Media/Newspapers - can look up any paper on wwwmediabiasfactcheck.com to see an assessment of bias.
February 23, 2025 - latest update
I was reading an article in the Calgary Herald and was surprised at the antiCanadian stance. That made me curious to look at who owned the paper. This is an ongoing list and I would appreciate it if anyone reading could suggest papers to look up. It is scary to see how much of our media is US owned.
Urgent Fact - at least 90% of Canadian Media is owned by U.S. Companies. This makes the proposed Conservative Party’s plan, if elected, to defund the CBC and Radio-Canada a must consider when choosing who to vote for. Loss of our media leads to loss of our democracy and in fact our sovereignty and well as our Canadian identity. The majority of Canadians according to numerous polls do not want this to happen but we may not have a choice under a Conservative government.
Canadian owned
Brandon Sun
The Globe and Mail - owned by the Woodbridge Company, a family owned company
The North Shore News
Glacier Media - publicly traded on the TSX, Vancouver based, owns
-Delta Optimist, Squamish Chief, Times Colonist, Bowen Island Undercurrent, Pique, Merritt Herald, Western Investor, Peak, Prairie Newspaper Group,
Great West Media which owns:•
Airdrie City View
Alberta Prime Times
Athabasca Advocate
Barrhead Leader
Bonnyville Nouvelle
Cochrane Eagle
Elk Point Review
Innisfail Province
Jasper Fitzhugh
• Lac La Biche Post
Mountain View Albertan
Okotoks Western Wheel
Rocky View Weekly
St. Paul Journal
Sundre Round Up
Westlock News
Halifax Examiner
The Kingstonist
The Tyee
The Walrus
Toronto Star ( PostMedia tried to buy them in 2023 - deal failed)
West Vancouver BeaconWest Vancouver Beacon
Winnipeg Free Press
Non- Canadian Owned
PostMedia Network - American owned Canadian Media conglomerate - actually owns 90% of Canada’s weekly and daily newspapers. They own:
BC - The Province, Vancouver Sun, Prince George Post
Alberta - Airdrie Echo, BowValley Crag and Canyon,
Calgary Herald, Calgary Sun, Cochrane Times, Daily Herald tribune, Devon Dispatch, Edmonton Examiner, Edmonton Journal, Edmonton Sun, Fort McMurray Today, La Nouvelle Beaumont News,
Leduc Rep, Peace river Record-Gazette, Pincher Creek Echo, The Cold Lake Sun, The Drayton Alley Western Review,
The Fairview Post, The Grove Examiner, The Hanna Herald, The High River Times, The Leduc-Wetaskiwin County Market, The Mayerthrope Freelancer, The Nanton News, The Peace Country Sun, The Record, The Sherwood Park News, The Stony Plain Reporter, The Vulcan Advocate, The Wetaskiwin Times, The Whitecourt Star, Vermillion Standard
Saskatchewan - Regina Leader Post, Saskatoon StarPheonix, The Journal
Ontario - Business London, Chatham-Kent This Week, Clinton News-Recod, Cochrane Times-Post, Community Press, Exeter Lakeshore Times Advocate, Gananoque Reporter, Goderich Signal-Star, Grey Bruce This week, Kingston & Frontenac This Week, Kingston Whig-Standard, London Free Press, Lucknow Sentinel, Mitchell Advocate, Napanee Guide,
Norfolk and Tillsonburg News, North Bay Nugget, Northern News This Week, Ontario Armer, Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa Sun, Paris Star, Pembroke Observer and News, Sarnia This Week, Sault This Week, Seaforth Huron Expositor, Sentinel Review, Shoreline Beacon Simcoe Reformer, St. Thomas Times - Journal, Standard Freeholder, Strathroy Age Dispatch, The Beacon Herald, The Chatham Daily News, The County Weekly News, The Courier Press, The Daily Press, The Expositor, The Intelligencer, The Kincardine News, The Londoner, The Mid-North Monitor, The Observer, The Post, The Recorder & Times, The Sault Star, The Standard, The Sudbury Star, The Sun Times, The Timmins Times, The Trentonian, Today’s FarmerToronto Sun, West Elgin Chronicle, Wiarton Echo, Windsor Star
Quebec - Montreal Gazette
New Brunswick - Bugle Observer, Info Weekend, Kings County Record, L’Etoile, Miramichi Leader, Telegraph JournalThe Daily Gleaner, The Northern Light, The Tribune, Times and Transcript
Prince Edward Island - Journal Pioneer, The Guardian
Nova Scotia - Annapolis Valley Register, Cape Breton Post, The Chronicle Herald, The News, The Tri-County Vanguard, Truro News, Valley Journal Advertiser
New Foundland and Labrador - The Telegram
Canadian/American ownership
Sooke News Mirror and the Red Deer Advocate- both owned by Black Press Media which is owned by Canso Investment Counsel (CDN), Deans Knight Capital Investment Management (CDN) and Carpenter Media (US)
more will be added - this is a work in progress.
Television media will be added soon.