Welcome to the new Windspeaker

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I would like to take this opportunity to welcome Windspeaker's faithful readers to our new monthly publication. First of all, I would like to clarify the reasons why we decided to publish on a monthly basis.

The first impression some readers may have had is that Windspeaker has gone to a monthly format because of financial restraints.

Fortunately this is not the case, although because we are funded through advertising and subscription, some of the reason has to do with finance.

When Windspeaker went national almost two years ago, we had a vision of providing a publication that would offer more to our readers than just news.

With the amount of advertising revenue we generated over the past two years, we were only able to publish 20-24 pages an issue. This provided for a basic publication that offered three pages of news, then a page each for editorial, letters, and opinion, a regional section, career section, and if there was room left, sports and entertainment.

We wanted to provide our readers with a broader range of information and entertainment, such as business, sports, culture, and the arts. But because of space limitation we just were not able to provide the type of publication that would offer the full range of topics requested by our readers.

An example of some of the special features we want to cover is this month's focus on housing and Nunavut. Readers will also notice our expanded entertainment section, featuring music reviews as well as interviews with stars and those aspiring to stardom.

Another concern that has been raised is how subscriptions will be honored. Subscribers paid prior to January 1995 will receive the number of issues they paid for, this meaning, if their subscriptin was for 26 issues they will receive Windspeaker over 26 months.

All new subscriptions will be for 12 issues over 12 months. Remember, you won't be getting less, you'll be getting much more coverage for your money!

In closing, I would like to thank our loyal subscribers and advertisers who have supported us over the past 12 years - we look forward to serving you for another 12.