The Globe began as a weekly newspaper on March 5, 1844, edited by George Brown, a Presbyterian immigrant from Scotland by way of New York City, where he and his father had edited newspapers. In August 1844, it began to be printed on the first cylinder press in Canada West. The press was able to print 1,250 papers in one hour, many more than the old Washington hand press which could only produce 200 an hour.
The Globe started as a weekly newspaper on March 5, 1844, edited by George Brown, a Presbyterian immigrant from Scotland via New York City, where he and his father had edited newspapers. In August 1844, it began to be printed using the first cylinder press in Canada West. The press could produce 1,250 papers per hour, significantly more than the old Washington hand press which could only print 200 an hour.