Surrey Now-Leader

{{Short description|Canadian newspaper in British Columbia}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = The Surrey Now News Leader | image = Now Newspaper Bldg (September 2009).jpg | image_size = 150px | type = [[Weekly newspaper]] | format = [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|Tabloid]] | founded = 1984 | owners = [[Black Press]] | headquarters = 15288 54a Avenue<br />Unit 210<br />[[Surrey, British Columbia]]<br />Canada V3S 5J9 | circulation = 66,136 | circulation_date = October 2022 | circulation_ref = <ref>{{Cite web |date=April 1, 2023 |title=2023 Black Press Media Kit |url=https://www.blackpressmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/MediaKit_April2023_H.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231219011509/https://www.blackpressmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/MediaKit_April2023_H.pdf |archive-date=December 19, 2023 |access-date=December 19, 2023 |publisher=Black Press Media}}</ref> | publisher = Dal Hothi | editor = Beau Simpson | ISSN = 0841-8764 | website = {{URL|surreynowleader.com}} }}

'''''The Surrey Now-Leader''''' is a weekly newspaper serving [[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey]], [[North Delta, British Columbia|North Delta]] and [[White Rock, British Columbia|White Rock]] in the Canadian province of [[British Columbia]]. It publishes Thursday and is owned by [[Black Press]].

== History == The newspaper was established in 1984.<ref>[http://www.glaciermedia.ca/advertisers/local-newspapers/surrey-now glaciermedia.ca]</ref>

In 2015, [[Glacier Media]] sold ''Surrey Now'' to [[Black Press]],<ref>{{Cite news| last = Bradshaw| first = James| title = Black Press, Glacier Media strike deal to swap B.C. community newspapers| work = The Globe and Mail| accessdate = 2015-05-17| date = 2014-12-17| url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/bcs-black-press-glacier-media-strike-deal-to-swap-newspaper-titles/article22131894/}}</ref> which already owned The Surrey Leader. This sale was part a large transaction that resulted in both of those publishers effectively swapping dozens of newspapers, resulting in each publisher being in significantly fewer areas across British Columbia, but each owning both local newspapers in the areas where they remained. Also in 2015, Now reporter Amy Reid received the S. [[Tara Singh Hayer]] journalism award due to work highlighting needs of homeless people.<ref>{{cite news|title=Now reporter Amy Reid receives S. Tara Singh Hayer Journalism Award in Surrey|url=http://www.thenownewspaper.com/news/338957042.html|accessdate=6 January 2016|work=The Now|date=Oct 30, 2015}}</ref>

In March 2017, Black Press, publisher of ''Surrey Now'' (also known as ''The Now'') and ''The Surrey Leader'', announced that the two papers would be merged into a single paper as of April 5, 2017. Each paper published twice per week and the merged paper published twice per week. The merged paper was announced as ''The Surrey Now News-Leader''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pablo|first1=Carlito|title=''Surrey Now'' and ''Surrey–North Delta Leader'' folding into one newspaper|url=https://www.straight.com/news/885391/surrey-now-and-surrey-north-delta-leader-folding-one-newspaper|work=The Georgia Straight|date=March 23, 2017|accessdate=September 17, 2021}}</ref> This was one of numerous papers owned by Black Press that merged following Black Press' transaction with Glacier Media, due to many communities having two newspapers owned by Black Press.

During the final week of March 2020, the paper reduced from publishing twice per week to once per week, citing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, calling this a temporary measure.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-03-24 |title=''Now-Leader'' temporarily moving to weekly publication in face of COVID-19 |url=https://www.surreynowleader.com/news/now-leader-temporarily-moving-to-weekly-publication-in-face-of-covid-19/ |access-date=2023-08-20 |work=Surrey Now-Leader |language=en-US}}</ref> The frequency has not been restored back to twice per week.

==See also== * [[List of newspapers in Canada]]

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