Canada Wide Media Limited co-founder and CEO Peter Legge purchased a ten-cent magazine in 1976 and grew it into one of Canada’s most successful print and digital media companies. Canada Wide Media now employs more than 130 media professionals and is the largest independently owned magazine publishing company in Western Canada. Canada Wide Media Limited prints 15.5 million magazines a year, caters to more than six million readers, is Canada Post’s third-largest client in Western Canada, produces 48 different printed and online products and is committed to using environmentally friendly paper and vegetable-based inks. Over the years, the company has donated millions of dollars in products, services, and advertising space to a wide range of charities.