| Le Voyageur | |
| Type: | Weekly newspaper |
| Foundation: | June 12, 1968 |
| Owners: | Le5 Communications |
| Publisher: | Paul Lefebvre |
| Headquarters: | Sudbury, Ontario |
| Editor: | Julien Cayouette |
| Website: | www.levoyageur.ca |
Le Voyageur is a weekly community newspaper in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, serving the city's Franco-Ontarian community.
The newspaper was launched on June 12, 1968, shortly after the demise of the region's earlier francophone community newspaper L'Ami du peuple,[1] and is distributed throughout Northeastern Ontario.
In 2008, the paper hosted the national conference of the Association de la presse francophone du Canada.[2] In 2009, the paper expanded its web presence to publish daily news updates.[3] Then-editor Pascale Castonguay was also selected by the Alliance des radios communautaires du Canada and the Association de la presse francophone du Canada as a correspondent covering the 2010 Winter Olympics for over 250 francophone newspapers and radio stations across Canada.[4]
In 2011, the paper was purchased from its prior owners, Carole Dubé and Réjean Grenier,[5] by Le5 Communications, the owner of the city's francophone radio station CHYC-FM.[6] The transaction also made it a sister publication to L'Express de Timmins, which was launched by Le5 in 2010.
In 2013, Le5 merged the two publications into an expanded region-wide newspaper, covering Sudbury, Timmins, Chapleau, Wawa, Cochrane, Iroquois Falls, Kapuskasing, Hearst, West Nipissing, French River and the Timiskaming region, under the banner Le Voyageur — La voix du Nord.[7]