The Chronicle Herald
The Chronicle-Herald is a broadsheet published in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It is the largest paper by circulation in the Atlantic provinces, and the largest independently owned newspaper in Canada.
Founded in 1875 as The Morning Herald it quickly became one of Halifax's main newspapers. The Evening Mail was owned by the same company, but was published in the afternoon.
The main competition 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.
The paper is owned by the Dennis family, who live in Halifax. In January 2004, the Herald became the first newspaper in Canada and one of only several in the world, to operate a WIFAG offset press. This development resulted in increased use of colour, as well as changes in font and styling.
The paper is the largest, most influential paper in mainland Nova Scotia.
The Herald's now-deactivated press room at its Argyle Street headquarters was used in 2001 to film scenes used in The Shipping News.