The Columbia Valley Pioneer

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he Columbia Valley Pioneer has a verified print run of 8,000 copies (verified by SunMedia in Calgary). And when the valley gets busy, we increase our circulation even more. That’s more than double any other local weekly newspaper!

The Pioneer is hand-delivered to 100 valley locations and 2,000 copies are distributed to 100 locations in Calgary (see locations).

Remember to look for the bright yellow racks!

Display Advertising Information & Rates | Classified Advertising

How we can help | Deadlines | Payment | What we need from you

How we can help

Our production staff are skilled at creating advertisements that will help your business. We have access to many design elements and graphics that will help us build an advertisement. We can advise you on the most effective colours and layouts to get your message across.

If you need help with your advertisement, please call Dave Sutherland or Bob Friesen at (250) 341-6299.

For your real estate and automotive needs: call Bob Friesen (250) 341-6299.

Email us or send us your advertising specifications at:

Fax us your advertisements at: (250) 341-6229.

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Our Deadlines

The Columbia Valley Pioneer is printed in Calgary and distributed in the valley on Friday mornings.

Due to our tight printing and distribution schedule, all deadlines must be strictly enforced.

Our advertising deadlines are as follows:

Book your space before Monday noon for the following Friday.

Send us your material before Monday at 5 p.m.

If you require a proof, you will receive it before Tuesday noon.

Please review your proof and make changes before Tuesday at 5 p.m.

If you require a second and final proof, sign off by 10 a.m. Wednesday. (Because of our deadlines, you will not receive more than two proofs).

If we do not hear from you by 10 a.m. Wednesday, your advertisement will NOT appear in the newspaper and you will NOT be invoiced.

The deadline for CLASSIFIED advertisements is noon every Tuesday.

Please Note: We urge you to book your space and have your material to us on the previous Thursday or Friday for the following week’s paper. That way you will be ensured of having sufficient time to review your proof and make changes, if necessary.

The Pioneer will make every effort to return your proof to you within one business day.

Thank you for your cooperation.

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Paying for your Advertisement

You will be invoiced for your advertisement at the end of each month.
Interest at 2 percent monthly on unpaid balances will be added to your invoice after 30 days.
Click here to view payment options.
A tear sheet (one page from the newspaper with your advertisement) will be sent if requested.
You may also view your advertisement free of charge at www.columbiavalleypioneer.com/read.html.
If you have any questions, please call our Accounting Department at (250) 341-6299.

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What we need from you

Reproducing photographs:

The Pioneer can reproduce photographs of any size, in colour or black-and-white. We do not require the negative, but we can copy transparencies, negatives or slides.

We will accept a copy of the photograph on paper, or you can e-mail a digital photograph to us at:

Reproducing logos:

If you have a company logo you would like to include in your advertisement, the best quality will be achieved if you provide a digital copy to us.

If someone else created your logo, please ask the designer to send us a copy by e-mail, or bring it to us on a disk.

Reproducing words:

For the worded copy of your advertisement, please make sure it is typed or printed as clearly as possible to avoid any errors. We will attempt to find and correct any mistakes but we ask that you please doublecheck your proof before signoff.

Accepted electronic formats:

InDesign Mac (images and fonts included), Illustrator, press-ready PDFs, image files such as TIFF, JPEG, and GIF (high-resolution).
We do not accept Publisher files.

Click here to upload files

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