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10 unusual facts about Winnipeg Free Press


18 to Life

Brad Oswald of the Winnipeg Free Press said there is "plenty of next-door comedy" however he found the premise "simply isn't believable".

Boeing Canada

Later that month, Boeing Canada Technology in Winnipeg was also named one of Manitoba's Top Employers, which was announced by the Winnipeg Free Press newspaper.

Independent candidates, 1953 Manitoba provincial election

On May 30, 1953, the Winnipeg Free Press reported that Mabon had allegedly sought support for his candidacy from the local Progressive Conservative association, and received a strongly worded letter in response indicating that no support would be forthcoming.

Isabel Atkinson

Four years after her mother's death she moved to Saskatoon where she was able to publish her social concerns, in newspapers such as the Star-Phoenix and the Winnipeg Free Press which went on to print her extracts in pamphlets.

Mr. Pine

The resulting debut album, The Gift of Wolves, was released in April, 2006 on their independent label Whiskey Lad Recordings, to great acclaim from the Winnipeg Sun and the Winnipeg Free Press who hailed the album as a "mini-masterpiece".

Olive Dickason

She began a 24-year career in journalism at the Regina Leader-Post and subsequently, worked as a writer and editor at the Winnipeg Free Press, the Montreal Gazette, and the Globe and Mail.

Robert Sopuck

He chaired the board of the Manitoba fisheries development group known as the Fish and Lake Improvement Program for the Parkland Region and is the hunting and outdoors columnist for the Winnipeg Free Press.

Sheldon Oberman

He wrote columns and freelance articles for the Winnipeg Free Press and published children's songs, stories and poems in a number of magazines, journals and anthologies.

Wilbert James Tinkler

(iv) that which is physically possible and desirable must be made financially possible (Source: Winnipeg Free Press, 6 June 1953).

Winnipeg Free Press

In 1920, the Free Press took their newsprint supplier before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council for violating the WWI War Measures Act.


CKUW-FM

Alumni from CKUW that have used their radio experience in the job field include former MuchMusic VJ Bradford How, 92.1 CITI-FM Morning Show Host Joe Aiello, Winnipeg Free Press Columnist Jill Wilson, CBC Producer and DJ Sarah Michaelson (aka Mama Cutsworth), radio personality Alan Cross and Power 97 CJKR-FM Music Director Casey Norman.

Montreal Star

After McConnell's death, the Montreal Star was acquired by Toronto-based FP newspaper group, which also owned The Globe and Mail and the Winnipeg Free Press.