The Vancouver Sun

The Vancouver Sun is a Canadian daily newspaper in broadsheet format. It is published Monday to Saturday in Vancouver and is published by the Pacific Newspaper Group Inc., a subsidiary of the media group Postmedia Network. With 499.800 readers The Vancouver Sun is behind The Province the most widely read newspaper in British Columbia. In 2001, the average print run of 203 390 copies.

The first issue was published on February 12, 1912. The editorial was initially. At West Pender Street, in close proximity to the former competitors The Province In 1924, Sun took over the newspaper Vancouver Daily World, ran into financial difficulties. The building, which was housed in the Sun, burned down in 1937, the newspaper moved to the other side of the road to the World Building, where formerly World was published. This was renamed accordingly in Sun Tower. In response to ever-increasing costs of production, Sun and Province joined together in 1957 to society Pacific Press. 1965 attracted both papers to the Pacific Press Building. In 1997 the company moved into the skyscraper Granville Square.

The newspaper is since 1985 the main sponsor of the 10-kilometer run Vancouver Sun Run.