Cornwall Standard Freeholder
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Postmedia |
| Publisher | Peter Padbury |
| Editor | Hugo Rodrigues |
| Founded | 1846 |
| Headquarters | Cornwall, Ontario |
| Circulation | 9,400 |
| Website |
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The Cornwall Standard-Freeholder is a daily newspaper based in Cornwall, Ontario. It has been in circulation for many years, and continues to be the newspaper with the largest circulation inside the Montreal - Ottawa - Kingston triangle. The newspaper is owned by Postmedia.
History
The Standard-Freeholder is a daily newspaper in Cornwall and the counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry. The Cornwall Standard-Freeholder is one of the oldest newspapers in Canada.
The current newspaper began as two publications, the Freeholder, which was founded by the first premier of Ontario, John Sandfield Macdonald, and the Standard.
The two newspapers were amalgamated in 1932 and the first issue was published on April 30 of that year. The Standard-Freeholder became a daily newspaper on April 1, 1941.
Present day
The Standard-Freeholder remains the only daily newspaper in the triangle between Brockville, Ottawa and Montreal to this day. In 2006, the Standard-Freeholder was nominated for the first time for a National Newspaper Award for a series of articles published the day after an announcement the city's oldest and most prominent employer, Domtar Fine Papers Inc., would be shutting down its paper mill operation for good.
Circulation department
Chad Terriah, supervisor
Current editorial staff
Managing editor Hugo Rodrigues;
Sports editor Kevin Gould;
City editor Len Hooper;
Staff reporters: Greg Peerenboom, Todd Hambleton and Lois Ann Baker.