Frank Magazine is a noted Canadian scandal sheet and satirical magazine. The original Frank was published in Halifax, Nova Scotia in November, 1987 focusing on the private lives of the rich and famous in the Maritimes. It later expanded and now puts out a central Canadian edition that sells far more copies than the Maritime version. The magazine profiles the goings on amongst Canada's wealthy, politicans, and media figures.
Since Canada's mainstream media have always been extremely reluctant to pry into the personal lives of politicians and other notables, Frank often covers material that is found nowhere else. All articles in Frank\ are published anonymously, but many of them are written by writers for more mainstream media outlets who have discovered some scandalous detail.
Since Frank mostly contains gossip, not all of its stories are verifiable. Frank has broken a number of notable stories, however. They were the first to publish the tale of Mel Lastman's wife's shoplifting arrest, and they broke the stories of sexual abuse that saw former Nova Scotia premier Gerald Regan eventually go to jail.
Frank does not accept any advertisements or government funding, relying only on subscriptions and newsstand sales for its revenue.
