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 Prince George Citizen building in 1970 | |
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) |
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| Publisher | Cameron Stolz |
| Managing editor | Kennedy Gordon |
| Founded | 1916 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | #505 4th Avenue Prince George, British Columbia V2L 3H2 |
| Circulation | The Prince George Citizen publishes 23,000 newspapers which are distributed free through a pull box system available at 400 locations around Prince George. |
| ISSN | 0832-4247 |
| Website | PrinceGeorgeCitizen.com |
The Prince George Citizen is a weekly newspaper located in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. It is owned by Cameron Stolz, a former city counciller, and his wife Terresa Randall-Stolz.[1]
In addition to Prince George, the Citizen also covers the outlying communities of Fort St. James, Fraser Lake, Mackenzie, McBride, Quesnel, and Vanderhoof, British Columbia.
The Citizen was established in 1916 as a weekly newspaper and converted to daily publication in 1957.[2]
Issues from 1916–present (with a 12-month embargo) are now available online in the Prince George Newspapers database, an ongoing collaborative library project.
Along with several other small British Columbia dailies, the Prince George Citizen was one of the last Canadian properties to be held by Hollinger Inc., the media conglomerate owned by Conrad Black. Hollinger sold its remaining Canadian holdings to Vancouver-based Glacier Ventures International, later called Glacier Media, in 2006.[3]
In 2024, former Prince George City Councillor Cameron Stolz acquired the newspaper from Glacier Media to prevent its shutdown after it incurred a loss of $56,000 in 2023.[4]
- ^ Dalgleish, Christine (14 March 2024). "Relaunch of Prince George Citizen focuses on pro-Prince George content". Prince George Citizen. Prince George Citizen. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ "Prince George Citizen". www.GlacierMedia.ca. Retrieved March 30, 2012.
- ^ "Oh, Canada! Hollinger International Exits Nation With $104M Deal". Editor & Publisher. January 11, 2006. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
- ^ "Former city councillor buys Prince George's last newspaper | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Corus Entertainment Inc. Retrieved 6 February 2024.