' () is a Swiss French-language daily newspaper, published in Sion, Valais, by the publishing company ÃÂditions Le Nouvelliste SA. A regional newspaper for the Valais canton, it was established in 1903 in Saint-Maurice by Charles Haegler. At first, it was published three times a week, then became a daily newspaper in 1929.
The paper was founded by Charles Haegler, the paper's editor-in-chief in 1903 in Saint-Maurice as the , aiming to cover all of the Valais Canton. Its first issue was printed 17 November 1903. The paper was conservative and Catholic in orientation. The paper was published three times a week until 1928, after which it became a daily, the first Valais paper to do so.
Haegler was succeeded by André Luisier ad editor-in-chief in 1949, who merged the paper with another paper from Saint-Maurice, , together forming the , which after 1960 was printed in Sion. This paper then merged with the in 1968, to form the , renamed in 2005 . Starting in 1971, it was the first Swiss daily paper to print using four-color offset printing.
It is printed by Rhône-Média Group. It is the main paper in the Valais canton, alongside the German language Walliser Bote. In 2008, it had a print run of 42,614. It is published by ESH Médias.