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''24 Hours'' and ''24 Heures'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''24H'') is a chain of free daily newspapers published in Canada. A French edition is published in Montreal by Quebecor Media, while two English editions are published in Toronto and Vancouver by Postmedia (acquired from Quebecor in 2015). Editions previously published in Ottawa, Calgary, and Edmonton ceased publication in 2013. ==History== In 2000, Metro International launched its free daily ''Metro'' newspaper in Toronto, eventually expanding with local editions across Canada. In Toronto, the ''Toronto Sun'' and ''Toronto Star'' scrambled to launch their own free dailies, Sun Media's ''FYI Toronto'' and Torstar's ''GTA Today''. In mid-2001, ''GTA Today'' had merged with ''Metro'' and in October of the same year Sun Media ceased publication of ''FYI Toronto''. However, as the ''Toronto Sun'' itself had been largely dependent on sales to commuters the success of ''Metro'' ate into its market share and in 2003, Sun Media re-entered the giveaway market with the launch of ''24 Hours'' in Toronto. The Montreal paper was originally called "Metropolitan" and had a large lowercase "m" as its logo but became ''24 Heures'' in 2005. On November 14, 2006, ''24 Hours'' launched two new editions in the Ottawa Valley area—an English edition published in Ottawa, and a French edition published in Gatineau. The Gatineau version stopped publishing on May 9, 2008. The Vancouver edition of ''24 Hours'' was a joint venture of Sun Media and the Jim Pattison Group; Pattison sold his share of the Vancouver edition in 2007. In fall 2009, ''24 Hours'' and ''24 Heures'' were given an extensive makeover.〔(Your World Changes in 24 Hours - So Do We! New Look and New Content for 24 Hours )〕 The paper was given the alternative name ''24H''; while ''24H'' is short-form for "24 Hours" in French, the name was applied to all editions. The paper's color scheme changed for the Montreal edition, from black and yellow to blue and orange, to match the other editions' colors. At one point, the family of publications under the ''24 Hours'' / ''24 Heures'' banner had exclusively used a lower case "h" in its name. It is now used interchangeably with an uppercase "h". As of January 3, 2011, the Montreal edition of ''24 H'' had reached an agreement with the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) for exclusive distribution in the underground Montreal métro network, replacing the ''Metro'' newspaper.〔(The 24 heures newspaper will be distributed in Montréal’s métro network as of January 2011 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「24 Hours (newspaper)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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