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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Postmedia Network |
| Editor | Carl Fleming[1] |
| Language | English |
| Circulation | 22,245 weekdays 21,869 Saturdays (as of 2010)[2] |
| ISSN | 0839-4970 |
| Website | www |
The Cape Breton Post is the only daily newspaper published on Cape Breton Island. Based in Sydney, Nova Scotia, it specializes in local coverage of news, events, and sports from communities in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality and the counties of Inverness, Richmond and Victoria.[3]
On April 13, 2017, Transcontinental announced that it had sold all of its newspapers in Atlantic Canada to SaltWire Network, a newly formed parent company of The Chronicle Herald.[4][5][6]
In March 2024, Saltwire delcared bankruptcy.[7] Postmedia Network bought the remains of Saltwire in late summer 2024, including the Cape Breton Post.[8] About a month after Postmedia's takeover, major layoffs occurred in management, editorial staff, and writers, including cartoonist Michael de Adder which also resulted in local content being replaced by advertisements.[9] The Post's building in Sydney was sold in October 2024 as the paper is no longer printed in Sydney, but at the same printing press as the Halifax Chronicle Herald on the mainland.[8]
- ^ "Masthead". Cape Breton Post. Sydney, Nova Scotia: Postmedia Network. 17 October 2024. p. 2. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ Canadian Circulations Audit Board Circulation Report for January to December 2010. Retrieved February 16, 2012. (registration required)
- ^ "Our Team". capebretonpost.com. Archived from the original on January 25, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
- ^ "Chronicle Herald buys all Atlantic Canadian Transcontinental papers". CBC News. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ^ "Transcontinental sells The Guardian, Journal Pioneer". CBC News. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ^ "The Chronicle Herald acquires Transcontinental Inc.'s newspapers, news websites and four printing plants in Atlantic Canada". The Chronicle Herald. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ^ Thomas, Jesse (13 March 2024). "Chronicle Herald, SaltWire business issues traced back to 2017". CTV News Atlantic. Halifax, Nova Scotia: Bell Media. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ a b Rhodes, Blair (17 October 2024). "Deal reached for sale of former newspaper building in Cape Breton". CBC News. Halifax, Nova Scotia: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ Edge, Marc (17 October 2024). "Postmedia's cuts to newspapers in Atlantic Canada begin to hurt". Canadian Dimension. Winnipeg, Manitoba: Dimension Publications Inc. ISSN 0008-3402. Retrieved 18 October 2024.