March 1 marks the launch of a new-lookFree Press with a new national and world section and business pages in the print edition.

We’ll be replacing the existing Canada World pages with a special six- to 10-page section of national and world news, commentary and analysis from the best journalists in the Postmedia network.

Starting Tuesday, you’ll be able to find columnists such as John Ivison, Robert Fulford, Matthew Fisher and Christie Blatchford in the new section, a partnership with our colleagues at the National Post.

NP in The London Free Press follows successful launches in cities such as Windsor and Ottawa and we’re excited to share the beautifully designed section with Londoners and our neighbouring communities.

In addition, there will be more financial news from the first-rate journalists of theFinancial Post, which you may recognize more readily as FP.

In the Free Press, you will find stories about the economy, markets and financial advice under the banner FP London.

The addition of new sections will result in some regular features being moved and we will alert you to those changes when they occur.

The changes have no effect on the quantity or quality of the strong local journalism you have come to expect from the Free Press, including coverage of the local business community.

Local news coverage will continue to have pride of place at the front of our “A” section every day.

That section, and others you are already familiar with such as Sports and Today, will also show off a new look March 1 when we introduce an updated design and layout to the print edition.

Since theFree Press joined the Postmedia family more than 10 months ago, we have been making improvements to content.

Now this layout and design restores the roots of the Free Press in a classic broadsheet look, a format which better accommodates in-depth reporting and eye-catching photography from our award-winning Free Presswriters and photographers.

The changes to the look and feel of the newspaper improve readability with a bigger font size in the text of stories and use of more classic broadsheet headline styles.

But one thing doesn’t change: The best place for you to find the London region’s essential local news of the day? The front page of the Free Press and our homepage online at lfpress.com.