Montreal Star
The Montreal Star was an English-language Canadian newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It closed in 1979 in the wake of an eight-month pressmen's strike.
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1869–1925, Hugh Graham and George T. Lanigan;
1925–1963, John Wilson McConnell;
1963–1979, Free Press Publications
January 16, 1869
September 25, 1979
It was Canada's largest newspaper until the 1950s and remained the dominant English-language newspaper in Montreal until shortly before its closure.[1]
Notable contributors[edit]
The Star was the first newspaper in Canada to employ a staff editorial cartoonist, when it hired Henri Julien in 1888.[14]
Its sports editor Harold Atkins, writing under the column 'Sports Snippings', nicknamed the wheelchair basketball team as "The Wheelchair Wonders".
Eddie MacCabe wrote for the Star in 1951 and 1952, prior to being inducted in the reporters section of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.[15]
Other contributors of note included Kathleen Shackleton in the beginning of the 20th century, Red Fisher, Doris Giller, Nick Auf der Maur, Don Macpherson, Terry Mosher and Dennis Trudeau, many of whom moved over to The Gazette when the Star folded.
Raymond Heard was the newspaper's White House correspondent from 1963 until 1973, and then served as the newspaper's managing editor, from 1976 until it closed in 1979. He served under Frank Walker who was editor-in-chief.
Montreal newspapers: