User:Auric/Western Sportsman (magazine)
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| Editor | David Webb |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Bimonthly |
| Publisher | KeyWest Marketing |
| Total circulation (2009) | 28,400 |
| First issue | ~1971 |
| Final issue | ~2018 |
| Country | Canada |
| Based in | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 0709-1532 |
Western Sportsman is a Canadian hunting and fishing magazine. It is published in Alberta.
Controversies[edit]
In their January-February 2010 issue[1], a story was published about a diver that was diving off Nanaimo and was “attacked by several squid and dragged to his death.”[2] The story has since been retracted. A correction was promised in the May-June issue.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Attack of the Giant Squid". Western Sportsman. Vol. 41, no. 6. January–February 2010. p. 10.
{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: date format (link) CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Bellaart, Darrell (April 7, 2010). "Man-eating squid off Nanaimo? Mayor demands Alberta magazine retract article". Nanaimo: The Victoria Times Colonist. Archived from the original on 10 Apr 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- ^ Scott, D.B. (April 7, 2010). "Giant squid story entangles Western Sportsman; accused of hurting dive tourism in Nanaimo". Canadian Magazines. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
External links[edit]
- westernsportsman.com Archived 10 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine