 Then in 2003, "The Herald" became the first weekly publication in Saskatchewan to offer electronic subscriptions of their newspaper, a feature which provides a portable document file (pdf) version of the paper.This gave readers anywhere in the world the opportunity to receive "The Herald" the same day as subscribers in Whitewood.In 2001 and again in 2003, "The Whitewood Herald" took part in ComBase, one of the largest media studies in the world.