample LTES.
  6. There are additional Media resources in the CCL Community including a video.

    And if you want to publish outside of your riding
  7. Track climate stories in the Pressreader and respond to multiple papers across Canada.
  8. Consider subscribing to the Globe and Mail online and The Hill Times Perhaps share a subscription in your group.
  9. If you are responding to an editorial or OpEd in the Postmedia chain papers (former SunMedia: London Free Press, Kingston Whig Standard, Sudbury Star, Niagara Falls Review etc), submit the same LTE to the Postmedia papers across Canada.
  10. However, if you are responding to a something in one paper for example, the Globe and Mail, do not send the same letter to editor for a similar story in a competing newspaper.