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Lookout newspaper is CFB Esquimalt’s award-winning, community newspaper with a bi-weekly distribution of 2,000 printed copies with an online digital version that is boosted on our Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn each week.

Our newspaper reaches the more than 6,000 Canadian Armed Forces regular and reserve personnel serving with Canada’s Royal Canadian Navy on the West Coast. This community extends to include veterans and the families of serving members, not to mention the more than 2,000 civilian employees who work in support roles on the base.

In total, Lookout reaches more than 10,000 members of the local Defence Team.

Direct your advertising campaign to this well-read niche publication providing Canadian Navy news to those who serve.

For advertising inquiries, please contact our Advertising Sales Representative, Josh Buck, at military.base.advertising@gmail.com or 778-977-5433 or use the form provided.

Advertising Opportunities

Lookout Newspaper

Frequency: Bi-Weekly
Circulation: 3,000
Distribution: every Monday, Tuesday if Monday is a holiday
Format: Tabloid
Deadline for ads booking/art: Tuesday prior to press time on Friday
Average number of pages: 16
Frequency discount: yes
Front page lug ads: yes, subject to availability

Lookout Newspaper – Remembrance Day Edition

Frequency: Annually
Circulation: 3,000
Format: Tabloid
Deadline for ads booking/art: Tuesday prior to press time on Friday
Front page lug ads: yes, subject to availability

MARPAC Activity Guide

Frequency: Three times a year
Circulation: 3,000
Distribution: April, August and December
Format: Glossy cover, matte inside, saddle stitched
Average number of pages: 64
Deadline for ads booking/art: Two weeks before the product goes to press
Ad space available: Colour and Black and White

NATIONAL ADVERTISING – CF Base Newspapers

Purpose: Reach the million strong DND community across Canada
Distribution: Up to 16 bases newspaper – total 82,000 distribution per issue
Frequency: Varies on newspaper
Promotion: See rate sheet for details
Booking and art deadline: Two weeks before publication goes to press
Contract: A signed contract is required upon booking

CFB ESQUIMALT – WURTELE Hockey Arena

Purpose: Reach B.C.’s largest military base, seeing heavy traffic year-round. Intersection hockey, military fitness practice, regional and national hockey championships, adult league hockey, minor league hockey bookings.
Promotion: See rate sheet for details.