The Western Star is a daily newspaper published weekdays and Saturdays in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, and also serving Stephenville and the Bay of Islands, Bay St. George and Humber Valley areas.
The paper was founded in 1900 in Curling, as a weekly newspaper. It became a daily in 1954. It has been owned since 2002 by the Montreal publishing company TC Transcontinental and is the only daily newspaper in western Newfoundland, and also has readers outside its main coverage area in Labrador.
The Western Star is a sister publication to The Telegram of St. John's.
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