Cambridge Reporter

The Cambridge Reporter was a local daily newspaper in Southern Ontario serving the community of Cambridge, Ontario. Founded in 1846, it was first called the Galt Reporter. In 1973 the paper changed its name to the Cambridge Reporter after the city of Galt merged with the towns of Preston and Hespeler, and parts of the townships of Waterloo and North Dumfries, to form Cambridge. In the '90s the paper changed from a daily to a twice weekly paper. In 2003 the Cambridge Reporter was closed by parent Torstar Corporation, with a final paper published on Friday, September 19, 2003. The Cambridge Reporter at the time was Canada's oldest operating newspaper. Metroland Media Group, owned by Torstar, currently operates The Waterloo Region Record and the Cambridge Times which has expanded since the closure of the Cambridge Reporter.

A summary of the history and demise of the paper can be found here: http://www.rrj.ca/online/463/

Timeline of Reporter Ownership

• Thomson - ?? to July 1995
• Hollinger/Southam - July 1995 to July 1998
• SunMedia - July 1998 to Jan 1999
• Quebecor - Jan 1999 to March 1999
• Torstar - March 1999 to September 2003

A new online-only Cambridge Reporter was launched by Colin Carmichael in June, 2008. Although sharing the same name the paper is not affiliated with the original newspaper. Its website is http://cambridgereporter.ca .

Shortly thereafter Torstar relaunched their own news portal, http://cambridgereporter.com . News stories are not original to that publication but instead come from other newspapers such as the Record and the Cambridge Times.