The Chatham Daily News

The Chatham Daily News has its origins in the Chatham Banner, which started in 1865 with John R Gemmill, the son of the owner of the Sarnia Observer. In 1900, the Banner became the Banner-News, and one year later, the Chatham Daily News. It absorbed the Chatham Planet in 1922 and continues to be published.

For more information on the history of Chatham newspapers, see Romantic Kent : more than three centuries of history, 1626-1952 by Victor Lauriston, a lawyer turned journalist who started at the Chatham Planet but had a long career with the Chatham Daily News.

Essay prepared by Art Rhyno