Our Mission
We provide exceptional community news, which is a necessity for a healthy, vibrant and flourishing community.
CORPORATE
CORPORATE
Great West Media Limited Partnership is a network of news outlets across Alberta. Headquartered in St. Albert, the company is co-owned by Jamison Newspapers and Glacier Media Inc, each holding a 50% investment.
Publishing newspapers in more than 40 Alberta communities, Great West Media also operates a 70,000 sq. ft. printing facility and runs nine dynamic news websites. We are committed to producing quality journalism, providing credible and reliable news both online and in print. We hold our readers in the highest regard, and we believe community-focused journalism builds trust with both readers and advertisers.
OUR COMMITMENT
OUR COMMITMENT
Great West Media’s primary focus is quality journalism. Our readers turn to us for credible, reliable information—both online and in print. We respect our readers deeply and know that advertisers benefit from our strong readership penetration in the markets we serve. Our team is dedicated to producing the best community newspapers and websites in the country—this commitment is the foundation of our company.
Corporate contact: info@greatwest.ca
LEADERSHIP
DUFF JAMISON
Chief Executive Officer
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As a second-generation publisher, Duff has been around newspapers all his life. He started as a carrier and inserter and made his way through photography, advertising make-up and advertising sales. After attending the University of Alberta, he returned to the Gazette as a reporter and later became the newspaper’s editor. In 1987 Duff took on the publisher’s role
Duff served many years on the boards of Alberta and Canadian community newspapers associations. He was president of AWNA in 1987 and CCNA in 1995. He remains active in both provincial and national associations working in government affairs and is currently a director of News Media Canada, the national voice of Canada’s news media industry.
His many years with the St. Albert Chamber of Commerce include a year as president in 1995. He is a founding director and currently Treasurer of the St. Albert Community Foundation, and is a past director of the Arts & Heritage Foundation and the Rotary Music Festival Society.
MURRAY ELLIOTT
Vice President, Great West Media
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Murray Elliott is based in Olds, Alberta. He began his newspaper career at the Airdrie Echo in 1992, launched the Olds Albertan in 1993, and acquired the Innisfail Province in 2000.
Murray is a shareholder in Great West Newspapers subsidiary Mountain View Publishing, Inc. which publishes the Olds Albertan, Innisfail Province, Sundre Round Up and Mountain View Gazette.
Murray is very active in his community. He has served, and is still active with many organizations including the Olds and District Chamber of Commerce, Uptowne Olds group, Olds Institute, and is a former Kinsmen. He is Past-President of the Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association and served several years on the board of the Canadian Community Newspapers Association.
TIM SHOULTS
Vice-President, Great West Media
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Tim Shoults is based in St. Albert as publisher of the St. Albert Gazette and Vice President for Great West’s northern division, with responsibility for the company’s Town and Country and Lakeland operations, covering nine different communities.
Tim has more than 25 years of experience in journalism as a reporter, editor, publisher and executive working with weekly and daily community newspapers across Western Canada. He has served his industry on the boards of the National Newsmedia Council of Canada, the Canadian Community Newspapers Association, the BC and Yukon Community NewsMedia Association and the BC Press Council and served the communities he has lived in through Rotary, Chambers of Commerce and many other organizations.
Tim completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Alberta’s Faculté Saint-Jean and his Master of Business Administration degree at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, B.C.
PATRICK CALLAGHAN
Chief Financial Officer
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Born and raised in Edmonton, Patrick Callaghan earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of Alberta and a Bachelor of Management from the University of Lethbridge. After graduation, he moved to Toronto where he worked in various accounting roles in the airline and healthcare industries. He earned his Certified Management Accountant designation in 2000.
In 2003, Patrick moved back to Alberta to join the Great West as controller, then VP Finance and Accounting before his appointment as Chief Financial Officer in 2018. At Great West his years of business experience serves the partnership well through his financial guidance in an ever changing media landscape.
EVAN JAMISON
VP Manufacturing
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As the third generation in the family business, Evan grew up around the newspaper industry. Starting with door-to-door paper deliveries as a young person, he then worked his way up through various positions within the printing plant.
After completing his B.Sc. at the University of Alberta, he returned to Gazette Press full-time as the Assistant Plant Manager and helped oversee the design and construction of Great West’s state of the art production facility. In 2012 he took over as Plant Manager and in 2018 was promoted to Vice-President Manufacturing.
Evan currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association.
PAUL ROCKLEY
Executive Adviser
Paul has been around newspapers his entire life. His grandfather helped start the first daily newspaper in Calgary in 1883 and soon after became owner of Albertan Job Press. Paul’s father spent 48 years in the business so Paul grew up in a printing shop. Paul became a journeyman pressman and later received a business diploma from Mount Royal College.
In 1978 Paul struck out on his own by purchasing The Claresholm Local Press. In 1989 he added The Okotoks Western Wheel. He has always been extremely active in any community he has lived in and has been involved with several service clubs and business associations. Recently, the Okotoks Chamber of Commerce presented Paul with the “Unsung Hero Award” for all the contributions he makes to the community. Several years of Alberta and Canadian Newspapers Association work brought Paul the opportunity to get involved with Great West Newspapers LP and he became Executive Vice President in 1995.
On his retirement in June 2015 Paul turned over the publishing duties at the Okotoks Western Wheel to his son Matt and responsibility for GWN operations in southern Alberta to Murray Elliott. When not attending to chores at his acreage or keeping warm in the Arizona sun he continues in a role as senior adviser to GWN.
