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:
The paper was owned by the Dingman family until it was acquired by Sun Media in 2000 and, in turn, by Postmedia in 2015.