Advertising terms

Booking a placement

A booking begins when you contact us with the placement you want and your preferred dates. It is confirmed once our advertising coordinator sends written confirmation naming the edition, episode or start week, and the price from our published rate card.

Creative deadlines

For the Weekday Brief Newsletter Credit, your 40-word note is due at least two business days before the first confirmed edition. For the Trailhead Audio Sponsor Stone, your briefing call is scheduled at least five business days before the first confirmed episode, with the script approved at least two business days before recording. For the Cairn Partner Stack, sidebar creative and the Q&A interview are scheduled during the planning call at the start of the six-week run.

Approval process

Our editor reviews all sponsor copy, scripts and sidebar creative before it publishes or airs, for length, clarity and compliance with our acceptable-use rules. You approve the final script or copy before it runs; once approved, changes may not be possible if they would delay the confirmed edition or episode.

Make-goods

If a confirmed mention is missed or published incorrectly because of an error on our part, we offer a make-good: an equivalent mention in the next available edition or episode, at no extra charge. Make-goods are our first response to a delivery problem; a refund under our Payment & refund policy is offered where a make-good is not practical or not wanted.

Editorial independence from advertising

Advertising and editorial decisions are made separately at Cairnpost. Our editor and community correspondent choose what to report on its own merits; booking a placement does not entitle an advertiser to influence news coverage, and declining to advertise does not affect how a business is covered in our reporting. Every sponsor mention, sidebar unit and partner-labelled article is clearly identified as advertising, distinct from our news content.

Late creative

If creative is not received by the deadlines above, we may run the confirmed slot with a plain sponsor credit instead of full creative, or move the mention to the next available edition or episode, at our discretion.

Payment

Invoices are issued on booking confirmation and are payable before the first confirmed edition or episode runs, unless otherwise agreed in writing.

Changes to these terms

We may update these terms from time to time; the date at the top of this page reflects the most recent change.

Contact

Email [email protected], call +1 306-546-6200, or write to 1874 Scarth Street, 2000, Regina, SK S4P 4B3.