This Week in Canadian Media History: Regina Leader-Post published first issue in 1883

Screen grab from Regina Leader-Post's 130-year anniversary video

By Eric Mark Do

Screen grab from Regina Leader-Post's 130-year anniversary video

By Eric Mark Do

The Regina Leader (now the Leader-Post) published its first edition on March 1, 1883. It's the third-oldest continuously operating business in Saskatchewan behind only The Bay and the Canadian Pacific Railway. Nicholas Flood Davin, a political and war reporter from Britain, started the newspaper with a small printing press. Last year, the Leader-Post celebrated 130 years of publishing with a special anniversary section. Check it out here, along with the video below:

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