Background

Background

1867

Founding of Le P'tit Moniteur, later to become Le Moniteur acadien (Shediac, N.B.)

1913

Founding of La Liberté (Manitoba)

1928

Founding of Le Franco (Alberta)

1937

Founding of Le Petit Courrier du Sud-Ouest, later to become Le Courrier de la Nouvelle-Écosse (N.S.)

1947

Founding of Le Carillon (Hawkesbury, Ontario)

1966

Founding of Le Rempart (Windsor, Ontario)

1968

Founding of Le Voyageur (Sudbury, Ontario)

1971

Founding of L'Eau vive (Saskatchewan)

1972

Founding of Le Goût de vivre (Penetanguishene, Ontario)

1976

Founding of the APF, with a membership at the time of 12 Canadian French-language newspapers located outside Quebec

1976

Founding of Le Nord (Hearst, Ontario)

1976

Founding of La Voix acadienne (Prince Edward Island)

1977

Founding of Le Journal de Cornwall (Cornwall, Ontario)

1979

Establishment of OPSCOM, the representation agency that was to work for the APF until 2004

1980

Establishment of the Fondation Donatien-Frémont to support the next generation of journalism

1983

Founding of Agricom (Clarence Creek, Ontario)

1983

Founding of L'Express d'Ottawa (Ottawa, Ontario)

1983

Founding of L'Aurore boréale (Yukon)

1984

Founding of Le Gaboteur (Newfoundland and Labrador)

1986

Founding of Le Reflet de Prescott-Russell (Embrun, Ontario)

1986

Founding of L'Aquilon (N.W.T.)

1988

Launch of the news service offering articles on national news concerning minority Francophone communities to member newspapers

1993

Founding of Le Métropolitain (Toronto, Ontario)

1998

Founding of L'Express du Pacifique (British Columbia)

1999

Founding of Info Week-End (Edmundston, N.B.)

1999

Founding of Le Régional (Hamilton and Niagara, Ontario)

2000

Founding of La Nouvelle (Embrun, Ontario)

2001

Launch of the APF news website

2003

Francophone newspapers suffer financially from the federal government's withdrawal of advertising in the wake of the famous "sponsorship scandal".

2003

Founding of L'Action (London–Sarnia, Ontario)

2005

The APF fully revises its strategic planning.

2008

The APF revises its membership criteria in an effort to boost membership. Membership increases by 15%.


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