Bow Valley Crag and Canyon
{{Short description|Canadian newspaper}}
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{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Bow Valley Crag & Canyon
| image =
| type = Weekly newspaper
| foundation = December 8, 1900
| format = Tabloid
| owners = Postmedia
| founder = Ike Byers
| circulation = 8,000
| headquarters = Calgary, Alberta
| website = {{URL|thecragandcanyon.ca}}
}}
The Bow Valley Crag and Canyon is a weekly local newspaper based in Banff, Alberta, Canada. Publication began on December 8, 1900 as the Crag and Canyon.{{Cite news |date=December 8, 1900 |title=Crag and Canyon |work=Crag and Canyon |pages=1}}{{Cite news |date=December 10, 1900 |title=Local and General |work=Calgary Herald |pages=5}} Like other local newspapers in the Bow Valley, it does not charge customers directly but relies solely upon advertising revenue for income. It is presently owned by the Postmedia Network.
History
The Crag and Canyon, now known as the Bow Valley Crag and Canyon, began publication on December 8, 1900. The paper was started by Ike Byers, a Banff resident who had previously founded the short lived National Park Gazette.{{Cite news |date=April 28, 1900 |title=Local and Personal |work=Weekly Albertan |pages=1}} It started as a weekly paper with a modest circulation among residents and guests to Banff National Park. Subscriptions cost $1.00 a year or were $0.05 an issue.{{Cite news |date=May 2, 1901 |title=Crag and Canyon |work=Crag and Canyon |pages=1}} Despite this meagre cost, the Crag and Canyon lacked financial backing and Byers sold the paper to Robert Brett in February 1902.{{Cite news |date=February 13, 1902 |title=From Bunch Grass to Orange Groves |work=Calgary Herald |pages=1}}
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In April 1902, Norman Luxton, a Rocky Mountain pioneer and business owner, made arangements to purchase the Crag and Canyon from Brett.{{Cite news |date=April 19, 1902 |title=News of the City |work=Calgary Herald |pages=7}}{{Cite book |last=Luxton |first=Eleanor Georgina |title=Banff, Canada's first National Park: A History and a Memory of Rocky Mountains Park |publisher=Summerthought Publishing |year=1975 |isbn=0919934013 |location=Banff, Alberta |page=106}} The May 8, 1902 issue was the first to be produced under Luxton's tenure as owner and publisher.{{Cite news |date=May 1, 1902 |title=Crag and Canyon |work=Crag and Canyon |pages=1}} Under Luxton's ownership the paper prospered, although it was used extensively by him as his personal mouthpiece to advance his business and political interests.
The Crag and Canyon remained under Luxton's ownership until 1951 when it was sold to W. I. Clark, a businessman from Calgary.{{Cite news |date=July 3, 1951 |title=Banff Paper Changes Hands |work=Calgary Herald |pages=3}} In 1958, Clark renamed the Crag and Canyon to the Banff Crag and Canyon.{{Cite book |last=Mason |first=Courtney W. |title=Spirits of the Rockies: Reasserting an Indigenous Presence in Banff National Park |publisher=University of Toronto Press |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-4426-4930-9 |pages=151}} He sold the paper in 1987 to Black Tusk Holdings, a private equity firm from Vancouver, British Columbia.{{Cite news |last=Cybulski |first=Henry |date=December 9, 1987 |title=Independent Weeklies Move into Mergers |work=Calgary Herald |pages=41}} The paper was later sold to Sun Media.
On July 3, 2013, following the 2013 Alberta floods, Sun Media (now Postmedia) combined the Banff Crag & Canyon and the Canmore Leader under one publication.{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Jessica |date=February 4, 2023 |title=Century-old Bow Valley newspaper shifts to digital-only forma |url=https://www.cochraneeagle.ca/beyond-local/century-old-bow-valley-newspaper-shifts-to-digital-only-format-6459780 |url-status=live |work=Cochrane Eagle}} As of February 2023, the paper has switched to an online news format.
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.thecragandcanyon.com/ Bow Valley Crag & Canyon]
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Category:Weekly newspapers published in Alberta
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