The original name on the masthead in the first issue on Thursday, 10 November 1887 was the Deloraine Weekly Times & Turtle Mountain and Souris River Gazette. This later changed to The Deloraine Times to compete more effectively with the Deloraine Advertiser. After the death of its founder, William Henry Daubney, in 1895 at the age of 35, his widow Florence carried on as publisher and editor for five years, perhaps the first woman in Manitoba to run a weekly newspaper. In 1919 it became the Deloraine Times and Waskada News, and in 1960 adopted the name of Deloraine Times and Star. It was designated as an MHS Centennial Business.
The newspaper closed in March 2020.
Period
Publisher
1887-1895
William Henry Daubney (c1860-1895)
1895-1899
Florence Edith Daubney (?-?)
1899-1911
George Paterson (1857-1923)
1911-1917
Percy Lacey
1917-1940
John Milton George (1887-1972)
Melford Scelden Watson (1890-1979)1940-1960
William Andrew Young Bourns (1886-1960)
1960-1968
George Derksen
1968-1979
Ernie Murias
1979-1983
Bill Potter
1983-1989
Miles Phillips
1989-20??
Ben Kroeker
20??-?
Corner Pocket Publishing Group
?-2020
Glacier Media Group
Period
Editor
?-?
John Clarke Henderson (1861-1943)
?-?
Dorothy Ridge
1983
Lorraine Dougall
1983-1989
Ben Kroeker
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Union Bank Building / Deloraine Times Building (109 North Railway Avenue, Deloraine, Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Deloraine War Memorial Arch (Kellett Street, Deloraine, Municipality of Deloraine-Winchester)
The Story of Manitoba’s Weekly Newspapers by Major A. M. Pratt, The Manitoba Weekly Newspapers Association, 1970.
“Southwestern Manitoba newspapers shut down,” Winnipeg Free Press, 21 September 2020.
We thank Janice McClelland for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 21 March 2025
