The first Canadian newspaper was printed on March 23, 1752. This newspaper was called the Halifax Gazette, printed in a small print shop on Grafton Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The shop owner's name was John Bushell, who is said to be the first person to publish a newspaper in Canada, while in actuality it was Bartholomew Green who intended to print the first paper as early as July 1751.
There are many differences between today's modern newspapers and historical newspapers. for example, the length in the newspapers has increased and so has the content itself. The first newspaper was printed on just half of a single foolscap sheet, and todays newspapers have many pages. The paper has also changed where it used to be printed on a foolscap sheet, and now its available on both physical paper as well as on the internet. The actual content has changed by some newspapers being just about local news while other larger newspapers can be about anything happening in the world.
Publick Occurrences was forced to shut down because they were critical of the government. I do not think that the government should have that kind of power or control today because the publishers are speaking their minds and should have the right to say what they want to. Yes I was surprised to find out that the first newspaper was printed in Halifax because it is a small community, I didn't think they would even have the right equipment to print the papers. You would assume that the first newspaper would be printed in a larger province like Ontario or Quebec, where they have a greater population and more money.
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