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This Brandon-based daily newspaper was founded in 1881 by William James White. The first edition was printed on 19 January 1882. The paper was sold in 1987 to FP Canadian Newspapers Limited after having been owned by three generations of the Whitehead family.
Year(s)
Address
1881-1883
?
1883-?
12th Street between Rosser and Princess avenues, Brandon
?-c1899
?
c1899
Fleming Block, Rosser Avenue at Eighth Street, Brandon
c1899-1905
?
1905-1965
24 Tenth Street, Brandon
1965-2022
501 Rosser Avenue, Brandon
2022-?
800 Rosser Avenue, Brandon
Period
Publisher
1881-1884
William James White (1850-1940)
1884
C. H. Beaton
1884-1897
William James White (1850-1940)
1897-1900
?
1900-1903
Joseph Alexander Osborne (1861-1948)
1903-1937
Joseph Blyth Whitehead (1865-1941)
1941-1961
Ernest Christie Whitehead (1895-1961)
1961-1987
Lewis Davidson “Lew” Whitehead (1926-1996)
1987-?
?
?-2011
Ewan Pow
2011-2016
Eric Lawson
2016-2022
Jim Mihaly
Period
Managing Editor
?-?
Matt Goerzen
Period
City Editor
1894-1897
Joseph Alexander Osborne (1861-?)
1897-1900
Gilbert Daniel Wilson (1863-1900)
1900-1912
Philip Purcell (1865-1939)
Executive
Period
Title(s)
Howard Leslie “Krug” Crawford (1892-1959)
?-?
Managing Editor
Frederick George McGuinness (1921-2011)
1966-1987
Associate Editor
Winnifred Eugena Scriver Moore (1910-2003)
1960-?
Women's Page Editor
Garth Edwin Stouffer (1929-1993)
1967-1969
News Editor
1969-1977
Associate Editor
Reporter/Journalist
Period
Title(s)
Stephen Henry Champ (1937-2012)
1960-?
Lorne Avery Chapple (1920-2000)
1964-?
Fredrick Joseph “Fred” Cleverley (c1927-2010)
?-?
Trent Gardiner Frayne (1918-2012)
1933-?
Paul Alan George Grescoe (1939-2023)
?-?
Roger Newman (1935-2021)
1958-1959
Reporter
Kathleen Joan Moreland “Kay” Rowe (1910-1995)
1945-1980s
Freelance columnist
Haroon Siddiqui
1968-1978
Reporter
Ted Wyman (c1966-2024)
1992-1993, 1996-2003
Reporter
Photographer
Period
Dirk Aberson
1976-1988
Bruce Bumstead
?
Colin Corneau
?
Pam Doyle
1988-1992
Boris Minkevich
c1992
Keith Morison
?
Desmond Murray
1989-1991
James O'Connor
c1987
Ward Perrin
c1989
Greg Southam
19880-?
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Brandon Sun Building (24 Tenth Street, Brandon)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Brandon Sun Building (501 Rosser Avenue, Brandon)
“The Brandon Sun. Founded 95 years ago, The Sun grows with Brandon,”Brandon Sun, 18 January 1977, page 5.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 12 November 2024
