It's actually a bit unusual to find an outlet in Calgary that carries the Post and not the Globe. It's much more normal the other way round.
I'm in the habit of reading both papers; if I read one without the other, I go through the rest of the day suspecting that somebody's put something over on me. So I'm sensitive to the difficult of finding both. The Post has its real edge in rural Saskatchewan and in eastern Manitoba, where the local papers are Canwest and print and distribute the Post, but the Globe has independent distribution out of Brandon which tends to peter out on the far side of Winnipeg. When I visit friends in Anola, Man., I can buy the Post at either of the local gas stations but I have to go into Transcona or down to Steinbach for the nearest Globe.
ebt: I'm referring to suburban Cold Lake North.
Mark
Ottawa
I live in Saskatoon, and my son used to deliver 35 copies of the Star-Phoenix (and one National Post). Canwest decided it wasn't economical to print the National Post in Regina (at the Leader-Post plant), so I think it now arrives on the first plane from Calgary. I'm not sure of that, but the National Post hasn't been available here, first thing in the morning, for a couple of years now. The national edition of the Globe & Mail is printed in Brandon, and it doesn't arrive in Saskatoon until almost noon. It's really not much of a loss either way, I get the Star-Phoenix delivered to my door by 6:30AM and if I want more non-local news, I can always go to the Internet. Scores for hockey games west of Toronto don't make next day editions of either "national" newspaper, so why bother?
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