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Kenora Daily Miner and News Newspaper Information

The Kenora Daily Miner and News is a daily publication based in Kenora, Ontario. The Miner and News publishes its broadsheet paid circulation daily Tuesday through Friday, and its tabloid publication Lake of the Woods Enterprise is delivered free throughout the region every Saturday. The Daily Miner and News is owned by Quebecor Inc.

The News began weekly publication in 1881 under the ownership of E. P. Chapman. A second newspaper, the Rat Portage Miner, started around 1891 under the ownership of a Mr. Earngey through the Rat Portage Miner Publishing Co. In 1901 it shifted to twice weekly publication — Tuesdays and Fridays. By 1903 they operated under one name, the Rat Portage Miner and News, and it became the Kenora Miner and News in 1906 when the town itself was renamed. The Miner and News switched to six-day publication in February 1952 to compete with the Daily Reminder, started in the 1930s.