The Beacon Herald
The Beacon Herald is a daily newspaper published in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. The paper serves the area of Perth County, Ontario.
History
The paper was established in 1923 from the merger of two local papers, the Stratford Beacon Weekly and Stratford Weekly Herald.The paper is the survivor of several other papers in Stratford:Stratford Mirror, 1920s to 1940sStratford Times, 1964 to 1976Stratford Weekly News, 1979 to 1980
The paper was owned by the Dingman family until it was acquired by Sun Media in 2000 and, in turn, by Postmedia in 2015.