to take effect in March 2015 that would exchange a dozen British Columbia newspapers that consolidated ownership of competing community papers on Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland. Black Press obtained Harbor City Star, Nanaimo Daily News, Cowichan Citizen, Parksville Oceanside Star, Tofino/Ucluelet Westerly News, Comox Valley Echo, Campbell River Courier, Surrey Now and Langley Advance. In 2018, Black Press sold the Akron Beacon Journal to Gatehouse Media and acquired the Juneau Empire and two other papers in Alaska from Gatehouse. In March 2021, Black Press purchased Northern News Services Limited of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, which publishes five newspapers in the Northwest Territories and two in Nunavut. Daily newspapers Black Press owns two major metropolitan daily newspapers in the United States, and several dailies as part of its community newspaper chains in the Canadian and U.S. Pacific Northwest. Major dailies Honolulu Star-Advertiser (Honolulu, Hawaii) The Herald (Everett, Washington) Community dailies Cranbrook Daily Townsman of Cranbrook, British Columbia: part of BC Interior Division Kimberley Daily Bulletin of Kimberley, British Columbia: part of BC Interior Division Peninsula Daily News of Port Angeles, Washington: part of Sound Publishing Red Deer Advocate of Red Deer, Alberta: flagship of the Prairie Division Trail Daily Times of Trail, British Columbia: part of BC Interior Division The Garden Island of Lihue, Hawaii: part O'ahu Publications Incorporated Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News, British Columbia Defunct dailies Honolulu Advertiser: purchased February 2010, merged four months later into Star-Advertiser Honolulu Star-Bulletin: purchased 2001, merged with Advertiser in 2010 King County Journal of Kent, Washington: purchased November 2006, closed two months later Nelson Daily News of Nelson, British Columbia: purchased July 2010, closed two weeks later Prince Rupert Daily News of Prince Rupert, British Columbia: purchased July 2010, closed two weeks later Community newspapers Black Press is the largest publisher of newspapers in British Columbia and in Washington state. It also owns several weeklies associated with its daily properties in Alberta and Hawaii. Alberta Black Press owns the daily Red Deer Advocate and several neighboring weekly newspapers in Central Alberta, in addition to various local tourism and lifestyle publications. Newspapers in Black's Prairie Division are: Bashaw Star Castor Advance Eckville Echo Ponoka News Red Deer Advocate Red Deer Express Rimbey Review Stettler Independent Sylvan Lake News British Columbia Black's original acquisitions form the core of the 320,552-circulation BC Interior Division, whose holdings extend 1,360 km from Trail near the Washington border to