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01 Newspaper Marketing and Promotion/
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02 Promotional Campaign/Campagne promotionnelle
03 Special Sections/Cahiers thématiques
04 Magazines/Magazines
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tumour grows, your family life falls apart,
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surgery will be much more invasive
and the success rate is only 40 per cent.’
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“That’s what we do in mental health
One in Five represented a 7-part series that investigated the crisis in children’s mental health services in Canada and exposed the
major flaws in the system. The series was the first time the crisis in children’s mental health had ever been reported on a national
level. The heart of the series and what made it so compelling were the stories of the families who had struggled for years to get
help for their child. The objective was to engage readers with a very important yet often overlooked issue. To engage readers with the series, it was
promoted through in-paper and web ads. To encourage more audience connection with the series, we ran a week's worth of live
blog interaction with medical professionals, parents and the public that was the first of its kind in Canada. Questions, answers,
discussions — all through our Spec Live platform. Integrated with the paper, with the call-in times programmed like a radio show, it
was promoted through in-paper and web ads. The web also provided essential links, resources, personal stories and more. The
writer also appeared on radio and TV talk shows to continue communication of the series. and it’s absolutely intolerable.”
Dr. Pat McGrath,
founder of Family Help
program in Halifax
ONE IN FIVE
Canada’s Crisis in Children’s Mental Health
COMING APRIL 25
Denise Davy was awarded the 2008 MichenerDeacon Fellowship to investigate the crisis in
children’s mental health.
This fellowship is Canada’s premier award to
encourage the pursuit of public service journalism.
issue, “ Davy said. She added she hopes her work
will help lead to change and make parents “less
afraid to speak out.”
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“The fellowship allowed me to take a national look
at what is a very important yet often overlooked
All promotional pieces, editorial presentation and web content had a consistent theme and look in order to tie in all elements and
make it a cohesive and consistent piece. This made it easy for readers to connect the promotional ads to the story and web
offering.
The series clearly spoke to readers, as the impact was immediate. Parents and professionals wrote and called the writer to say
they were elated the issue was finally being brought out of the shadows. Each day the series ran it was accompanied by an online discussion with a professional. This certainly engaged readers who
participated in droves. We had over 1,200 people registered to the blog on day one. The hunger for information was insatiable as
readers continuously submitted questions and comments to the professionals. The public readily adopted this new concept and it’s
now been used in other story applications to better connect with readers.
As a direct result of the series, a Hamilton teacher’s federation made contact with a B.C. teacher’s group to introduce a schoolbased mental health program. The writer received an award from the Parents for Children’s Mental Health group for “championing”
the cause and helping increase the awareness of children’s mental health problems. CMY K
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SUNDAY, JANUARY 4, 2009
PERSPECTIVE
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EDITOR: BUZZ CURRIE 697-7577 buzz.currie@freepress.mb.ca I winnipegfreepress.com
Born on a
trapline, Oscar
Lathlin rose
to become
Manitoba’s
well-respected
minister of
aboriginal and
northern
affairs.
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Manitobans’ legacy
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Manitoba's legacy
a better province
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Sportscaster,
flower breeder,
among those who
died in ’08
KEVIN
ROLLASON
T was a year that saw the
loss of a champion of aboriginal people, two volunteers who helped make
the city what it is today,
a broadcaster and a creator of
flowers.
We also lost a person whose
most public act was his death,
along with one of our bestknown symbols of Christmas.
Oscar Lathlin was born on a trapline
but later walked the halls of provincial
power.
Lathlin, 61, began his political career as chief of The Pas Indian band in
1985. He was elected MLA for The Pas
in 1990 and served first as minister of
conservation and later as aboriginal
and northern affairs minister.
Lathlin was known as a champion of
the North and of First Nations.
“Oscar was a very humble, but a
very important, Manitoban,” Attorney
General David Chomiak said after
Lathlin’s death on Nov. 2.
“In cabinet, he didn’t talk that often,
but when he did, everyone listened.”
Cam MacLean was a lawyer who
helped his community in numerous
ways.
MacLean, who died March 22 at 87,
was president and chairman of several
organizations, including The Forks
Renewal Corp., Rainbow Stage, the St.
Boniface Hospital Research Foundation and the Progressive Conservative Association of Manitoba. He also
served with many other organizations.
The research centre’s building at
the St. Boniface General Hospital was
renamed the G. Campbell MacLean
Building in his honour.
Harold Buchwald, 80, was a lawyer,
community leader and contributor to
the Winnipeg Free Press.
Buchwald, who died April 17, spent
years arguing that the city’s arts
organizations needed stable funding
sources. He later became the first
executive director of Arts Stabilization
Manitoba Inc.
Buchwald was chairman of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra after it
was bailed out by the province.
His most recent work was helping
save the area around the Upper Fort
Garry Gate and assisting the Canadian
Museum of Human Rights.
He was awarded the Order of Canada in 1993.
For many Canadians, Don Wittman,
who died Jan. 19 at 71, was the voice of
Canadian sport.
With the CBC, Wittman covered 18
summer and winter Olympic Games as
well as many other sporting events in
this country and around the world.
Jerry Twomey was more than just
one of the Ts in T&T Seeds — he was a
plant genetic specialist.
Twomey, who was born in 1915 and
died in April, was only 24 when he
created a pure white gladiola with
a scarlet blotch. It won the World’s
Most Beautiful Glad award at the 1939
World’s Fair.
Twomey worked at McFayden Seed
Company and the federal Department
of Agriculture, where he helped develop dwarf wheat varieties in Russia
and Asia.
As an amateur rose breeder, he
received two All American Awards
two years consecutively for Sheer
Elegance and All That Jazz, and a
European award for his Audrey Hepburn rose.
In his private life, Twomey assembled a huge collection of Inuit art,
which he donated to the Winnipeg Art
Gallery.
Samuel Golubchuk was a religious
man who spent his working life running a grocery store in Portage la
Prairie, then worked for Dominion
Electric and Acklands in Winnipeg
before retiring.
But it was Golubchuk’s death, not
his life, that propelled him to public
prominence.
Before Golubchuk died June 24 at 85,
he was at the centre of a fight between
his family and the medical community
over who determines when someone
dies.
His son and daughter won an injunction that prevented doctors at Grace
General Hospital from removing their
father from life support. The legal
question was never decided because
Golubchuk died before the case went
to trial.
For many Winnipeggers, Byrdye
Beckel came to personify the true
meaning of Christmas.
Beckel, executive director of the
Christmas Cheer Board for 21 years,
was the public face of the organization,
which helps the city’s needy celebrate
Christmas with food and presents.
For her volunteerism, Beckel,
who died May 12 at 80, received the
Premier’s Volunteer Service Award
and was inducted into the Order of the
Buffalo Hunt.
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Notable:
Jan. 2 - Stefan Stefanson. He worked
his way up through the ranks to become
the first non-lawyer appointed as the
province’s chief sheriff, but he will also
be remembered for what he did for the
local Icelandic population. With another
couple, he and his wife started a charter service to Iceland to promote ties
between Manitoba and that country, and
he was president of the Icelandic National
League of North America. He was also
reeve of the RM of Gimli and president
of the Manitoba Farmers Union. He was
honoured with the Order of the Falcon
from the Icelandic government and made
an honorary life member of the Icelandic
National League of North America and the
Icelandic National League of Iceland.
Continued
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at one of the nine “Let’s Chip In” Depots.
December 27
to January 20
Free wood chips available (while quantities last)
at all depots in early January. Bring your own container.
For depot locations, call 986-8888, code 9813
or contact our Customer Service Centre
by phone at 986-5858 or by email at recycling@winnipeg.ca
Send news tips and photos to tips@freepress.mb.ca
At the end of the year, Kevin does a roundup of all the notable people who died. And by notable, we don’t mean just the power
people. We mean the lady who designed Mary Maxim’s famous reindeer sweater, a beloved radio announcer, a man who bred a
more beautiful flower, first Sikh to move to Winnipeg the short-order cook who made the best burger this side of the Rockies -they touched our lives, these people who make our community a better place.
We run the roundup on the first weekend in January, making it the most popular paper of the year.
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Depots are open from
Our readers love obits. Kevin Rollason is the main obit writer at the Winnipeg Free Press. We like to think that having Kevin tell
your life story take a little bit of the sting out of dying.
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Woe betide the editor who decides not to run the obits.
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Editor: StEvE JEnkinSon 403-235-7580 hottips@theherald.canwest.com
Sunday, dEcEmbEr 13, 2009
By ValerIe ForTNey, calgary herald
It’s been said that it’s the little things in life that matter most: a kind word, a warm
smile and a helping hand. but so many Calgarians go the extra mile when it comes
to helping their neighbours. They squeeze into already busy lives the time, energy
and love to make life in our city better for all citizens. doing their work out of the
limelight, they don’t seek attention for themselves. They’re not doing anything
special, they say, just their little part for the community. but it’s in such acts of generosity that they help to keep Calgary’s charitable organizations alive. as we hit the midway mark of the Calgary Herald
Christmas fund campaign, we profile five citizens hard at
work for several of the fund beneficiaries. SEE PAGES B2 & B3
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JIm ERHART HAs bEEN VOLUNTEERING AT THE CALGARy
WOmEN’s EmERGENCy sHELTER
FOR FOUR yEARs. HE’s A “JACk-OFALL-TRAdEs” dOING EVERyTHING
FROm pAINTING TO mOVING
FURNITURE TO sELLING RAFFLE
TICkETs. HE VOLUNTEERs bECAUsE HE’s “TRyING TO mAkE THE
WORLd A bETTER pLACE.”
Calgary Herald Christmas Fund
The Calgary Herald Christmas Fund was created 19 years ago to provide readers with the chance to respond to the needs of the
city’s social agencies which serve a broad base of community needs. The campaign runs during the Christmas season. It has
grown substantially and the Calgary Herald’s commitment to helping those in urgent need has not wavered. 100% of all money
raised continues to go to agencies with all administrative costs being covered by the Calgary Herald.
One of the Calgary Herald’s program objectives is to take a leadership role in the community and to use the strength of the print
and online products to raise funds and awareness around critical social issues including hunger, addiction, homelessness, abuse
and violence. Sadly, 2009 was a year that saw charitable organizations fight to keep up with demand from some of Calgary’s most
vulnerable citizens. The Calgary Herald’s 2009 Christmas Fund financial goal was to exceed one million dollars in donations for
the selected agencies by featuring stories and columns that highlighted the daily struggles of some of our city’s less fortunate
souls and encouraging Calgarians to give whatever they could to help give hope and to help make a difference.
HEI-LING CHOI, 59, VOLUNTEERs
AT THE kERby CENTRE WHERE
sHE sHOps FOR GROCERIEs FOR
sENIOR CITIzENs. sHE’s bEEN
VOLUNTEERING THERE FOR
EIGHT OR NINE yEARs. sHE VOLUNTEERs TO “kILL TImE. HOpEFULLy, I VOLUNTEER TOdAy ANd
THEN THE dAy I NEEd sOmEbOdy, I HOpE THEy ARE THERE.”
Calgary Herald reporters and guest writers reported the stories that shed light on the trials that some Calgarians face. Print, radio
and TV ads also encouraged readers to donate. In addition, the Calgary Herald hosted the 7th Annual Christmas Fund
Radioathon and Telethon in a local shopping centre to raise additional awareness and funding for the campaign.
FAyE HALVERsON, 68, HAs bEEN VOLUNTEERING
AT NEIGHbOURLINk FOR OVER FIVE yEARs. sHE
VOLUNTEERs bECAUsE sHE “LIkEs THE FEELING
THAT I’m mAkING A dIFFERENCE. dONATIONs,
VOLUNTEERs, ANd mANy CARING pEOpLE ARE
WHAT HAVE ALLOWEd NEIGHbOURLINk TO GROW
IN THE pAsT ...”
RETIREd TEACHER kAREN kEECH, 58, WORks IN THE
pLAy ROOm WITH CHILdREN AT dIsCOVERy HOUsE
FAmILy VIOLENT pREVENTION sOCIETy. sHE’s ALsO
dONE OTHER FUNdRAIsING ANd OTHER JObs, TOO.
“I’VE ALWAys VOLUNTEEREd, EVER sINCE I WAs A
TEENAGER. IT Is sOmETHING I LIkE TO dO,” sHE sAys.
“I FEEL pRIVILEGEd TO bE AbLE TO VOLUNTEER.”
CORI GHITTER, 41, HAs bEEN A
mEmbER OF THE bOARd OF dIRECTORs OF THE yWCA sHERIFF
kING HOmE FOR sEVEN yEARs.
sHE’s HELd A NUmbER OF pOsITIONs ON THE bOARd, INCLUdING
pREsIdENT. sHE VOLUNTEERs
bECAUsE OF HER “pAssION FOR
WOmEN’s IssUEs.” sHE WAs
pHOTOGRApHEd WITH HER CHILdREN, ERIC, 6, ANd sOpHIE, 8.
The Calgary Herald Christmas Fund has raised more than $13 million for local charities since its inception in 1991 and in 2009
raised more than one million dollars. The final 2009 total was just under $1.2 million — resulting in more than $85,000 for each of
the 14 selected charitable recipients.
Even though Calgary experienced a large number of job losses this year in the oil patch, the retail sector and the service industry,
Calgarians heard our call and we received a record number of individual donors, an increase of eight per cent since last year. This
generosity will help thousands of Calgarians through the recipient organizations.
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Winnipeg's Gone Wacky
To the judges,
Winnipeg is a funny city. Often the locals jest that it’s a dry funny, much like our cold.
But even though we knew it was a funny city, we were surprised when our Winnipeg’s Gone Wacky contest drew more than 50
entrants.
We asked contestants to upload a three-minute video of their comedy routines to our website. Fifty-four of them did. Then we set
up a voting process and invited readers, who logged on by the score, to vote for the Top 10. Those comics performed at a local
venue to a packed house for fame, glory and a $1,000 grand prize as well as a guest spot on our media partner Hot 103’s
morning show.
Ace Burpee – a radio personality who blogs for us – hosted the contest and the final performances. Here’s what his landing page
looked like mid-contest: http://stage.www.winnipegfreepress.com/ace/gone-wacky/ .
We aimed to attract a younger audience with Winnipeg’s Gone Wacky and the crowd at the finalists’ performance definitely
suggested we had done that. Proceeds from that evening went to the Manitoba Mood Disorder Association.
And just to further put our mark on the event, judges were Ace and our own TV writer Brad Oswald and humour columnist Doug
Speirs.
We think our Winnipeg’s Gone Wacky promotion is a Great Idea. We hope you do, too.
Thank you.
More than 50 local wannabe comics submitted videos online. Scores of readers voted, and we packed the house at a local
concert hall for the Top 10's performance.
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Valentine's Romance package
To most people in the city, Ric's Grill is considered THE place to go to impress your date. Ric’s took an old water tower in the
middle of the city, converted it with an elevator, and developed it into a gourmet restaurant perched high above the city streets.
If there was ever a romance theme, Ric's capitalizes on it and we wanted in! Now because they never advertise with us, it also
seemed like a good chance to impress upon them with the power of print. So we struck a deal. They agreed to supply fifty
$50.00 gift certificates and in return, we would a) promote their business in a daily ad, and b) purchase any further gift certificates
needed at full price. Seeing that we only sold 20 subscriptions the year (giving away just flowers and classified love notes), we
thought we were in great shape.
Over and above the gift certificate, new subscribers received flowers and a classified love note for the full romantic ensemble!
Circulation results: We sold an amazing 77 subscriptions on the merits of this deal alone without any other supportive sales
efforts. One year later, we have a retention rate of 42%.
Expenses: (27 $50.00 gift cards) + (77 $7.50 bouquets) = $4427.50
Revenue: based on 42% retention with rate of decline factored in = $11,000 (and going)
With the positive response from the community and higher than expected demand for tables during Valentines week, Ric's has
since advertised again.
Offer is valid from Jan. 14th, 09 till Feb. 14th 09. In order to qualify,
participants must not have had a subscription to the Lethbridge
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A new beginning
If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the shoulders of
giants,” Sir Isaac Newton
famously said in reference
to scientific progress.
This is an historic day in the
lives of our historic papers.
Today, we stand on the
shoulders of giants, our own
daily newspapers, the Port
Hope Evening Guide and
Cobourg Daily Star, and weekly
Colborne Chronicle, and their
predecessors,
to
bring
Northumberland a newspaper
to take us into the future.
Northumberland today. com
is so-named to reflect who we
are, where we live and our
arena of coverage. The name is
very familiar to users of our
website, www.northumberlandtoday.com .
We are one of the first newspapers in Canada to brand our
print product with our online
product to reflect our commitment to all readers of daily
news of Northumberland
County events, issues, people
and places. We know thousands of people are tuning in,
and the statistics on our website prove it — over 208,000
page views in December 2008;
over 230,000 in January 2009.
Over 30,000 hits were made by
unique visitors last month!
Changes are being made to
better serve our target market
— you — and to ensure the
continuing viability and vitality of our products.
It’s almost unheard of today,
that a person would be born in
one small town, go to school
there, get a job, marry, raise a
family and die there. Today,
even our “local” focus is
broader than that.
The world has grown
smaller, so our neighbourhoods have grown larger.
Our readers need to know
what’s happening in the community-of-interest known as
Northumberland County. Our
advertisers need to reach consumers in an area larger than a
few square miles.
Our news focus will remain
intensely focused on the communities we have served for
generations. and we will also
bring readers the option of
perusing stories, pictures,
ideas, viewpoints and advertising from other local markets,
as well. Many of our talented
and dedicated staff members
have lived here for decades,
immersed in the issues and
social milieu of Northumberland. We weren’t born yesterday; we get it.
Readers can expect what
they’ve always had and more.
We will be able to achieve
economies of scale in our
printing operations and in
reductions in our need for our
trucking and delivery services,
an environmental advantage.
Along with other improvements, we expect this innovation will bring better quality to
the look of our product.
We see today as the
moment, the opportunity to
build on the strengths we have
always possessed, and expand
upon them for a world that is
changing, incorporating the
immediacy of the Internet with
the proud histor y of print
media. We see this as an
opportunity for all of
Northumberland to reach out
into the wider world and
showcase its strength, its
beauty, its
diversified economy, its future.
Since 1831, the Cobourg Star
has been a household name;
since 1879, the Port Hope
Evening Guide has been a daily
newspaper; since 1959, the
Colborne Chronicle (successor
to the Colborne Express and
the Enterprise of East
Northumberland) has been a
weekly fixture.
Now, all three urban markets
— plus Grafton, Brighton,
Warkworth and the rest of
county, including rural readers
and advertisers in between —
will have a product they can
call their own, one that incorporates the history and tradition of service of the former
titles, and offers more news,
more comment, more advertising to meet the needs of a
new millennium.
This isn’t just a job;
it’s a calling.
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name
Gerry Drage
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99 King St. W.
city
Cobourg
e-mail
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We remain committed to national
award-winning news photography
and writing.
Little pink bug. BOB OWEN/Sun Media
A New Beginning
Our 3 local papers were merged into one county wide daily in 2009. Big question was getting the message out in a clear way and
not to ruffle feathers in the 3 communities that had long traditions with these papers going back 179 years. A decision was mad to
do this in a 4 page self promotional section to go out to our readers. We needed to get the message across what was being
done , why and how it would benefit the community. We had comments from managers an prominent individuals. We highlighted
all the local people working at the papers and the fact that this is not the first time that this has been done in our History.
ers has a very strong, positive
presence in our communities.
Each community throughout
Northumberland County is
unique and each brings real
assets to the county.
“With our new publication,
we will be able to showcase
those strengths on a more universal basis.”
Readers will benefit, she
explained, by being able to
share different approaches to
common problems or challenges, “for instance, where to
put our resources, where tax
dollars go.”
Recalling when she first
came to Northumberland Publishers, “I worked in the basement of a mouldy Division
Street building in Cobourg. We
used molten lead type to produce a weekly newspaper.”
In fact, at that time, the
technological and philosophical aspects of newspaper production were similar to those
of the industry’s earliest days.
A lot has changed in that relatively short span of history.
acquired offset presses, then
computers and cell phones;
teletypes were replaced by
faxes and then by the Internet
and e-mail. The Cobourg Star
went from a weekly, to twice
weekly to daily publication.
acquired the Port Hope
Evening Guide and Colborne
Chronicle.
“The evolution has been
unbelievable. Now, people
have immediate, in-home
access to news any time, day
or night” with www.northumberlandtoday.com .
With that web presence, she
notes, Northumberland Publishers has become more than
a provider of county newsf or a
county audience. It is now “an
ambassador for Northumberland to the rest of the world.”
But, she says, one thing has
remained constant throughout.
“Ou r m a n t ra h a s a l w a y s
been
‘p e o p l e,
p e o p l e,
people,’ and intensely local
coverage.
“ T h a t m a n t ra re m a i n s,”
she says. “All of us here at
are passionate about what
we do. This isn’t just a job; it’s
a calling.
“We believe in this county,
in its past and its future.
“And we rock.”
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Since she started in
tion that will “give
the newspaper busistrength,” Ms. Martin
ness 40 years ago as
says.
an eager, inexperi“It will be exciting to
enced
teenager,
share the triumphs of
Northumberland
individuals with a
Publishers Editorial
broader audience. We
Director
Mandy
have so many wonderMartin has seen
ful people in this
“incredible changes.”
county; now, all our
Mandy
Martin
The launch of
readers can celebrate
Northumberland
them.”
Today.com that combines and
With the new publication,
expands on the daily newspa- Northumberland’s many resipers, the Cobourg Daily Star dents and communities “will
and Port Hope Evening Guide know one another better,” she
and
weekly
Colborne predicts.
Chronicle, is a positive innova“Northumberland Publish-
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Community Calendar
Very good response from our readers very little drop in circulation (mostly only from those that may have received 2 or 3 of the
papers that were merged. People realized that they would now get regional coverage rather than just there town increasing
awareness. Business community wondered why this wasn't done years ago. The section went along way to ease concerns in the
community.
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Tony LeBlanc
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504 - 7th St. South
city
Lethbridge
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"Food for Thought"
The “Food for Thought” charitable foundation
provides much needed funding to our local
schools for breakfast programs. Hundreds of
children each day depend on your generosity
for what most of us take for granted.
As one of the biggest and most recognized business in our community, we wanted to give something back to show our
appreciation. At the same time, we wanted to provide a service that would strengthen our brand while taking advantage of our
ability to reach people. The Lethbridge Herald “Food For thought” Charitable Foundation was an idea we had to bring light of the
challenges facing our local primary schools of 15,000 children with hunger. Up until we came, the breakfast program was
primarily funded by gracious teachers out of their own pocket who had only made a dent.
In order to better market this worthwhile cause, we solicited a partnership with the city’s many A&W restaurant. By choosing a
fast food restaurant chain, as in our case, we were able to increase the visibility of our plight at the “street and mall” level,
reaching a demographic not normally associated with our product. However, this changed when the restaurant chain agreed to
purchase 400 copies/day to give away in exchange for the publicity we were giving them.
As for daily hype, our newsroom provided daily coverage on how the foundation helps the cause with daily list donor names
(majority gave $20-50.00). Since everyone loves to see their name in print associated with something good, it provided
encouragement for others to donate. A&W also agreed to donate 40cents from every “Bacon’N’Egger” sold not only during the
December campaign, but for January as well.
Of the marketing piece, a local Lethbridge classroom was used in a real setting. The Lethbridge Herald Charitable Foundation is
it's own separate corporation, operated by selected staff/board members from the Herald who donate their time & efforts.
For every Bacon N’ Egger sandwich
sold during December and January,
A&W will donate 40¢ on your behalf!
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A complementary
Newspaper courtesy of
- We had an overwhelming community response. Anywhere from 10-20 people a day, either came into our office or mailed in a
donation.
- Donations from the public, our staff, A&W, and cash boxes amounted to a whopping $39,000. Broken down by the complete
population of Lethbridge (85,000), it worked out to a buck for every 2 people.
- Our readership went up by another 400 copies/day netting the Lethbridge Herald $2,400.00 from A&W.
- We also felt that we made a positive leap in branding our name. We placed a button on our web page devoted to this campaign
for those who wish to learn more or donate throughout the year. It still stands today.
“Food for thought” is a registered non-profit charitable foundation to which donations are collected and
disbursed amongst our local school boards for the purpose of providing breakfast to students of local
families in need. For more information or to donate, please contact the Lethbridge Herald by phone:
328-4411 or by mail: Attention: “Food for Thought” 504 -7th Street South Lethbridge AB T1J 2H1,
Official tax receipts will be provided.
- As I drop off my 7 year old to school in the morning, I'm reminded each day of the positive affects that's come from our hard
work. On a daily basis, this school alone fills up several tables in the gymnasium with children from disadvantaged families
appreciative of this service.
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Winnipeg
e-mail
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Winnipeg
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morning show.
Speirs.
Thank you.
NATIONAL POST, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 2010
HAITI
nationalpost.com
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To the people of Haiti, we say clearly, and with conviction, you will not
be forsaken. In this, your hour of greatest need, America stands with
you. The world stands with you. So today, you must know that help is
arriving — much, much more help is on the way. — Barack Obama
THE PEOPLE
The suffering never ends
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city
Montreal
e-mail
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Médecins Sans Frontières- Act Now
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LOGAN ABASSI / AFP / GETTY IMAGES
TYLER ANDERSON / NATIONAL POST
DAMON WINTER / THE NEW YORK TIMES
DAMON WINTER / THE NEW YORK TIMES
CARLOS BARRIA / REUTERS
In late summer last year, we worked with Cossette, the agency representing Médecins Sans Frontières, on a plan that would help
bring greater impact, awareness and urgency to the client's call for help in times of world crisis. Médecins Sans Frontières is a
non profit group who are well-recognized as being on the fronts lines of natural disasters and human conflict. Often they are on
the ground during severe crisis before the first wave of other NGO groups and countries react. The agency came to us to discuss
a solution that would maximize on the immediacy of newspaper coverage that will help jolt readers into action whenever a worldwide crisis occurred. As a NGO, the clients resources are small, and they could not afford to simply advertise at anytime or in
any environment. Traditional media buying deadlines could also mean that their message comes out two days after an original
story breaks meaning valuable lost time in times of urgency.
In keeping with the client's values of being the first up and running when a crisis breaks, we built an agreement with them that
would give our production department the right to make last minute addition to the paper and insert their ad adjacent to any
appropriate targeted content on the night that a story breaks. The campaign was originally targeted to our International News
feature and any news story regarding a crisis or on-going conflict in Africa. The client's creative would reflect messaging around
their efforts on the continent.
Some survivors were overcome with emotion, while others sought medical attention or sorted through the remains of buildings in Port-au-Prince yesterday.
EMERGENCY
Earthquake
Devastates
Haiti
MSF is on the ground providing vital
medical relief to thousands of injured.
The people of Haiti need your help.
1-800-982-7903
www.msf.ca or http://tiny.cc/msf_donate
With the agreement in place, the first two executions appeared in December and early January. A very creative and nontraditional vertical banner designed by the agency appeared next to stories on the unfolding human crisis in Sudan. The height of
the vertical strip help assure that the ad would be next to wherever the article may have appeared on the page. The client was
very satisfied with the newspaper's partnership and final execution of the campaign. The timely, targeted positioning of in-yourface creative combined with relevant environment made for a better connection with the reader and a more effective campaign.
As a result, the client now with a strong formula, turned again to newspapers when the disastrous Haiti earthquake hit. In this
urgency, the client changed their messaging and turned to The National Post to seek the best possible adjacency to the breaking
news story. The Post arranged premium positioning on A-3 underneath a pictorial of the terrible destruction and stories that were
emerging from the early days of the crisis.
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great touring boat for beginner and intermediate paddlers between 200 and 250lbs
Cobra UFi Graphite Irons
The Cobra UFi irons employ multi-material
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Together, these technologies generate the ultimate in foregiveness, distance and feel.
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3M Window Tinting
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MADGICAL’S
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407 Victoria Avenue • 623-1677
407 Victoria Avenue • 623-1677
Saves up to 30% on fuel
10 year heat exchanger / 2 year parts warranty
Requires chimney
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Retails for $1580
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911 Tungsten St. • 344-1234
www.buhlermechanical.com
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1pce white 6L
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with seat
Mirolin
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AXEL’S
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AXEL’S
107 S. MAY ST. (near city hall) • 623-4488
ASHLEY YOUTH BEDROOM
Light Cherry Finish youth
bedroom by Ashley! Great for
the first bedroom or for the
camps! Durable Construction
and detailed Design! Bid is
for one nightstand, dresser, mirror,
chest, twin or double size
headboard, delivery to
Thunder Bay and surrounding
area and 5 Year Warranty!
Frontier X-Series
Salmon Steelhead
Float Rod 15-foot
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Canadian-made sofa. Custom
order, choice of Grade 15
fabric - many colours and
patterns to choose from.
Espresso leg finish, solid
wood frame. Lifetime warranty. Stop by and see in-store
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379 Main St., Unit C6
707 Memorial Ave.
| 345-6418
Alpine PKGRSE1
The PKG-RSE1 package carries on Alpine's
tradition of excellence in mobile video. It
consists of a 10.2" overhead, fold-down
video screen, a DVD player, and a set of wireless
headphones. The screen renders the picture from
your DVDs beautifully — its 1.15 million pixels of
resolution provide sharp, clear detail that looks
great from just about any viewing angle.
Retails for $699.99
Selling for $239.00
(807) 622–2330
Alpine DVA9861
6 Available
You'll start your mobile video system off
on the right foot with Alpine's DVA-9861
in-dash DVD player. It plays all kinds of discs, including your digital music
files, and features a heavy-duty built-in amplifier that'll make anything you listen to sound great. This versatile DVD player also offers you a host of options
for expanding your system.
Retails for $399.99
Selling for $150
615A Squier Street • 344-4277
Retails for $500
Selling for $300
707 Memorial Ave.
| 345-6418
Partner Small Office
Edition Phone System
Bundled package includes Partner
ACS 308 Processor,
1 Black Partner 18D, 3 Black
Partner 6D’s and Partner PCMCIA
small voice mail card.
Basic Installation included.
Retails for $2,244
Selling for $1,346
615A Squier Street • 344-4277
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The Chronicle Journal
name
Steve Benoit - Advertising Manager, Clint Harris, Vice-President - Operations
address
75 S. Cumberland Street
city
Thunder Bay
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BETTERbuys
Retails for $250
BETTERbuys is a weekly newspaper advertising page. It is a sales event known as ‘BETTERbuys’, whereby business customers
submit items (products) for the purpose of selling them at a discount. Each item submitted is inserted into the next BETTERbuys’
Sunday issue on a rotation schedule determined by the Chronicle-Journal with other businesses, for a maximum period of FOUR
BETTERbuys Sunday issues. The items appear in their own 2 ¼ x 2” advertising space. In exchange for items submitted by the
businesses, the Chronicle Journal provides the business with Display Advertising space in the paper corresponding to the current
retail value of the submitted item. All items are advertised in BETTERbuy’s Sunday issues discounted by 40% of the full retail
value.
This promotion gives small business an opportunity to sell products at a discount and receive full value for them in a display
advertising credit.
Visit our showroom at:
601 Central Ave. 345-2900
Denon AVR4806
Demo
LG 42 LGX
3 Available
The AVR-4806 continues our
leadership position among home
theater receivers. Incorporating the
same unique technology, reference sound quality and extensive feature set
as found on our AVR-5805, the AVR-4806 sets itself apart with lifestyleenhancing technologies including full XM Satellite functionality and video
up-conversion to send digital HDMI output to your high-definition TV
through one cable.
Retails for $1999.98
Selling for $157.00
AXEL’S
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Installed. Fits most bikes
Champagne Stained
Glass Lamp
Shade & Base
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Retails for $2,500
Motorcycle
Alarm
DICHROIC
PANEL
Retails for $300
Blake Sofa
Innovatek Model #HR709MT
Ronbow 24”
Shaker Vanity
with white sink
top and matching
dark cherry
medicine cabinet
AXEL’S
Visit our showroom at
900 Cobalt Cres. • 623-1212
Retails for $500
Retails for $450
Selling for $270
Dual
Headrest
DVD Video
System
Selling for $899
3404 Rosslyn Rd. • 939-2521
www.rosslynservice.ca
Selling for $1,500
AXEL’S
WATER & PLUMBING
Also available at:
College Park Variety, 768 N. James St.
Visit our showroom at
900 Cobalt Cres. • 623-1212
Retails for $2100ea.
Selling for $1260ea.
AXEL’S
Hand-crafted here by G. Loomis Canada, these rods
distinguish themselves by offering uncompromising
high-performance and value serious fisherman want.
Retails for $2109
Selling for $1266
4 stroke, air cooled, automatic, 2WD,
drum/hydraulic disk brakes, 1.45
gallon tank. Green in Colour.
Patented True Non-Flip Coil Design on this
Canadian Made Simmons Beautyrest
Individual Pocket Coil Mattress! Awesome
Pressure Relief Design & Extra Supportive
Edge Guard System! Comfort Plush-Top
Design with Wool And Memory Foam!
Bid is for Queen Size Mattress, Boxspring, delivery* and Protective Mattress Cover.
*(Thunder Bay & Surrounding Area)
at work, home and play
Arctic Cat
2x4 50cc ATV
SIMMONS QUEENSIZE
BEAUTYREST!
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4 stroke, air cooled, automatic, 2WD,
drum/hydraulic disk brakes, 1.45
gallon tank. Red in Colour.
3404 Rosslyn Rd. • 939-2521
www.rosslynservice.ca
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Arctic Cat
2x4 50cc ATV
Retails for $2100ea.
Selling for $1260ea.
Retail for $304ea.
Visit our New showroom at:
871 Copper Crest. 346-9090
www.mingcarcare.ca
Selling for $2340
MADGICAL’S
GOLF KINGDOM
Bosch Cottage Propane High
Capacity Water Heater
Automated External
Defibrillator Package
Retails for $3900
Selling for $510
Selling for $2339
savings
This package includes: Philips™ Heartstart
FRx Defibrillator, Philips™ Heartstart FRx
Carrying Case, Philips™ Fast
Response Kit, Site
Assessment, Training
for 6 people
Retails for $850
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Selling for $1977.00
707 MEMORIAL AVE.
345.2877
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Panasonic DMCG1
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Panasonic
HDCDX1
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Panasonic offers you the first Micro
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features portability, ease-of-use and
colourful blue, black and red models for
personalized style and active lifestyles.
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Yamaha
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Weekly newspaper promotion (Sundays) with a circulation of 30,000. Extremely positive feedback by the business community for
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The consumers love it since they can buy products from BETTERbuys discounted by 40%.
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To some, receiving a holiday gift
is the same as receiving hope.
Hope of a better tomorrow.
For 103 years Toronto and the Star
have been delivering hope annually,
in the shape of presents, to thousands
of disadvantaged children.
The Toronto Star Santa Claus Fund.
Together, we’re making the holidays
better for all.
We hope.
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Winnipeg Free Press
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Julie Carl
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1355 Mountain Ave.
city
Winnipeg
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To the judges,
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morning show.
Speirs.
Thank you.
To donate by VISA, MasterCard or AMEX, call 416-869-4847. Online: www.thestar.com/santaclausfund
Or, complete this form and make cheque payable to: The Toronto Star Santa Claus Fund, One Yonge St., ON M5E 1E6
Enclosed is my cheque or money order for $...................
Name
I would like my contribution published as follows:
Example 1: In memory of Mrs. Smith
Example 2: Anonymous
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The Montreal Gazette c/o Carlos Madruga
address
1010 Ste-Catherine St. West suite 200
city
Montreal
e-mail
cmadruga@thegazette.canwest.com
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Hockey Inside Out
Due to the popularity of hockey in Montreal and the large fan base for the Canadiens, The Gazette launched an online micro-site
in 2008 called Habs Inside Out. The overwhelming success generated by this site created a reverse publishing product... and the
Hockey Inside tabloid was launched.
Seven stand-alone sections were published (some as large as 30 pages) throughout 2009, featuring hockey editorial and related
advertising, mirroring and possibly surpassing the success rate of its online forefather.
COVER AND PHOTOS: JOHN MAHONEY THE GAZETTE
Canadiens goalies Carey Price and Jaroslav Halak flex their
muscles in shot contest during public practice on Nov. 8.
FOCUS ON CH GOALIE GREATS
Check out our list of Canadiens
Vézina Trophy winners, including
Jacques Plante Page D14
HOCKEY HISTORY LESSON Jacques Plante biography
RED FISHER
D3
ONE-ON-ONE
D6
MIKE BOONE
D8
PAT HICKEY
D17
DAVE STUBBS
D19
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
D24
CALENDAR
D26
chronicles the changing face of the NHL game. Page D12
KIDS’ CORNER
Check out our colouring page
for kids and find out how
a drawing of your favourite
Hab could be published
in the next Hockey Inside/Out.
Page D23
NEXT PUBLICATION Look for the next edition
of Hockey Inside/Out on Dec. 10
HOCKEY INSIDE/OUT: SPORTS EDITOR STU COWAN, COPY EDITOR DAVE PETERS, DESIGN EDITOR/ILLUSTRATOR KIM CHUTE
Generated over $354,000 in print revenue throughout 2009.
Each week, The Gazette is read by 294,300 adults (Source: NADbank 2008, 4 + issues in a month).
The total online advertising revenue for 2009 was over $215K.
The website, Habs Inside Out, received on average 66, 000 unique monthly visitors and counted a total of 2.4 million monthly
page views. (Sources: comScoremediaMetrix, Total Canada (2+), All locations, October to December, 2009 (average); Google
Analytics, October to December, 2009 (average))
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C E L E B R AT E
HAMILTON our city
This feature was a cross-paper product for our editorial and advertising departments. We produced a 56 page broadsheet section
packed with local stories about our great city and packed with advertising supporting this message. The feature had four sections
that were themed: local news, entertainment, sports and business. See full copy sample.
Stories that shaped
A special section of The Hamilton Spectator, Oct. 28, 2009
This feature was one of our most successful in-paper products boasting 60% profit. Our editor received several e-mails and calls
saluting our efforts with this section.
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TOP, CLOCKWISE: Hamilton’s Centre Mall turns one, mobster moll Bessie Perri gunned down, Swine Flu Relief Hospital at Ballinahinch, Anne Jones is our Supermayor, the Royals visit.
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I N S P I R AT I O N • R E L A X AT I O N • I N N O VAT I O N
EDITOR: YVONNE JEFFERY 403-235-8658 FAX: 403-235-7379
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FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2009
Welcome to spring
Welcome to Gardening! Our seasonal section devoted to
helping gardeners get the most from the growing season
launches today — and can be found here weekly throughout the spring and summer, as today’s daffodils give way to
tomorrow’s roses.
You’ll see familiar columnists, including local experts Donna
Balzer and Nora Bryan, plus the ever-popular Q&A from the
Calgary Horticultural Society. New this year, the Calgary Zoo
will give us a peek at what’s blooming, beginning next week.
So, whether you’re gardening on a balcony or an acreage,
whether your first love is fruit, floral or veggie, you’ll
always find useful, practical tips geared to our unique
climate — along with plenty of inspiration.
The season is short enough — don’t miss a single
second of it . . . or a single gardening article. Watch
for us here and at calgaryherald.com/life, and
be sure to enter the Make the Most of Your
Home & Garden contest at calgaryherald.com/makethemost.
Make your garden an
EARLY
bloomer
NORA
“I
BRYAN
t’s a bit early for those,
dear,” the pleasant
elderly woman in
the checkout behind me
remarked, looking askance
at my flats of pansies and
other spring treasures. As if
to underline her point, a gust
of wet air followed another
tuqued and gloved customer
into the store. I couldn’t
deny the rainy sky looked to
have a sleety aspect to it.
“Ah,” I answered, “Yes it
is, but I have a plan!” She
looked dubiously at my collection and I swear she said a
silent prayer over it. But I do
indeed have a plan.
The conventional wisdom
is to start bedding out plants
outside no sooner than the
May long weekend. Some
gardeners even hold off until
the end of May, when danger
of frost is statistically low
enough to appease even the
most cautious soul. I ignore
all of that. I get stuff as soon
as I see it in stores.
Winter has long overstayed its welcome. I want
colour. But there is an even
better reason to push the envelope now — for the health
of your garden. Beneficial
insects are waking from
their winter sleep and making forays on warm days.
What are cheerful blooms
to you are life-giving nectar and pollen stations for
your hungry hordes.
As soon as the lobelia is
out, I notice the first of the
small hover flies, their tiny
bodies shining in pools of
sunlight as they search for
flowers to visit. Hover flies
will stick around to fulfil
their purpose — to lay their
eggs — if they are happy and
healthy. Hover fly hatchlings
are predators and their favourite food is often aphids.
Of course, our risk of hard
frosts can decimate your
new eye candy. This is why
I follow a clear plan, which
progresses toward and beyond the May long weekend.
■ Get pansies as soon as you
see them. Pansies can take
snow and many degrees of
frost. Put them in pots or in
the ground.
■ Dusty Millers, Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus),
Bachelor’s Button (Centaurea cyanus) and Snapdragons can also take some frost.
■ Harden off all new purchases before planting them.
Even the tough guys have
probably spent their youths
coddled in the temperate
environs of a greenhouse.
They are not ready for a
Calgary spring. Place the
flats outside in a shady place
out of wind for several days
at least, if it is warm. If it is
cool, a plastic-covered minigreenhouse is perfect. If it
will freeze at night, put the
flats in a cool garage.
■ Plant hanging baskets and
small pots the weeks before
the
long
weekend. Pots and
baskets of petunias
and geraniums can
be put into a cool
garage each night if
frost threatens. I have
installed hooks in my
garden shed for hanging baskets.
■ Around the May
long weekend, it’s
safe to plant most of
N O Rfavourites
A
our garden
in larger pots, window boxes and also
in the ground. Don’t
forget to harden them
off first. I insert bamboo
stakes in the pots and
keep a supply of old sheets
or frost blankets handy just
in case.
■ Toward the end of May,
the nightly rituals of checking the forecast and shuffling
the pots can be relaxed.
■ Real heat-loving divas like
Begonias, Impatiens, Coleus,
Ageratum and Portulaca can
be planted around the end
of May.
That’s the plan! Sure, it’s
a little more work, but you
will be enjoying your flowerfilled patio when the cautious
gardeners are just getting
D10
DIG
THIS
make the most
of your
home & garden
Today’s Tip
CONTEST • As part of our
Make the Most of Your
Home & Garden contest (you
could win an Ultimate Backyard Living package from
Canadian Tire!), we’ll run a
reader tip about homes and
gardens daily until May 22.
To enter the contest and
to submit your tip (you’ll
receive a $20 Canadian Tire
gift certificate if the tip goes
into print), go to calgaryherald.com/makethemost.
Here’s a great tip from
reader Rosalie Nimmo:
“Get rid of the winter
blues . . . when the first pots
of primulas and pansies
arrive at your favourite
store . . . pick up several and
put in pots and set out on
your deck. I fill my window
boxes full of these beautiful,
colourful flowers — usually
the 1st of April if not earlier.
“When the warm weather
sets in, you can add more tender bedding out plants — it
grows with the weather.”
Mulch with
mushrooms
COMPOST • All Seasons
Mushrooms in Crossfield
is again hosting Gardener
Appreciation Week, which
wraps up this weekend.
The mushroom growers
are giving away free spent
mushroom substrate, a
highly organic compost that
helps lawns, shrubs, gardens
and trees flourish in any soil.
It’s ideal for breaking down
clay soils, mulching, lawn
dressing, tree planting and
vegetable growing.
Today and Sunday, substrate will be up for grabs
to gardeners willing to load
their own vehicle, either
in bulk, bags or containers
they supply themselves.
Saturday from 9 a.m. to
3 p.m. All Seasons Mushrooms will have three loaders
and one Bobcat present to
help load substrate onto
trucks up to one tonne in size,
while supplies last. Gardeners
can also come out and load
their own containers.
To get to the farm, take the
Crossfield-Drumheller exit
(Hwy. 72) east off Highway 2,
drive 0.5 kilometres and turn
right onto the service road
south. Look for the Rol-Land
Farms Limited-Essex Kent
Mushrooms sign in the field.
Call 403-946-4395 for more
information.
BRYAN
started.
Plus, your
beneficial bugs
will also be doing their
good deeds in your garden.
NORA BRYAN IS A GARDEN CONSULTANT AND CERTIFIED ARBORIST.
SHE CAN BE REACHED AT
NORA_B@CANADA.COM, AND
THROUGH HER GARDEN BUZZ BLOG
AT CALGARYHERALD.COM/LIFE.
Photos, courtesy, Nora Bryan. Illustration, Rachel Niebergal, Calgary Herald
— Compiled by Lisa Kadane,
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When 2009 began, the economy was the subject at the top of everyone’s mind. People were losing their jobs, their businesses
and their homes. As a newspaper, we talked about the projects the Herald could tackle that would matter to people. How could the
newspaper stay relevant and how could we ensure we provided valuable information that people wanted to purchase, even when
money was tight? The concept we decided to tackle became known as the “Make the Most of Your __” project. Throughout the
first half of the year, we visited the concept three times in a series of special sections. Each time, the focus was different, resulting
in Make the Most of Your Money, Make the Most of Your Home & Garden, and Make the Most of Your Summer.
Publishing expert advice and helpful tips was important, as was creating a forum in which readers shared strategies for making it
through financially challenging times. This was citizen journalism that was powerful and pragmatic.
For each of the three installments, we published special sections (four to eight pages of content) within our Real Life section,
focusing on news readers could use. We then opened up the discussion to readers, asking them how they make the most of their
money (or home, or summer.) Each day for 30 days, we published a reader tip in the paper. If a reader’s tip was published, he or
she won a $20 gift card for a grocery store, gas station or retail outlet. We also created a special web page for this project, which
stored all readers’ tips, archived stories, bonus material, photo galleries and related video. The project was a joint initiative
between our Editorial, Advertising, Marketing and Reader Sales teams, which meant its reach in the community was significant.
During the Make the Most of Your Money segment, it included a $20,000 Free Money contest, and during the Make the Most of
Your Home & Garden segment, readers could enter to win a $10,000 backyard living package.
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to the special sections.
* More than 47,700 people interacted with the Herald to enter the Free Money contest, while 14,000 entered to win a backyard
living package, connected with Make the Most of Your Home & Garden.
* Our Advertising department generated revenue from a variety of clients, by selling adjacent ads in these special sections.
During the Make the Most of Your Home & Garden installment, for example, the Ad department sold adjacencies to garner
$25,000 in new revenue.
* An additional, internal positive spinoff from these special sections was the team-forging and morale-building that occurred within
the newspaper, as a variety of people from various departments worked together to produce this meaningful project.
* We received numerous phone calls, e-mails and even thank-you notes from readers, who wanted to acknowledge their
appreciation of this content.
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Hamilton Waterfall Guide
Known as the city of Waterfalls, we produced a small mini digest format that showcased a number of popular waterfalls around
the city. We sold banners at the bottom of each page and produced a 36 page booklet. See full copy sample.
2009/2010
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We were thrilled with the response to our Hamilton Waterfall Guide. This product was a huge hit with readers and advertisers. We
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Mosaic Guide
The Leader-Post took the smaller Mosaic Guide to print off a larger event guide and distributed to Regina and Southern
Saskatchewan.
The Mosaic Guide published as a 24 page Tall Digest on June 1, 2009.
The guide was filled with information on where the pavilions are located, what each one is going to include and much more.
This section also had an online component of 25,000 impressions to be used by the client over a three-week period.
The Mosaic Guide went out to all Leader-Post subscribers and brought in a total revenue amount of $19,141.
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Behind This Door
This magazine was created to celebrate the historic architecture of Northumberland County. There is a plethora of well-preserved
homes and public buildings, many built by United Empire Loyalists during the early years of the 19th century. Port Hope alone has
280 historically designated buildings. Branches of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario are located in both Cobourg and Port
Hope.
In a year when tax incentives were offered for home renovations, Behind This Door was an all-encompassing vehicle for our
advertisers both for new and older home renovations.
7,500 copies of the 40-page magazine were printed and distributed throughout Northumberland County. Very few copies remain
as this immediately became a popular read.
Remarkably, this magazine generated a 58% profit in it inaugural edition.
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Hamilton Mens’ Magazine
We recognized the value of producing a niche publication with controlled press run and focused target market. A men’s magazine
in Hamilton was a unique idea that presented numerous opportunities- especially for non-traditional newspaper sales
opportunities. See full copy sample and cover samples.
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The magazine was a success from the start with several non-newspaper advertisers embracing this glossy product.
Readership and client feedback has been tremendous.
the controlled circulation- 25K allowed increased profit.
With four editions under our belt in 2009, we enjoyed increased revenue (and profit!) with each new edition produced
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Get the Party Started: Official Calgary Herald Grey Cup Festival Guide
As plans developed for Calgary to host the biggest Grey Cup party in history last year, the Calgary Herald saw an opportunity to
tap into something that goes far beyond football. With a revived parade, a city block dedicated to partying fans and a celebratory
culture, we worked with the Canadian Football League, our advertisers and the Herald’s editorial team to create Get the Party
Started: The Official Calgary Herald Grey Cup Festival Guide.
The goal of the 44-page magazine was to blend the spirit of the Grey Cup party with an easy-to-use guide to the parties
celebrating the big game. To meet those goals, we created lively editorial content that detailed all aspects of the festival, such as
musical acts performing at the week-long event, a history of Grey Cup parties, and even a cheeky user’s guide to crashing team
parties. There was a map pointing out the festival event sites and the parade route, and comprehensive listings of official and
related festival events. For visitors to the city, we included a shopping and restaurant guide. The Herald’s advertising team also
recognized a great moment to connect Herald readers with companies that might otherwise shy away from football. We looked for
unique advertising opportunities that would target readers taking advantage of the cultural events that come along with the Grey
Cup. To reach our readers, we inserted the magazine into the newspaper, and we distributed thousands of copies on Stephen
Avenue Mall; also known as festival central.
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The results convincingly demonstrated that the magazine was used and enjoyed in the Calgary marketplace. Not only was the
magazine delivered to all Herald subscribers; our marketing department also distributed the product to thousands of Calgarians
and visitors.
CANCER.
The magazine became a common site around town, as people used it to navigate their way to Grey Cup events and activities.
Marketing promotions for Grey Cup prizes, which were advertised in this product, engaged thousands of readers and attracted
20,000 entries.
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From a financial standpoint, the magazine was also a success. The Herald’s advertising department sold ads to about three
dozen clients and raised more than $20,000 in incremental revenue. The product was also successful in cementing the
newspaper’s reputation as the best source for information on big events, such as the Grey Cup, and in helping build and grow the
relationship with one of the city’s largest sports organizations.
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Steve Benoit - Advertising Manager, Clint Harris, Vice - President - Operations
address
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New Horizons
New Horizons is a monthly publication that promotes a healthy and active lifestyle. It is read by people who make inspirational
buying decisions about their lives. Articles are written by local authorities that aim to inform, inspire and keep readers up to date
on Health Care; Fitness Wellness & Beauty; Financial, Estate & Life Planning; Legal Matters; Personal Security; Travel Dining &
Entertaining. Local business stimulate our readers by offering products & services that will compliment their hearty & energetic
lifestyle.
Included in the Health Care segment of the publication are articles that are prepared by our Thunder Bay Regional Hospital
Health Sciences Centre, the Thunder District Health Unit, the Northern Cancer Research Foundation - Breast Screening Program,
the Alzheimer's Society, the Heart and Stroke Foundation and the Kidney Foundation just to mention a few. This in itself makes
the publication very attractive.
Business advertisers are also given the opportunity at no charge to write articles about their products and services they sell.
This initiative has proven very successful and has tripled revenues because of it.
New Horizons is circulated to Thunder Bay and 32 communities in Northwestern Ontario.
Extremely well read because of its focus on everyday lifestyle, the publication is generating over $105,000 in annual revenue.
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