Vancouver

==Media==
{{Main|Media in Vancouver}}
[[File:Canada Place (1294380311).jpg|thumb|[[Granville Square]] (centre building) houses the two major daily newspapers of the city, ''[[The Vancouver Sun]]'' and ''[[The Province]]''.]]
Vancouver is a centre for film and television production. Nicknamed [[Hollywood North]], a distinction it shares with Toronto,<ref name="Gasher2002">{{cite book |first=Mike |last=Gasher |title=Hollywood North: The Feature Film Industry in British Columbia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EiQlVzWWoFMC&pg=PA25 |year=2002 |publisher=UBC Press |isbn=978-0-7748-0968-9 |page=25 |access-date=November 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101204708/https://books.google.com/books?id=EiQlVzWWoFMC&pg=PA25 |archive-date=January 1, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="McPhail2010">{{cite book |first=Thomas L. |last=McPhail |title=Global Communication: Theories, Stakeholders, and Trends |url=https://archive.org/details/globalcommunicat0000mcph |url-access=registration |date=March 8, 2010 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-4443-3030-4 |page=[https://archive.org/details/globalcommunicat0000mcph/page/29 29] |access-date=November 9, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Lavery2010">{{cite book |first=David |last=Lavery |title=The Essential Cult Tv Reader |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TKcaI75I72AC&pg=PA261 |date=January 15, 2010 |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |isbn=978-0-8131-7365-8 |page=261 |access-date=November 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101204708/https://books.google.com/books?id=TKcaI75I72AC&pg=PA261 |archive-date=January 1, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> the city has been used as a film making location for nearly a century, beginning with the [[Edison Studios|Edison Manufacturing Company]].<ref>Ken MacIntyre. ''Reel Vancouver.'' Vancouver: Whitecap Books, 1996. p. 133.</ref> In 2021, $3.6{{nbsp}}billion was spent on film production in Vancouver. This ranks Vancouver as the largest production hub in Canada and the 3rd largest in North America, behind [[Los Angeles]] and [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite report |title=Vancouver Economy Report Winter 2022 |url=https://vancouvereconomic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Vancovuer_Economy_Report_Winter_2022_WEB_1.0.pdf |publisher=Vancouver Economic Commission |page=11 |date=2023 |access-date=April 13, 2023 |archive-date=April 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413202122/https://vancouvereconomic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Vancovuer_Economy_Report_Winter_2022_WEB_1.0.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

A wide mix of local, national, and international newspapers are distributed in the city. The two major [[English language|English-language]] daily newspapers are the ''[[Vancouver Sun]]'' and ''[[The Province]]''. Also, there are two national newspapers distributed in the city, including ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', which began publication of a "national edition" in BC in 1983 and recently{{when|date=March 2024}} expanded to include a three-page BC news section, and the ''[[National Post]]'', which centres on national news. Other local newspapers include ''[[24 Hours (newspaper)|24H]]'' (a local free daily), the Vancouver franchise of the national free daily ''[[Metro International|Metro]]'', the twice-a-week ''[[Vancouver Courier]]'', and the independent newspaper ''[[The Georgia Straight]]''. Three Chinese-language daily newspapers{{Snd}}''[[Ming Pao]]'', ''[[Sing Tao Daily (Canada)|Sing Tao]]'' and ''[[World Journal]]''{{Snd}}cater to the city's large Cantonese- and Mandarin-speaking population. Several other local and international papers serve other multicultural groups in the Lower Mainland.
[[File:2010-08 750 Burrard Street.jpg|thumb|left|[[750 Burrard Street]] houses [[Bell Media]]'s West Coast headquarters and the regional offices for ''[[The Globe and Mail]]''.]]
Some of the local television stations include [[CBUT-DT|CBC]], [[CKVU-DT|Citytv]], [[CIVT-DT|CTV]] and [[CHAN-DT|Global BC]]. [[CHNM-DT|OMNI British Columbia]] produces daily newscasts in [[Cantonese]], [[Standard Chinese|Mandarin]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] and [[Korean language|Korean]], and weekly newscasts in [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]], as well as programs aimed at other cultural groups. [[Fairchild Group]] also has two television stations: [[Fairchild TV]] and [[Talentvision]], serving Cantonese- and Mandarin-speaking audiences, respectively.

Radio stations with news departments include [[CBU (AM)|CBC Radio One]], [[CKNW]] and [[CKWX|News 1130]]. The [[Franco-Columbian]] community is served by [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|Radio-Canada]] outlets [[CBUFT-DT]] channel 26 ([[Ici Radio-Canada Télé]]), [[CBUF-FM]] 97.7 ([[Ici Radio-Canada Première|Première Chaîne]]) and [[CBUX-FM]] 90.9 ([[Ici Musique|Espace musique]]). The multilingual South Asian community is served by Spice Radio on 1200 AM, which was established in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cahute |first1=Larissa |title=New Vancouver radio station will be aimed at the entire South Asian community |url=http://www.vancouverdesi.com/news/new-vancouver-radio-station-will-be-aimed-at-entire-south-asian-community/795152 |work=Vancouver Desi |date=September 24, 2014 |access-date=September 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140926015246/http://www.vancouverdesi.com/news/new-vancouver-radio-station-will-be-aimed-at-entire-south-asian-community/795152/ |archive-date=September 26, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Media dominance is a frequently discussed issue in Vancouver as newspapers the ''Vancouver Sun'', ''The Province'', the ''Vancouver Courier'' and other local newspapers such as the ''Surrey Now'', the ''Burnaby Now'' and the ''Richmond News'', are all owned by [[Postmedia Network]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.straight.com/article-261366/canwest-seeks-bankruptcy-protection-broadcasting-assets-and-national-post |title=Canwest seeks bankruptcy protection for broadcasting assets and National Post |work=[[The Georgia Straight]] |first=Charlie |last=Smith |date=October 6, 2009 |access-date=December 5, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091214231927/http://www.straight.com/article-261366/canwest-seeks-bankruptcy-protection-broadcasting-assets-and-national-post |archive-date=December 14, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[concentration of media ownership]] has spurred alternatives, making Vancouver a centre for independent online media including ''[[The Tyee]]'', ''[[The Vancouver Observer]]'', and [[NowPublic]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thetyee.ca/News/2005/03/16/CanWest_Metro_Daily_Dominance/ |title=CanWest Metro Move Preserves Daily Dominance |work=[[The Tyee]] |first=Shannon |last=Rupp |date=March 16, 2005 |access-date=December 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211024716/http://thetyee.ca/News/2005/03/16/CanWest_Metro_Daily_Dominance/ |archive-date=February 11, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> as well as [[hyperlocal]] online media, like ''[[Daily Hive]]'' and ''Vancouver Is Awesome'',<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.straight.com/article-259704/media |title=Editor's Picks: Media |date=September 24, 2009 |work=[[Georgia Straight]] |access-date=February 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923204115/http://www.straight.com/article-259704/media |archive-date=September 23, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> which provide coverage of community events and local arts and culture.