Vancouver Sun Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Content== As a broadsheet newspaper, the ''Sun'' was not originally related to the [[Sun Media]] chain and its tabloid ''Sun'' papers in [[Toronto Sun|Toronto]], [[Ottawa Sun|Ottawa]], [[Winnipeg Sun|Winnipeg]], [[Calgary Sun|Calgary]], and [[Edmonton Sun|Edmonton]]. However, the ''Vancouver Sun'' and the tabloid ''Sun'' papers have been part of the same company since 2015, as a result of Postmedia's acquisition of Sun Media.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/postmedia-sun-media-deal-officially-closes/article23895298/|title=Postmedia-Sun Media deal officially closes|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=13 April 2015|last1=Bradshaw|first1=James|access-date=16 September 2017|archive-date=27 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327222714/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/postmedia-sun-media-deal-officially-closes/article23895298/|url-status=live}}</ref> ===Editorial stances=== The newspaper was first established in 1912 to "consistently advocate the principles of Liberalism". Under the Cromie family, the newspaper typically supported the Liberals, although they were often critical as well.<ref name=canen/> Under Hollinger Inc., the newspaper was considered a [[middlebrow]] newspaper with a more socially and economically diverse readership than its competitor. While publishing under Hollinger, the ''Sun''{{'}}s editorials, op-ed articles, and guest columns were unambiguously critical of the federal Liberal government.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Opinion Discourse and Canadian Newspapers: The Case of the Chinese "Boat People"|journal=Canadian Journal of Communication|date=April 2000|issue=4|volume=25|last=Greenberg|first=Joshua|pages=517β537 |doi=10.22230/cjc.2000v25n4a1178}}</ref> 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. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page