Le Courrier du Sud is a free French-language weekly tabloid newspaper based in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. The newspaper is distributed to 143,992 homes in the cities of Longueuil (boroughs of Le Vieux-Longueuil, Saint-Hubert and Greenfield Park), Brossard and Saint-Lambert.[3] 'Le Courrier du Sud is owned by Transcontinental. It was established in 1947 by Jean-Paul Auclair[1] in the former city of Montreal South as a bilingual newspaper (and was also known at the time as The South Courier).[4]

Le Courrier du Sud
TypeWeekly newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)TC Transcontinental
Founder(s)Jean-Paul Auclair[1]
PublisherLucie Masse
Founded1947
LanguageFrench
HeadquartersLongueuil, Quebec, Canada
Circulation143,992 homes each week
Sister newspapersLe Magazine de St-Lambert, Le Brossard Éclair, Le Journal de Saint-Hubert[2]
WebsiteLe Courrier du Sud (official website)

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  1. ^ a b Gagnon, Léo (January 7, 2010). "Le fondateur du Courrier du Sud, Jean-Paul Auclair, n'est plus" (in French). Brossard Eclair. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "Toute l'actualité à la une de votre journal local". Montérégie (in French). Hebdos Quebecor.
  3. ^ "Tirage 2009". Le Courrier du Sud. 2009.
  4. ^ Pratt, Michel. "Le Courrier du Sud". C'était hier (in French). Société historique et culturelle du Marigot. Archived from the original on November 8, 2009.

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