The Red Deer Express — a historic weekly newspaper in Alberta's third-largest city— published its last edition Wednesday. The company also owns the daily newspaper, Red Deer Advocate, and more than 170 other publications in Alberta, B.C. The company also has revealed plans to close Red Deer Advocate's printing press and mailroom on July 1. One printed newspaper remainsThe Red Deer Advocate is now the only printed newspaper in one of Alberta's biggest cities. The first mass-market weekly newspaper in Red Deer was likely the Optimist, which got its start in the Great Depression, Dawe said.

Source: CBC News March 28, 2019 01:07 UTC