The Globe and Mail | History & Facts | Britannica
The Globe and Mail, daily newspaper published in Toronto, the most prestigious and influential news journal in Canada. The paper’s origins can be traced to a liberal newspaper, The Globe, founded in 1844 by a Scottish immigrant, George Brown, and to The Mail, later the Mail and Empire, a conservative paper founded by John A. Macdonald in 1872. The two papers competed until 1936, when George McCullagh bought The Globe. Less than a month later, he bought the Mail and Empire and merged the two as the independent newspaper, The Globe and Mail. The Globe and Mail sees its role