Halifax Chronicle-Herald

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The Chronicle-Herald is a broadsheet published in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It is the most circulated paper in the Atlantic provinces, and the largest independently owned newspaper company in Canada. The paper is owned by the Dennis family of Halifax.

The company is the largest newspaper company in Nova Scotia.

History

Founded in 1875 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 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.

Trivia

The Herald's now-deactivated press room at its Argyle Street headquarters was used in 2001 to film scenes used in The Shipping News.

External links

[Official website]

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