The Toronto Telegram (previously the Toronto Evening Telegram) was a conservative, broadsheet afternoon daily newspaper published in Toronto. It was founded in 1876 by John Ross Robertson. The newspaper became the voice of working-class, conservative Orange (Protestant) Toronto. The daily was famous for being printed on pink paper until the 1960s, when the advent of colour photography made it necessary to switch to standard white paper. The Tely strongly supported Canada's Imperial connection with Britain as late as the 1960s. Conservatism or political conservatism is any of several historically related political philosophies or political ideologies. ... Broadsheet is a size and format for newspapers, and a descriptive term applied to papers which use that format rather than the smaller tabloid format. ... }|135px|City of Toronto, Ontario Official Flag]]|Coat Image=[[Image:{{{Coat Image}}}|135px|City of Toronto, Ontario Coat of Arms]]}} {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Diversity Our Strength {{Canadian City/Location Image is:{{{Location Image Type}}}|[[Image:{{{Location Image}}}|thumbnail|250px|City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada location. ... 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... John Ross Robertson (December 28, 1841 – 31 May 1918) was a newspaper publisher and philanthropist in Toronto, Canada. ... The Orange Order is a Protestant fraternal organisation largely based in the Ulster region of Ireland and in western Scotland but which has a worldwide membership. ... The British Empire in 1897, marked in pink, the traditional colour for Imperial British dominions on maps. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

It was purchased in 1952 by John Bassett. The newspaper had a reputation for supporting the Conservative Party at both the federal and provincial level. In the 1960s, the paper had increasing difficulty competing with the liberal Toronto Star and suffered a series of strikes by its printing union. Bassett finally shut down the money-losing paper in 1971. 1952 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... John White Hughes Bassett (August 25, 1915 - April 27, 1998) was a Canadian publisher and media baron. ... The name Conservative Party of Canada has been used twice in Canadian history. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... In politics, the term liberal refers to: an adherent of the ideology of liberalism —an ideology espousing liberty. ... The Toronto Star is a major metropolitan newspaper produced in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ...

A number of the Telegram's key writers and staff started a new conservative tabloid, The Toronto Sun the Monday following the Telegram's last issue. A tabloid is a newspaper format particularly popular in the United Kingdom, which is roughly 23½ by 14 3/4 inches (597 by 375 mm) per spread. ... The Toronto Sun is a large English language newspaper published in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...

In the book The Death Of The Toronto Telegram (1971), former Telegram writer Jock Carroll describes the decline of the paper, and provides many anecdotes about the Canadian newspaper business from the 1950s until 1970. Jock Carroll, born in Toronto, (March 5, 1919 - August 5, 1995), worked as a writer, journalist and photographer for the Canadian media, including the Toronto Telegram. ...

Well-known reporters, editors, columnists and cartoonists at "the Tely" included:

• Frank Drea
• Peter Worthington
• Andy Donato
• Isabel Bassett
• Trent Frayne
• Douglas Fisher
• George Gross
• Paul Rimstead
• John Downing
• Douglas Creighton
• J. Douglas MacFarlane
• Ben Wicks