The Vancouver Sun: A corporate chronology
Feb. 12, 1912: The first issue of The Vancouver Sun, a morning broadsheet, is published by Burrard Publishing Co. Ltd.
March 1915: The Sun Publishing Co. Ltd. publishes The Sun. 1917: Robert Cromie takes over The Morning Sun and amalgamates it with The News- Advertiser.
March 12, 1924: Cromie buys The Vancouver World and adds its circulation to The Sun. Two years later, Cromie cuts a deal with the owner of The Vancouver Star, switching press times so The Sun becomes an evening paper.
1937: After a fire at its Pender Street premises, The Sun moves to the World Tower, since called Sun Tower, at 500 Beatty St.
1941: The Sun becomes the first Canadian newspaper to sign a Newspaper Guild contract.
March 17, 1947: The Sun’s Edith Adams Cottage, an advice service for homemakers, opens.
May 30, 1957: The Vancouver Sun (owned by the Cromies) and Vancouver Province (owned by Southam) form new publishing company, Pacifi c Press Ltd.
September 1960: Restrictive Trade Practices Commission Report: Pacifi c Press approved.
June 30, 1963: FP Publications Ltd., Winnipeg, buys control of Sun Publishing Co. Ltd.
1964: The Southam Co. changes its name to Southam Press Ltd.; Sun Tower sold for $ 130,000 to Crest Field of Canada.
December 1965: New $ 1- million Goss presses start up at 2250 Granville St. The Sun moves with the Province into 2250 Granville.
March 15, 1966: Offi cial opening of new $ 11- million Pacifi c Press building.
December 1977: Southam Press Ltd. changes name to Southam Inc.
1978- 79: An eight- month strike from Nov. 1, 1978, to June 26, 1979, sees striking employees work on The Express.
January 1980: The Sun is bought by Thomson Newspapers Ltd., which takes control of FP Publications.
August 1980: Southam buys the other 50 per cent of Pacifi c Press from Thomson Newspapers Ltd., becoming the owners of The Vancouver Sun, as well as the Province.
1981: Kent Commission reports on newspaper concentration, no change to Pacifi c Press recommended.
May 1990: Flexo printing plant opens in Newton.
Sept. 16, 1991: The Sun becomes a morning newspaper again.
November 1992: Conrad Black’s Hollinger Inc. acquires 23 per cent of Southam Inc. from Torstar Corp. for $ 259 million.
January 1995: Pacifi c Press drops “Ltd.”, becomes Pacifi c Press, a division of Southam Inc.
November 1996: Hollinger boosts its stake in Southam to 50.7 per cent.
1997: The Sun and Province move to 200 Granville St.; Kennedy Heights printing plant opens in Surrey.
Nov. 15, 2000: Canwest Global Communications Corp. makes $ 3.2- billion purchase of Southam Inc. and other holdings of Hollinger Inc.
October 2005: Canwest completes a $ 550- million IPO of its Canadian newspaper and online holdings into an income trust, Canwest Mediaworks LP.
July 2007: Canwest takes income trust private. The Vancouver Sun is part of Pacifi c Newspaper Group, a division of Canwest Publishing Inc.
January 2010: Canwest LP, including Canwest Publishing, enters creditor protection.
July 2010: Postmedia Network Inc. acquires Canwest Publishing properties.