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{{Short description|Canadian newspaper in Halifax, Nova Scotia}}
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| type               = Daily [[newspaper]]
| format             = [[Broadsheet]]
| founded            = 1874
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| owners             = [[Postmedia Network]]
| publisher          = 
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| headquarters       = 2717 Joseph Howe Drive<br>[[Halifax, Nova Scotia]]<br>B3J 2T2
| circulation        = 91,152 Daily<br/> 93,178 Saturdays
| circulation_date   = 2015
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| ISSN               = 0839-4008
| oclc               = 1032969650
| website            = {{URL|http://theChronicleherald.ca/}}
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'''''The Chronicle Herald''''' is a [[broadsheet]] newspaper published in [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]], owned by [[Postmedia Network]].

==History==
[[File:Billboard ad for the Chronicle Herald (Halifax NS, April 1 2007) (442454050).jpg|thumb|Billboard on the former Herald Building in downtown Halifax, 2007]]

===Early years===
Founded in 1874 as ''The Morning Herald'', the paper quickly became one of Halifax's main newspapers. The same company also owned the ''Evening Mail'', which was published in the afternoon. Its main competitors were the ''Chronicle'' in the morning, and the ''Star'' in the afternoon. By 1949 the papers had merged to become ''The Chronicle-Herald'' and ''Mail-Star'' respectively.

===Graham Dennis era===
Graham W. Dennis took over as publisher of the newspaper in 1954, at age 26, after the death of his father, senator [[William Henry Dennis]], who in turn had succeeded senator [[William Dennis]] in running the paper.<ref name="publisher">{{cite news|last1=Leger|first1=Dan|title=Chronicle Herald publisher dies at 84|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/38519-chronicle-herald-publisher-dies-at-84|work=Halifax Chronicle-Herald|date=1 December 2011}}</ref> He led the newspaper for the next half century. Dennis was proud of the paper's independence and rebuffed numerous offers to buy it. He was known as a humanistic employer interested in the welfare of his employees, stating that his proudest moment was the introduction of a pension plan for ''Herald'' staff.<ref name="publisher"/> He had a reputation as an "old-school media baron" who set up bureaus across Canada and even one in London, England.<ref name="goodonpaper"/> Dennis considered the paper essential to effecting positive change in Nova Scotia and ensured that it was available across the province.<ref name="goodonpaper"/>

In 1998 the company began producing a Sunday edition called ''The Sunday Herald'', which ran until April 20, 2013. In 2004 ''The Chronicle-Herald'' and ''Mail-Star'' were merged to form the single ''The Chronicle Herald''. In January 2004, ''The Chronicle Herald'' became the first newspaper in Canada, and one of only several in the world, to operate a ''WIFAG'' offset press. This development led to an increased use of colour, and changes in font and styling.

In 2002 the historic ''Herald'' headquarters on Argyle Street was listed for sale for $15 million and sold by the Dennis family to the cable TV mogul [[Charles Keating (businessman)|Charles Keating]].<ref name="concentre">{{cite news|last1=Stewart|first1=Jennifer|title=Convention centre proposed for old Herald properties|work=Halifax Chronicle-Herald|date=29 January 2009}}</ref> Keating died in 2005. In 2007 Argyle Developments Ltd. purchased the property from his estate.<ref name="concentre"/> The ''Chronicle Herald'' moved in 2008 to one of the buildings on the ex-[[Maritime Life]] campus in [[Armdale]]. The former ''Herald'' buildings were demolished and the site was redeveloped as the [[Nova Centre]], which houses the [[Halifax Convention Centre]].
[[File:Halifax Chronicle Herald building.jpg|thumb|In 2008, the newspaper moved to a new headquarters in [[Armdale, Nova Scotia|Armdale]].]]
In October 2008, ''The Chronicle Herald'' was named one of "[[Canada's Top 100 Employers]]" by Mediacorp Canada Inc., and was featured in ''[[Maclean's]]'' newsmagazine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eluta.ca/jobs-at-halifax-herald|title=All jobs at Halifax Herald, The &#124; Eluta.ca|website=www.eluta.ca}}</ref>

On February 3, 2009, the paper laid off 24 employees, the first layoffs in the paper's 136-year history.<ref name="heiress">{{cite news|last1=Soroka|first1=Chelcie|title=Sarah Dennis: Herald Heiress|url=http://thekjr.kingsjournalism.com/sarah-dennis-herald-heiress/|work=King's Journalism Review|date=15 November 2011}}</ref> The cuts represented approximately one quarter of its newsroom staff, but it nonetheless remained the largest newsroom east of Montreal. These cuts impacted the production department where nine employees were laid off. The company stated that these layoffs were the result of a decline in advertising due to the distress of the [[Great Recession|current economic situation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1104943.html |title=Downturn hitting home |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210152231/http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1104943.html |archive-date=February 10, 2009 }}</ref><ref name="victims">{{cite news|last1=Kimber|first1=Stephen|title=Victims of the Herald|url=https://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/victims-of-the-herald/Content?oid=1091935|work=The Coast|date=19 March 2009}}</ref>

===New management===
Sarah Dennis, daughter of owner Graham Dennis and vice-president since the 1990s, took over as CEO of the newspaper in November 2010.<ref name="goodonpaper"/> She married Mark Lever in August 2011.<ref name="heiress"/> Graham Dennis, who ran the newspaper for more than 57 years, died on December 1, 2011, at the age of 84.<ref name="publisher"/> Sarah Dennis inherited the paper. Lever took over as president and CEO in 2012.

Though the newspaper is profitable,<ref name="goodonpaper"/> Dennis and Lever have aggressively cut costs in recent years. Dennis holds a "far less romantic view of the newspaper" than her father did, a characteristic that journalist Stephen Kimber said has made cost-cutting easy.<ref name="goodonpaper">{{cite news|last1=Borzykowski|first1=Bryan|title=Good On Paper|url=https://www.kpmg.com/Ca/en/enterprise-publication/inbusiness/Documents/inBusiness-sep-2013-good-on-paper.pdf|work=inBusiness|date=September 2013}}</ref> Dennis stated: "It's a business, and you have to run it like a business. The history is important, but you can't let that determine what you do."<ref name="goodonpaper"/>

Shortly after taking over as CEO, Dennis championed the newspaper's independence, stating: "The fact that we're not controlled by someone in Ontario makes a big difference in what we can do."<ref name="heiress"/> She stated that the newspaper would remain independent as long as possible.<ref name="heiress"/> However, following her father's death Dennis stated that she would entertain offers from potential buyers.<ref name="goodonpaper"/>

Discord erupted in 2011 after the ''Herald'' wrote a new contract for freelance journalists that gave the newspaper rights to freelancers' work forever, without any payment for signing over the copyright. Numerous freelancers, including Ralph Surette and [[Silver Donald Cameron]], refused to sign.<ref name="heiress"/> Dennis stated that the newspaper was simply emulating what other newspapers across the country were doing.<ref name="heiress"/>

The newspaper purchased Bounty Print, a commercial printing company, in 2011.<ref name="goodonpaper"/> In 2012 they purchased ''[[The Casket]]'', a weekly newspaper published in [[Antigonish, Nova Scotia|Antigonish]], through a Herald sister company, Brace Publishing Limited. The company also launched the glossy ''Herald Magazine'' in February 2012.<ref name="goodonpaper"/> It launched the ''Cape Breton Star'', a weekly newspaper, in Cape Breton in May 2014.<ref name="headwind">{{cite news|last1=Weeks|first1=Joan|title=Chronicle Herald shuts down its Cape Breton paper, citing 'headwind of union sympathy'|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/newspaper-chronicle-herald-community-paper-sydney-cape-breton-star-1.3763307|work=CBC News|date=15 September 2016}}</ref>

Circulation has been in decline. In 2012 the Audit Bureau of Circulations reported circulation of 108,389 weekdays, 112,306 Saturdays and 97,190 Sundays<ref name="ecirc">[[Audit Bureau of Circulations (North America)|Audit Bureau of Circulations]] [http://www.accessabc.com/products/freereports.htm e-Circ data] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022055025/http://www.accessabc.com/products/freereports.htm |date=2012-10-22 }} for the six months ending September 30, 2011. Retrieved February 16, 2012.</ref> In April 2012 the Sunday edition was discontinued as a cost-cutting measure and the Saturday paper was renamed ''Weekend''.<ref name="goodonpaper"/> Still, in 2013, Sarah Dennis stated that the newspaper was profitable and that readership was at an all-time high.<ref name="goodonpaper"/> In September 2014, weekday circulation was estimated at 70,000, with the weekend edition selling 72,000. On-line subscriptions totaled 1,862.<ref name=ans>Reported in AllNovaScotia.com, May 1, 2015, citing an Audited Media report</ref>

In October 2014, the Herald issued layoff notices to 20 newsroom employees.<ref>{{cite news |date=31 October 2014 |title=Chronicle Herald issues layoff notices to 20 newsroom staff |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/chronicle-herald-issues-layoff-notices-to-20-newsroom-staff-1.2820096 |access-date=16 October 2024 |work=CBC News}}</ref>

==2016–17 labour dispute==
===Strike and bargaining===
In February 2015, the ''Herald'' locked out its 13 unionized printing press workers, causing the first work stoppage in the company's history.<ref>{{cite news|last1=DeVet|first1=Robert|title=Chronicle Herald locks out pressroom workers|url=http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/chronicle-herald-locks-out-pressroom-workers-even/33152|work=Halifax Media Co-op|date=21 February 2015}}</ref> The lockout ended about a month later, after the union agreed to major concessions.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Chronicle Herald's locked out press operators back on job Monday|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/the-chronicle-herald-s-locked-out-press-operators-back-on-job-monday-1.2986163|work=CBC News|agency=The Canadian Press|date=8 March 2015}}</ref>

Less than a year later, on January 23, 2016, 61 members of the Halifax Typographical Union's newsroom and news bureau staff went on strike. The Herald hired "[[Strikebreaker|scab]]" reporters as replacements. The ''Chronicle Herald'' refused any concessions offered by the union, and later on the striking staff launched a competing online newspaper called ''[[Local Xpress]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bradshaw|first1=James|title=Striking Halifax Chronicle journalists amp up parallel publication efforts|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/striking-halifax-chronicle-journalists-amp-up-parallel-publication-efforts/article30096080/|work=The Globe and Mail|date=20 June 2016}}</ref> By September 2016, the number of striking workers was down to 56 as some had sought new employment for financial reasons.<ref name="400k">{{cite news|last1=Donovan|first1=Moira|title=Herald employees still waiting for resolution as strike passes 8th month|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/chronicle-herald-strike-1.3745042|work=CBC News|date=2 September 2016}}</ref>

The union criticized the ''Herald'' for spending more than $400,000 on security (as at September 2016) while demanding cuts in the newsroom, and stated that the real intention of management was to [[Union busting|bust the union]].<ref name="400k"/><ref name="breakdown">{{cite news|last1=Patil|first1=Anjuli|title=Talks break down in Chronicle Herald negotiations|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/chronicle-herald-strike-nine-months-1.3838442|work=CBC News|date=5 November 2016}}</ref> The typographical union also accused Sarah Dennis of hiring private investigators to tail and intimidate picketers.

In September 2016 the ''Herald'' announced that it was shutting down the ''Cape Breton Star'' due to "a prevailing headwind of union sympathy in industrial Cape Breton".<ref name="headwind"/><ref name="halts">{{cite news|last1=Pace|first1=Natasha|title=Chronicle Herald halts Cape Breton Star publication amid ongoing union dispute|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/2942439/chronicle-herald-halfs-cape-breton-star-publication-amid-ongoing-union-dispute/|work=Global News|date=15 September 2016}}</ref>

The union agreed to wage cuts and increased working hours equating to an hourly pay decrease of 17 per cent, layoffs of a third of unionized staff, a cap on severance pay, reductions in vacation time and mileage allowance, a 25 per cent lower starting wage, and elimination of the [[defined benefit pension plan]] founded by Graham Dennis.<ref name="makenever">{{cite news|last1=Kimber|first1=Stephen|title='Make Never,' Grant Machum and 'Graham Dennis isn't around to save you anymore'|url=https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/make-never-grant-machum-and-graham-dennis-isnt-around-to-save-you-anymore/|work=[[Halifax Examiner]]|date=21 November 2016}}</ref> However, the dispute dragged on with no agreement being reached between the two parties. The newspaper was accused of making unreasonable demands with the aim of breaking the union, and hired lawyers advertising services in union-busting.<ref name="makenever"/>

During a round of bargaining in October 2016, ''Herald'' made numerous additional demands, including further cuts to the union's bargaining power, reduced sick leave pay, a further four per cent wage cut, eight more layoffs (amounting to a total of 26 layoffs), and the closure of ''[[Local Xpress]]'' and the signing-over of all ''Local Xpress'' content to the ''Herald''.<ref name="makenever"/> In November 2016 the union filed a complaint with the [[Nova Scotia Labour Board]] accusing the ''Herald'' management of "bargaining in a manner designed to end union representation", preventing an agreement from being reached.<ref name="complaint">{{cite news|last1=Dingwell|first1=Rebecca|title=Striking Chronicle Herald workers file complaint to the Labour Board|url=http://www.thecoast.ca/RealityBites/archives/2016/11/14/striking-chronicle-herald-workers-file-complaint-to-the-labour-board|work=The Coast|date=14 November 2016}}</ref>

As a result of this strike, CEO Mark Lever won the labour news website rankandfile.ca's annual ''Scumbag of the Year'' award for 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mark Lever, 2016 Scumbag of the Year|url=https://www.rankandfile.ca/labour-news-update-january-2-2017/|publisher=RankandFile.ca|date=31 December 2016}}</ref> It was the second time in three years a Nova Scotian won this award.

===Strikebreakers and quality issues===
Throughout the strike, the Halifax Typographical Union used social media to draw light to typographical and factual errors that plagued the paper since the strike began, and alleged that these quality issues were a result of using inexperienced "[[strikebreaker|scab]]" staff.<ref name="insidethis">{{cite news|last1=Cavanagh|first1=Michaela|title=Inside the Chronicle Herald's ongoing strike|url=https://this.org/2016/11/23/inside-the-chronicle-heralds-ongoing-strike/|work=[[This (Canadian magazine)|This]]|date=23 November 2016}}</ref> In addition, the union and others lambasted the strikebreakers for questionable journalistic practices.<ref name="thatstory">{{cite news|last1=Boon|first1=Jacob|title=We spoke to a Chronicle Herald writer about that refugee story|url=http://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/we-spoke-to-a-chronicle-herald-writer-about-that-refugee-story/Content?oid=5326188|work=The Coast|date=11 April 2016}}</ref><ref name="insidethis"/>

The use of strikebreakers is banned in many countries, but Quebec is the only jurisdiction within Canada that outlaws the practice. Several faculty members at the [[University of King's College]], which is well-regarded for its journalism program, advised graduating students against crossing the picket line.<ref name="insidethis"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Journalism head cautions recent grads about 'scab' work at Halifax paper|url=http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-tuesday-edition-1.3400248/journalism-head-cautions-recent-grads-about-scab-work-at-halifax-paper-1.3400589|work=[[As It Happens]]|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=12 January 2016}}</ref> The ''Herald'' approached several King's students and were rebuffed.<ref name="insidethis"/>

Investigative journalist Tim Bousquet, of the ''[[Halifax Examiner]]'', questioned the newspaper's practice of printing [[advertorial]] content nearly indistinguishable from regular news.<ref name="crap">{{cite news|last1=Bousquet|first1=Tim|title=Without professional journalists, the Chronicle Herald is crap|url=https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/without-professional-journalists-the-chronicle-herald-is-crap-morning-file-thursday-june-2-2016/|work=Halifax Examiner|date=2 June 2016}}</ref> Similarly, the union pointed out instances of the "scab ''Herald''" reprinting [[press release]]s nearly verbatim. Of the quality of the newspaper during the strike, Bousquet wrote: "Without the professional journalists, the paper is crap [...] The Herald has zero credibility. And the complete abandonment of any journalistic standards is showing in spades."<ref name="crap"/>

Alex Boutilier of the ''[[Toronto Star]]'' spoke out after the ''Herald'' reprinted one of his articles and attributed it to his name only, with no mention of the ''Star'', making it appear as though he was writing as a strikebreaker. Boutilier stated that he could not find the piece on [[The Canadian Press]] news wire while Bousquet commented that aside from the ''Star'', the ''Herald'' appears to have been the only other newspaper to print the story. The ''Herald'' subsequently removed his byline from the online edition.<ref name="crap"/>

===Chebucto Heights controversy===
Controversy surrounding an article published 8 April 2016 online (appearing in print on 9 April) made national headlines. The story alleged that Syrian refugee children attending Chebucto Heights Elementary School were "choking, pushing, slapping and verbally abusing their fellow classmates".<ref name="blasts"/> The paper was widely condemned as the story was unverified, having been based on a sole anonymous source, and was written with a highly sensational tone that alleged acts of "brutality" by children as young as five. It was published anonymously, lacking any [[byline]], and was picked up by right-wing media abroad to bolster anti-refugee sentiment.<ref name="retracts">{{cite news|last1=Houpt|first1=Simon|title=Halifax Chronicle Herald retracts refugee story after public outcry|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/halfiax-chronic-herald-retracts-refugee-story-after-public-outcry/article29603300/|work=The Globe and Mail|date=11 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Bousquet|first1=Tim|title=The Chronicle Herald unfairly maligns kids in its attack on refugees|url=https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/the-chronicle-herald-unfairly-maligns-kids-in-attack-on-refugees/|work=[[Halifax Examiner]]|date=10 April 2016}}</ref>

The superintendent of the [[Halifax Regional School Board]], Elwin LeRoux, stated that he was "deeply offended to see the school represented so inaccurately".<ref name="blasts">{{cite news|last1=d'Entremont|first1=Yvette|title=Halifax school board blasts Chronicle Herald bullying refugees story|url=http://www.metronews.ca/news/halifax/2016/04/11/chronicle-herald-called-out-by-halifax-school-board.html|work=Metro Halifax|date=11 April 2016}}</ref> LeRoux stated that the school board had investigated the allegations and had come up empty-handed.<ref name="retracts"/>

In the face of public outcry the newspaper tweaked the article online, removing some details before deleting it from the ''Herald'' website altogether on Monday morning.<ref name="retracts"/> The paper published an editor's note that admitted the story "needed more work".<ref name="insidethis"/> In the wake of the controversy award-winning non-union columnist [[Lezlie Lowe]] quit the newspaper in protest, stating in her farewell column that "The story lays bare the worst of the worst xenophobia in our city and our province. It lacks all proportion. Balance eludes it, start to finish."<ref name="lowequits">{{cite news|last1=McMillan|first1=Elizabeth|title=Lezlie Lowe, Chronicle Herald columnist, quits after Chebucto Heights school article|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/lezlie-lowe-chronicle-herald-columnist-quits-1.3537537|work=CBC News|date=15 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Shaw|first1=Kyle|title=Lezlie Lowe quits Chronicle Herald over refugee school story|url=http://www.thecoast.ca/RealityBites/archives/2016/04/15/lezlie-lowe-quits-chronicle-herald-over-refugee-school-story|work=The Coast|date=15 April 2016}}</ref>

=== Regional expansion ===
On 13 April 2017, [[Transcontinental (company)|Transcontinental]] announced that it had sold all of its newspapers in Atlantic Canada to [[SaltWire Network]], a newly formed parent company of the ''Herald''.<ref name="cbc-chacquired">{{cite news|last1=Williams|first1=Cassie|title=Chronicle Herald buys all Atlantic Canadian Transcontinental papers|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/chronicle-herald-buys-transcontinental-papers-1.4069102|publisher=CBC News|date=13 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="cbc-atlsale">{{cite news|last1=Yarr|first1=Kevin|title=Transcontinental sells The Guardian, Journal Pioneer|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-guardian-journal-pioneer-sold-1.4069131|publisher=CBC News|date=13 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Ward|first1=Brian|title=The Chronicle Herald acquires Transcontinental Inc.'s newspapers, news websites and four printing plants in Atlantic Canada|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/business/1459451-the-chronicle-herald-acquires-transcontinental-inc.%E2%80%99s-newspapers-news-websites-and-|work=Halifax Chronicle-Herald|date=13 April 2017}}</ref>

The Halifax Typographical Union called the purchase evidence that the ''Herald''{{'}}s claim of impending financial collapse was a "total fabrication". The president of [[Communications Workers of America|CWA Canada]] also weighed in, stating of the ongoing labour dispute: "This has never been about money. It has been about power and union busting."<ref name="fabrication">{{cite news|last1=Fitfield|first1=Andrew|title=Chronicle Herald purchase proof that financial strain claim was a 'fabrication': Union|url=http://www.metronews.ca/news/halifax/2017/04/13/transcontinental-sells-newspapers-in-atlantic-canada-to-saltwire-network.html|work=Metro Halifax|date=13 April 2017}}</ref>

=== Government inquiry and conclusion===
On 13 July 2017, the [[Department of Labour and Advanced Education]] announced that it was setting up an Industrial Inquiry Commission, under the provisions of the province's Trade Union Act, to force mediation between the union and the ''Herald'' management from 4 August 2017. A union spokesperson called the move "long overdue" while the ''Herald''{{'}}s chief operating officer called the announcement "puzzling".<ref name="mediate">{{cite news|last1=Krashinsky Robertson|first1=Susan|title=Nova Scotia government to mediate 18-month labour dispute at Halifax Chronicle-Herald|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/inquiry-commission-to-mediate-protracted-labour-dispute-at-halifax-chronicle-herald/article35682576/|work=The Globe and Mail|date=13 July 2017}}</ref>

The dispute finally ended in August 2017 when the union voted to ratify a new eight-year deal. The agreement included an increase in the work week from 35 to 37.5 hours, the dismissal of 26 union staff (with 25 returning to the newspaper and one moving to Cape Breton), and wage cuts.<ref name="ratify">{{cite news|last1=Williams|first1=Cassie|title=Chronicle Herald workers ratify deal that will see layoffs and wage cuts|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/chronicle-herald-deal-passed-1.4242062|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=10 August 2017}}</ref>

== Circulation ==
''The Chronicle Herald'' has seen like most [[List of newspapers in Canada#Daily newspapers|Canadian daily newspapers]] a decline in [[Newspaper circulation|circulation]]. Its total circulation dropped by {{formatnum: {{#expr: abs(100 - (91490 / 107353 * 100)) round 0}}}} percent to 91,490 copies daily from 2009 to 2015.<ref name="Circulation">{{cite web|url=https://nmc-mic.ca/about-newspapers/circulation/daily-newspapers/|title=Daily Newspaper Circulation Data|work=News Media Canada|access-date=16 December 2017}}</ref>
''The Chronicle Herald'' is the highest circulation newspaper in the [[Atlantic provinces]], although it briefly lost that title to the now-defunct 
''[[StarMetro (newspaper)|StarMetro Halifax]]'' (formerly ''Metro Halifax'').<ref name="metrotops">{{cite news|last1=Campbell|first1=Francis|title=Metro tops daily newspaper readership in HRM, survey says|url=https://www.localxpress.ca/local-business/metro-tops-daily-newspaper-readership-in-hrm-survey-says-442830|work=Local Xpress|date=20 October 2016}}</ref>

'''Daily average'''<ref name="Circulation Chart">{{cite web|url=https://nmc-mic.ca/about-newspapers/circulation/daily-newspapers/|title=Daily Newspaper Circulation Data|work=News Media Canada|access-date=16 December 2017}} Figures refer to the total circulation (print and digital combined) which includes paid and unpaid copies.</ref>
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==Notable personnel ==

===Editors===
* [[William Dennis]]
* [[Robert McCleave]]
* [[Jane Purves]]

===Journalists===
* [[Linden MacIntyre]]
* [[Judi McLeod]]
* [[Walter D. O'Hearn]] (''Halifax Herald'', 1929–1932)

===Columnists===
* [[George Bain (journalist)|George Bain]]
* [[Silver Donald Cameron]]
* [[Scott Taylor (journalist)|Scott Taylor]] (current)
* [[Jan Wong]] 
* [[Sylvain Charlebois]] (researcher, current)

===Cartoonists===
* [[Bob Chambers (cartoonist)|Bob Chambers]]
* [[Michael de Adder]]
* [[Bruce MacKinnon (cartoonist)|Bruce MacKinnon]] (current)
* [[Owen McCarron]]

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

==Further reading==
* William March, 1986, ''Red Line: The Chronicle-Herald and The Mail-Star 1875–1954'', Halifax: Chronicle Agencies Limited, 415 pp

==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.thechronicleherald.ca/}}

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