The first edition of the Belmont News appeared in May 1903 and it was published at Belmont until late 1988. Equipment from the paper is on display at the Belmont and District Museum. Purchased in January 1989 by Earl and Joy Johnson, publishers of the Baldur Gazette, it became the Baldur Gazette-News.
Period
Publisher
1903-?
?
?-?
Annie Ferguson Playfair (1871-1947)
?-?
?
?-1952
David G. MacFarlane (1882-1952)
1952-1988
Gordon Ralph MacFarlane (1923-1988)
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Belmont and District Museum (Belmont, RM of Prairie Lakes)
The Story of Manitoba’s Weekly Newspapers by Major A. M. Pratt, Manitoba Weekly Newspapers Association, 1970, page 277.
About Us, The Baldur-Glenboro Gazette.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 5 September 2024
