The Vancouver Sun

The Vancouver Sun is a daily newspaper first published in British Columbia on February 12, 1912. The paper is currently published by the Pacific Newspaper Group Inc, a division of the CanWest MediaWorks Income Fund, which is affiliated with CanWest Global Communications company.^* It is published six days a week, Monday to Saturday.

According to a recent NADbank survey, the Sun's daily readership was 499,800, making it British Columbia's second most read newspaper, after The Province. Its six-day average circulation was 203,390 copies a day as of December 31, 2001. ^*

Although its staff of reporters has shrunken considerably in recent years, the Sun still has the largest newsroom in Vancouver.

The Sun is a broadsheet newspaper and is not part of the Sun Media chain that operates tabloid papers in Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary and Edmonton.

History

When the Sun began operation, it was published at 125 West Pender Street, just around the corner from The Province, its rival newspaper at the time.

In 1924, the Sun bought the Vancouver World newspaper, which had been in financial difficulty for some time.

In March 1937, a fire destroyed the Sun's business and editorial offices. The only casualty was the janitor, who suffered minor burns and smoke inhalation. The Sun promptly moved across the street into the World Building, where the World had previously been published. The building was accordingly renamed the Sun Tower.

In 1958, the Sun and the Province joined to create the Pacific Press in response to the rising costs of producing newspapers. First the papers merged their mechanical and financial departments, then they both moved into the Pacific Press Building on December 27, 1965.

The paper moved to Granville Square in 1997.

Sections

The Sun has multiple sections. Its main, or A, section usually contains the top local stories of the day along with national and international news. The B section, Westcoast News, features local news and columnists along with a daily feature, running on pages B2 and B3, known as The Daily Special. The paper also has daily Arts & Life, BusinessBC and Sports sections. On Thursdays, The Sun publishes a tabloid entertainment section called Westcoast Life. On Saturdays, there is a feature and opinion section called Observer.

Senior Editors

Patricia Graham, Editor in Chief
Kirk LaPointe, Managing Editor
Harold Munro, Deputy Managing Editor
Stewart Muir, Deputy Managing Editor
Fazil Mihlar, Editorial Page Editor

Columnists

(Partial list)

David Baines
Daphne Bramham
Don Cayo
Pete McMartin
Fazil Mihlar
Ian Mulgrew
Vaughn Palmer
Doug Todd

Reporters

(Partial list)

Gerry Bellett
Glenn Bohn
Kim Bolan
Frances Bula (Vancouver City Hall Reporter)
Miro Cernetig (Victoria bureau)
Lori Culbert
Pamela Fayerman (Health Reporter)
Jonathan Fowlie
Darah Hansen
Derrick Penner
Chad Skelton
Janet Steffenhagen (Education Reporter)
Doug Ward

External links

Newspapers in British Columbia | CanWest publications | Vancouver media