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Do not fill this in! == History == {{multiple image|total_width=330|image1=Vancouver Sun Tower.jpg|alt1=|caption1=The [[Sun Tower]] housed the ''Sun''{{'}}s offices from 1937 to 1965.|image2=Granville Square, Vancouver 2016.jpg|alt2=|caption2=[[Granville Square]] housed the ''Sun''{{'}}s offices from 1997 to 2015.}} The ''Vancouver Sun'' published its first edition on 12 February 1912.<ref name=canen>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sun-vancouver|title=Sun (Vancouver)|publisher=Historica Canada|access-date=31 August 2022|date=17 October 2014}}</ref> The newspaper was originally based at 125 West Pender Street,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mackie |first1=John |url=https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/this-week-in-history-1933-a-vancouver-sun-mural-depicts-the-wealth-and-opportunities-in-b-c |title=This Week in History, 1933: A Vancouver Sun mural depicts the wealth and opportunities in B.C. |work=Vancouver Sun |date=22 October 2021}}</ref> just around the corner from ''[[The Province|The Vancouver Daily Province]]'', its rival at the time.{{cn|date=August 2022}} In 1917, the ''Sun'' acquired the ''Daily News-Advertiser'', a newspaper that was established in 1886.<ref name="canen" /> From 1917 until his death in 1936, its publisher was [[Robert James Cromie]].<ref>Stephen Hume, [http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/cromie_robert_james_16E.html "Cromie, Robert James"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731213954/http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/cromie_robert_james_16E.html |date=2016-07-31 }}, in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 16, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–. Retrieved 20 July 2016.</ref> In 1924, the ''Sun'' acquired ''[[Vancouver World|The Evening World]]'', another newspaper established in 1888.<ref name=canen/> In March 1937, a fire destroyed the ''Sun'''s business and editorial offices.<ref>{{cite news |title=An iconic landmark that towered over the British Empire |url=https://vancouversun.com/news/an-iconic-landmark-that-towered-over-the-british-empire |work=Vancouver Sun |date=7 February 2012}}</ref> The only death was the janitor, who suffered minor burns and smoke inhalation. The ''Sun'' promptly moved across the street into the World Building, where the ''World'' had been published. The building was accordingly renamed the [[Sun Tower]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Thirkell |first1=Fred |last2=Scullion |first2=Robert |title=Postcards from the Past: Edwardian Images of Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley |date=1996 |publisher=Heritage House Publishing Co. |isbn=9781895811230 |page=142 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e0xGDz5Ncv4C&pg=PA142}}</ref> The ''Sun'' emerged as the city's leading newspaper after ''The Vancouver Daily Province'' experienced a lengthy labour dispute from 1946 to 1949.<ref name=canen/> In 1958, the ''Vancouver Sun'' and ''The Province'' joined to create the ''Pacific Press'' in response to the rising costs of producing newspapers. First the papers merged their mechanical and financial departments, then they both moved into the Pacific Press Building on December 27, 1965. In 1963, the majority of the Cromie family holdings in the newspaper were sold to [[FP Publications]], who later sold it to [[Southam Inc.]] in 1980. In 1992, the newspaper was taken over by [[Conrad Black]]'s [[Hollinger Inc.]]<ref name=canen/> The newspaper's [[photojournalism|photography department]] became the first in the world to fully switch over to [[digital photography]] following the 1994 release of the [[Kodak DCS 400 series]], which used a [[Nikon F90]] body; the camera was developed by [[Kodak]] in collaboration with [[The Associated Press]] and each unit cost $16,950.<ref name="photo-digital">{{cite web|last1=Richards|first1=Dan|title=The 30 Most Important Digital Cameras of All Time|url=http://www.popphoto.com/gear/2013/10/30-most-important-digital-cameras#page-9|website=[[Popular Photography]]|date=23 October 2013 |access-date=15 February 2017|archive-date=7 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207153012/http://www.popphoto.com/gear/2013/10/30-most-important-digital-cameras#page-9|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Vancouver Sun & Province Printing Facility (29914273151).jpg|thumb|Inside the Kennedy Heights printing facility used by the ''Sun''. The facility opened in 1997.]] In 1997, Kennedy Heights, the printing press for the ''Vancouver Sun'' and ''The Province'', was opened in Surrey. Later in 1997 the paper moved to [[Granville Square]]. In 2000, the newspaper was sold to [[CanWest]].<ref name=canen/> In May 2009, the newspaper laid off long-time editorial cartoonist [[Roy Peterson]] who had been drawing for the paper since 1962.<ref>{{cite web |author=AAEC |url=http://news.editorialcartoonists.com/aaec/page/4/ |title=Association of American Editorial Cartoonists News, June 14, 2009 |publisher=News.editorialcartoonists.com |access-date=2012-12-17 |archive-date=2013-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404090533/http://news.editorialcartoonists.com/aaec/page/4/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2010, the newspaper became part of the [[Postmedia Network]], as a result of the collapse of [[CanWest]]. In December 2011, after much research on the demographics of the greater [[Vancouver]] area, the newspaper launched a Chinese-language version ''[[Taiyangbao]]''<ref>{{cite news |url=https://vancouversun.com/news/Vancouver+Chinese+language+website+lures+fast+rising+ethnic+group/5839326/story.html |title=Vancouver Sun's Chinese-language website lures fast-rising ethnic group. Site includes 13 bloggers from Metro Vancouver and Asia |first=Douglas |last=Todd |newspaper=Vancouver Sun |date=December 9, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108081017/http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Vancouver+Chinese+language+website+lures+fast+rising+ethnic+group/5839326/story.html |archive-date=January 8, 2012}}</ref> with original Chinese language content. According to an article broadcast on China Now on [[China Radio International]] (December 2011), the key to success was not necessarily to "translate" its English-language version into Chinese.<ref>{{citation | title=China Now, China Radio International, December 2011 broadcast}}</ref> In January 2015, the Kennedy Heights printing press operation was shut down, resulting in 220 workers losing their jobs. Printing of the ''Vancouver Sun'' and ''The Province'' were outsourced, each to different printing press operations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/1804526/presses-stop-at-longtime-printing-plant-for-vancouver-sun-and-province/|title=Presses stop at longtime printing plant for Vancouver Sun and Province|access-date=2017-11-22|archive-date=2017-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201051342/https://globalnews.ca/news/1804526/presses-stop-at-longtime-printing-plant-for-vancouver-sun-and-province/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, the ''Vancouver Sun'' and ''The Province'' moved to East Vancouver, to the Broadway Tech Centre. In October 2022, the ''Vancouver Sun'' and ''The Province'' stopped printing the Monday editions. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. 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