Established on 1 January 1883 by brothers Peter and John Moodie, the Gladstone Age was the oldest weekly newspaper in Manitoba (a few months older than the Minnedosa Tribune) when, in 1981, it was sold to Vopni Press of Portage la Prairie. In 1988, the newspaper merged with the Portage Leader and MacGregor Herald to form the weekly Leader Herald Press.
Period
Editor and Publisher
1883-1890
Peter H. Moodie (?-?)
John Moodie1891-1892
J. M. Grover
1892-1893
F. Armstrong
1893-1896
W. A. Myers
1896-1900
J. K. Hall
1900-1902
E. Downing
1902-1905
H. J. Newman
1905-1920
G. P. Minaker
1920-1938
Roy Christopher Fahrni (1884-1958)
1938-1969
Arthur Eric MacLennan (c1912-1985)
1969-1981
Kenneth Benvie Morrison (1921-1986)
1981-1988
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“1883 to 1957,” Gladstone Age Press, 17 July 1957, page 10.
The Story of Manitoba’s Weekly Newspapers by Major A. M. Pratt, Manitoba Weekly Newspapers Association, 1970.
Obituary [Arthur Eric MacLennan], Winnipeg Free Press, 2 June 1985, page 22.
Obituary [Kenneth Benvie Morrison], Winnipeg Free Press, 13 November 1986, page 72.
“300 years of newspaper history ends,” Winnipeg Free Press, 18 July 1988, page 2.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 23 August 2024
