The Ottawa Citizen (established 1845) is an English-language daily newspaper owned by CanWest Global in Ottawa, Canada. According to the Canadian Newspaper Association, the paper has a circulation of 141,540. 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... CanWest Global Communications Corp. ... {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Advance Ottawa/Ottawa en avant City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Location. ...

The newspaper was established by William Harris as The Bytown Packet and was renamed the Citizen in 1851. Its original motto, which has recently been returned to the editorial page, was Fair play and Day-Light. Events January 23 - The flip of a coin determines whether a new city in Oregon is named after Boston, Massachusetts, or Portland, Maine, with Portland winning. ...

The paper has been through a number of owners. In 1846 Harris sold the paper to John Bell and Henry Friel. Bell brought out his partner in 1849. In 1877 Charles Herbert Macintosh, the editor under Bell, became publisher. In 1879 it became one of several papers owned by the Southam Family. It remained under Southam Control until Southam itself was purchased by Conrad Black's Hollinger Inc.. In 2000 Black sold most of his Canadian holdings to CanWest Global. 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1879 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Southam Newspapers is a Canadian newspaper chain owned by CanWest. ... Conrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour,OC , PC (born August 25, 1944 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian-born British biographer, financier and newspaper magnate. ... Hollinger Inc. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The editorial view of the Citizen has varied with its ownership, taking a reform, anti-tory position under Harris and a conservative position under Bell. Under the Southams it moved to the left, supporting the liberals largely in opposition to Conservative support of free trade. It firmly established itself as a Conservative paper under Conrad Black. The Reform movement, sometimes referred to as the Reform Party, began in the 1830s as the movement in the English speaking parts of British North America (Canada). ... Conservatism or political conservatism is any of several historically related political philosophies or political ideologies. ... In politics, the term liberal refers to: an adherent of the ideology of liberalism —an ideology espousing liberty. ... Free trade is an economic concept referring to the selling of products between countries without tariffs or other trade barriers. ...

Following the purchase of the paper by CanWest Global, its publisher Russell Mills was fired for allowing an anti-Liberal editorial to be published in the paper. CanWest Global Communications Corp. ...

External links

• The Ottawa Citizen website (http://www.ottawacitizen.com)

• Canadian Newspaper Association (http://www.cna-acj.ca/client/cna/cna.nsf/web/FactsHistory)

Bibliography

Adam, Mohamed.(January 2, 2005).When we began 1845: For 160 years, the Citizen has been the 'heartbeat of the community.' Ottawa Citizen

Bruce, Charles. News and the Southams. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1968

Kesterton, W.H.. A History of Journalism in Canada. Ottawa, Canada: Carleton University Press, 1984. ISBN 0886290228.

Rutherford,Paul. A Victorian authority: the daily press in late nineteenth-century Canada. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1982. ISBN 0802055885 DDC 71.1 LCC PN4907