· CBC News ·
Mary Casement of Saint Andrews, N.B., says “Oh, that’ll be in the Courier next week,” was once a popular phrase in Charlotte County.
The phrase refers to the St. Croix Courier, the area’s iconic weekly newspaper. It is now making a comeback in a free monthly print edition — a rarity in today’s media landscape.
Casement, who began reading the newspaper 50 years ago, said the saying was used as a joke in those days when somebody acted in a questionable manner.
She watched as the paper got smaller and smaller over the years, then vanished. An online version emerged last year after the paper was sold to the local television station, CHCO-TV.
Vicki Hogarth, the news director of CHCO-TV, said the Courier started printing in 1865 — before Confederation.
Hogarth said that legacy needed to be preserved. A federal grant will allow the paper to be printed for a year.
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