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The Calgary Sun is a
daily Calgary, Alberta newspaper.
Its major competitor is The Calgary Herald.
The Calgary Sun is a daily
newspaper published in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is a division
of Sun Media, a Quebecor company.
First published in 1980, the tabloid-format daily replaced the
long-running broadsheet newspaper, The Albertan.
The newspaper, like most of those in the Canadian Sun chain, are known
for short, snappy news stories aimed primarily at working class readers.
The Calgary Sun format is based somewhat upon that of British
tabloids.
One regular feature, the Sunshine Girl,
is a daily glamor photograph of an amateur model, usually dressed in a
bikini. This idea was also borrowed from British papers, although in
accordance with Canadian morality standards, no nudity is allowed and
models must be 18 years of age or older (unlike the UK version in which
topless models as young as 16 were at one point allowed, although this
age limit was recently raised to 18).
Originally placed on the third page of
the publication (as per the UK format), Sun management in the early
1990s decided to relocate the feature to the Sports section as it was
felt the photo interfered with the paper's ability to present serious
news stories up front. This attitude was later adopted by the other Sun
newspapers in Canada.
The Calgary Sun has considered
dropping the Sunshine Girl feature on numerous occasions, and has run
occasional "trial balloon" issues without a Sunshine Girl, but reader
support for the feature remains strong and the paper's newsroom fields
many reader complaints whenever the Sunshine Girl is omitted. A Sunshine
Boy photo feature used to appear regularly, but has since been
cancelled.
The Calgary Sun was formed soon
after Toronto Sun Corp. purchased the assets of The Calgary
Albertan. The first issue of The Calgary Sun rolled off the presses Aug.
3, 1980. The first issue of the Saturday Sun came out Sept. 17, 1994.
The newspaper, published seven days a week, is available through home
delivery, vendor boxes and retail outlets. |
