The Ottawa Sun is a daily newspaper in Ottawa , Ontario , Canada . It is published by Sun Media . It began publication in 1983 as the Ottawa Sunday Herald , until it was acquired by (then) Toronto Sun Publishing Corporation in 1988. In April 2015, Sun Media papers were acquired by Postmedia .
7-403: A Sunday edition of the newly named Ottawa Sun began publication on September 4, 1988 and a daily publication started on November 7, 1988. As with its sister papers, it has a " Sunshine Girl " feature, although in the past it also contained a "Sunshine Boy" feature. Past editors include Peter Worthington and Mark Bonokoski . The current editor-in-chief since 2016 is former managing editor of
14-509: A medium that purports to publish credible journalism. On November 14, 1985, the Ontario Press Council upheld at least one reader complaint, saying the feature "portrays women as sex objects", although there were no penalties attached to this ruling. Margaret Coulter of Toronto made the complaint, saying a newspaper was not an appropriate medium for the suggestive photos, which made her feel "embarrassed and offended." Coulter said she had
21-504: A year, the Sun Group produces and sells a calendar featuring a selection of Sunshine Girls. Typically, the Girls who are selected for the calendar are chosen by the public online and by a mail-in vote. The Sunshine Girl series has been criticized by some readers and media commentators for objectifying women . Critics have also condemned the series as degrading and inappropriate for a newspaper as
28-464: The Montreal Gazette , Michelle Richardson. Its editorials are often considered conservative -leaning. This article about a Canadian newspaper is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article relating to Ottawa and to Canada's National Capital Region is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sunshine Girl Pin-up girls depicted in most of
35-604: The daily newspapers of the Sun chain in Canada are known as Sunshine Girls . The feature started with the Toronto Sun , which was launched in 1971, and was adapted from British tabloids with similar featured women . While the British tabloids started publishing photos of topless models in 1970, a Sunshine Girl is usually a clothed or swim-suited female model, actress, or athlete. The feature
42-424: The same Sunshine Girl are run each day. Famous former SUNshine girls include: Amanda Coetzer , Ann Rohmer , Trish Stratus , Stacy Keibler , and Krista Erickson ( Sun News Network anchor, who appeared on the date of that network's 2011 launch). Additional images of the day's Sunshine Girl are posted each day to the Sun newspapers' websites, along with behind-the-scenes videos of select models. At least twice
49-585: Was printed in black and white from the 1970s to the early 1980s, alternated between color and black and white until the 1990s, then usually in color. The Sun chain was owned by Sun Media until acquired by Postmedia Network in 2014. Typically on page 3 of the Sun in the 1990s, the Sunshine Girl moved to the back page of the sports section in the early 2000s. In 2011, the Sunshine Girl was restored to page 3 in some, not all, Sun newspapers, and two different photos of
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