Weekly Examiner
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Title:
Weekly Examiner
Place of Publication:
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Geographic Coverage:
Prince Edward Island
Publisher:
Examiner Publishing Company
Date of Publication:
November 30, 1877
Frequency:
Weekly
Subject(s):
Prince Edward Island --
Newspaper
Newspaper
ISSN:
1181-2583
Succeeding Titles:
Examiner Weekly Edition
Examiner and Island Argus
Weekly Examiner and Island Argus
Examiner and Island Argus
Weekly Examiner and Island Argus
Credit:
Information drawn from A Checklist and historical directory of Prince Edward Island newspapers 1787-1986, compiled by Heather Boylan and made available courtesy of the Public Archives and Records Office of Prince Edward Island.
Weekly Examiner
About Weekly Examiner
The Examiner Weekly Edition began publication in 1877 (see also Examiner). It was a Conservative newspaper printing news, poetry, fiction, anecdotes and advertisements. In 1881, the Examiner purchased the plant and goodwill of the Island Argus from James H. Fletcher, and the Argus was amalgamated with the Examiner Weekly Edition to form the Weekly Examiner and Island Argus. Later, in 1893, the paper's name became simply the Weekly Examiner. Local news coverage in this newspaper was especially good, with news of clubs and societies, and of rural communities appearing in each issue. Many of the articles which appeared in the Weekly Examiner, however, were reprints
of articles which had been printed in the daily Examiner. Some of the issues which were discussed in the Weekly Examiner included railroads, fisheries, the Legislative Council, temperance, educational funding and tariffs.
