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Ad*Reach

Ad*Reach is the sales and marketing division of the Ontario Community Newspapers Association (OCNA). Plan and execute community newspaper campaigns with one call and one invoice.

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Value Ad Network

A cost effective means to reach Ontarians with a business card sized display advertisement. It is designed program has been designed for companies who wish to begin display advertising in a modest way..

Webinar Series

Webinar Series

Throughout the year, OCNA provides educational opportunities for our members such as hands-on training with industry-relevant computer software, and the various management skills needed in the workplace.

OCNA & Ad*Reach Office Closed

OCNA & Ad*Reach Office Closed

The OCNA and Ad*Reach office will be closed on Monday, February 17 for Family Day.

OCNA welcomes commitment from Ontario government on ad spending in local newspapers

OCNA welcomes commitment from Ontario government on ad spending in local newspapers

The Ontario Community Newspapers Association (OCNA) is quite pleased with the announcement that Premier Doug Ford has directed Ontario's Crown corporations to invest 25 per cent of their advertising spend to Ontario-based news businesses.

Harry Stemp - December 14, 1934 - June 28, 2024

Harry Stemp - December 14, 1934 - June 28, 2024

It is with sadness that we announce the passing of former OCNA president and executive director Harry Stemp.

Rick McCutcheon Inducted Into OCNA's Hall Of Fame

Rick McCutcheon Inducted Into OCNA's Hall Of Fame

Rick's long career and love for the newspaper industry began in 1967, after answering an ad he spotted in the Globe and Mail looking for a reporter at the Gore Bay Recorder on Manitoulin Island. When asked if he could type, Rick replied 'yes' and...

ISWNE Toronto 2024 Conference

ISWNE Toronto 2024 Conference

The world is coming to Toronto in June. Meet with community newspaper editors from across the globe to learn, grow and become part of a family who understand the joys and challenges of what it is we do.

OCNA BNC Awards Presentation

OCNA BNC Awards Presentation

The OCNA will be announcing and celebrating the winners of the 2023 BNC Awards on Friday May 24th at 12;00 noon. Link to view the presentation will be available soon! Watch your inbox for the link.

Jack Evans Inducted into the OCNA Hall of Fame

Jack Evans Inducted into the OCNA Hall of Fame

Jack Evans has been a journalistic stalwart for over 65 years and is currently the dean of news in the Bay of Quinte area. Jack was bitten by the journalism bug during his time as a boy chorister in Belleville where, using a borrowed typewriter...

Bob Hall Inducted into the OCNA Hall of Fame

Bob Hall Inducted into the OCNA Hall of Fame

Bob Hall was born with ink in his veins and naturally followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather into the newspaper industry. His parents, Gordon and Marion, purchased the Haldimand Advocate in 1931 with Bob coming along in 1937. By 16...

Sam Laurin inducted into the OCNA Hall of Fame

Sam Laurin inducted into the OCNA Hall of Fame

Sam Laurin joined the family-owned Morrisburg Leader in 1977 -- along with his brother Terry and later his brother Mike -- becoming the third generation of Laurin's to run the 160-year-old paper. Since then, Sam and his family have worked hard...

Mark Ribble inducted into the OCNA Hall of Fame

Mark Ribble inducted into the OCNA Hall of Fame

On Labour Day 1985, Mark Ribble walked into the composing room of the Leamington Post beginning a career that has seen him work in almost every area of the newspaper business. During high school, Mark dreamed about becoming a broadcast journalist...

Ron Lenyk Inducted into OCNA's Hall of Fame

Ron Lenyk Inducted into OCNA's Hall of Fame

Ron Lenyk began his career in 1970, working for the Mississauga News as a sports reporter and was promoted to sports editor not a year later. By June 1971, he was promoted to editor and in 1977 was named publisher of the Brampton Guardian...

Peter Winkler inducted into the OCNA Hall of Fame

Peter Winkler inducted into the OCNA Hall of Fame

Peter Winkler spent 36 years in the newspaper business as a leader both in ad sales and as a publisher, bringing value and growing every publication he worked for. He began his career at the Kitchener-Waterloo Record...

Newspaper/Print Operation For Sale

Newspaper/Print Operation For Sale

Owners are looking to retire and are offering a well established profitable 144 year old newspaper and fully equipped print operation ....

Michael Atkins Inducted into OCNA's Hall of Fame

Michael Atkins Inducted into OCNA's Hall of Fame

After attending Carleton University in Ottawa, and an adventure of discovery through Europe in the early 1970s, Atkins worked briefly for the federal government in the newly amalgamated city of Thunder Bay where he...

Abbas Homayed Inducted into OCNA's Hall of Fame

Abbas Homayed Inducted into OCNA's Hall of Fame

Abbas Homayed came to Canada in 1986 with little money and little English. The community where he has made his home now is a true testament to his hard work, civic leadership and the will to make a difference...

Rixon Rafter Inducted Into OCNA's Hall Of Fame

Rixon Rafter Inducted Into OCNA's Hall Of Fame

Born in 1885, Rixon lived to become recognized as a pioneer in weekly newspapers, despite losing his eyesight as a youth. With an intense love of journalism, and a degree from Queen's University, he purchased a weekly newspaper, the Arthur Enterprise...

Keith Roulston Inducted into OCNA's Hall of Fame

Keith Roulston Inducted into OCNA's Hall of Fame

Keith Roulston grew up during a time when neighbours came together to undertake tasks that were too big to accomplish alone. The lesson that community action can help the individual achieve his or her goals has been a guiding principle in his life...

Murray Skinner Inducted into OCNA's Hall of Fame

Murray Skinner Inducted into OCNA's Hall of Fame

Murray Skinner's newspaper career spans over 40 years, 33 of them with Metroland, preceded by 8 years with Thomson Newspapers. He served as Metroland's vice president of marketing for 19 years, before being appointed president in 2000...

Jim Thomas Inducted into OCNA's Hall of Fame

Jim Thomas Inducted into OCNA's Hall of Fame

Jim Thomas' career in the newspaper business spanned eight decades. He still remembers his first story, which was published in the Markham Economist and Sun while attending high school...

Charles (Charlie) Whipp Inducted Into OCNA's Hall Of Fame

Charles (Charlie) Whipp Inducted Into OCNA's Hall Of Fame

A long-time newspaperman, Charlie was most recognized for his weekly editorials. He usually wrote three per issue! And they explored all topics and included everything from municipal matters to medieval engineering He worked for the London Free Press...

Arthur (Art) Carr Inducted Into OCNA's Hall Of Fame

Arthur (Art) Carr Inducted Into OCNA's Hall Of Fame

Art, born in Sudbury in 1912, was a newspaper publisher, editor and innovator. In 1920, while working at a newspaper in North Bay, the stock market crashed, and the Great Depression hit. After being laid off, he sold his Model T for the price of a new...

Joanne Burghardt Inducted Into OCNA's Hall Of Fame

Joanne Burghardt Inducted Into OCNA's Hall Of Fame

The OCNA launched the Hall of Fame Awards earlier this year, and received a number of nominations outlining the achievements and initiatives of newspaper pioneers. We are excited to unveil the nine extraordinary individuals who have been inducted.

William (Bill) Charles Cavell Inducted into OCNA's Hall of Fame

William (Bill) Charles Cavell Inducted into OCNA's Hall of Fame

William (Bill) Charles Cavell began is over 72-year career in the newspaper business in a small way. Learning that his high school had no newspaper, Bill stepped in to fill the void with a mimeographed sheet that he sold to fellow students...

Jim Cumming Inducted Into OCNA's Hall Of Fame

Jim Cumming Inducted Into OCNA's Hall Of Fame

Jim Cumming was born with ink flowing through his veins. His father, grandfather, and grandmother all worked in the newspaper industry, from Ontario through to Saskatchewan. Sure enough, Jim followed in the footsteps of his relatives.

Wayne Green Inducted into OCNA's Hall of Fame

Wayne Green Inducted into OCNA's Hall of Fame

Wayne Green's newspaper career began at the age of 16 in 1951, right out of high school, as an "apprentice printer" at the Temiskaming Speaker Printing Company (TPC) in New Liskeard, printer of the Temiskaming Speakers weekly newspapers...

Donald George Spearman Inducted Into OCNA's Hall Of Fame

Donald George Spearman Inducted Into OCNA's Hall Of Fame

Donald George (Gummer) Spearman worked in the community newspaper industry in Ontario for approximately 45 years. Born and raised in Dresden, he was hired in 1939, at the age of 17, as a reporter for the Dresden News, where he was eventually promoted...

Jean Morrison Inducted Into OCNA's Hall Of Fame

Jean Morrison Inducted Into OCNA's Hall Of Fame

Jean (nee Bier) Morrison was an integral, active and admired leader in the community newspaper business for many years. Born in New Hamburg, she was a teacher by trade. After graduating from the University of Western, she taught mathematics at Napanee...

Jack, John, Robin and Jeff Morris Inducted into OCNA's Hall of Fame

Jack, John, Robin and Jeff Morris Inducted into OCNA's Hall of Fame

Jack Morris began his newspaper career at the Chesterville Record in the 1920s as a "printers devil" and spent 65 years in the community newspaper business. It would be been more, but he served as an intelligence officer in WWII...

Richard (Rick Shaver) Inducted Into OCNA's Hall Of Fame

Richard (Rick Shaver) Inducted Into OCNA's Hall Of Fame

Rick Shaver started his newspaper career in 1978 after graduating from St. Lawrence College in Cornwall. His first seven years were spent in sales with daily papers in Cornwall, Kirkland Lake and Brampton. In 1985 he opened the Cornwall Seaway News...

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