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Along with the Toronto Star, Torstar owns and operates three other daily newspapers in southern Ontario: '' The Hamilton Spectator '', '' The Guelph Mercury '' and the '' Kitchener-Waterloo Record '' as well as eleven weekly or monthly newspapers outside of Toronto, and '' Eye Weekly '', an alternative weekly newspaper. Metroland Publishing is a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation which publishes 60 neighbourhood papers three times a week. These newspapers cover neighbourhood issues not otherwise covered by the large dailies. They are distributed free of charge and have captured a large portion of the neighbourhood flyer market. These newspapers include:
Torstar is also a partner in '' Sing Tao '', a daily Chinese-language newspaper in Toronto, and in the Toronto edition of '' Metro '', a free commuter newspaper aimed at riders of public transit. Torstar also operates a book publishing division which owns Harlequin Enterprises Ltd , a major publisher of Romance Novel s. In late 2005, Torstar acquired a 20% stake in Bell Globemedia along with Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and The Thomson Corporation . Torstar also owns Shop tv canada. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Current members of the , B. Neil Clark , Martin Connell , Jack Fuller , Christina Gold , Campbell Harvey , John Honderich , Frank Iacobucci (chairman), J. Spencer Lanthier , Sarabjit Marwah , Peter Mills , Robert Prichard , Lance Primis , Ronald Osborne , and Martin Thall . EXTERNAL LINK |
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