When they sold the business, the technology was swinging to computers, and that old press was junked. It went out to the junkyard. – Slater Tubman, Wolseley, SK

I always looked forward to when mom and dad would come home with the mail and always look forward to looking through the Tribune. And I actually collected the Tribune as a kid. I don’t know why. I just, I saved every copy. – Darryl Holyk

I always looked forward to when mom and dad would come home with the mail and always look forward to looking through the Tribune. And I actually collected the Tribune as a kid. I don’t know why. I just, I saved every copy. – Darryl Holyk

“So always in their newspaper they’ve got historical pictures. And often of the downtown area.” – Martin Shields

The #StCatharines Standard was at the forefront of breaking news during the golden age of newspapers. Run by four generations of the Burgoyne family, The Standard’s intrepid reporters delivered hard-hitting journalism and exposed environmental injustices. But times changed, and media consolidation hit the paper hard.