This weekly newspaper based in St. James was founded in 1913 by Lewis Edwin Murphy. In 1962, it merged with the St. Vital Lance to become the St. James Lance but operated for less than a year before ceasing publication in February 1963.
Period
Editor
1913-1929
Lewis Edwin Murphy (1860-1937)
1915-1929
Lewis Edwin Murphy (1860-1937)
Luther Edwy Murphy (1860-1935)1929-1933
?
1933-1962
Alfred William “Bill” Hanks (1894-1985)
Reporter/Journalist
Period
Title(s)
J. Margot Brown Chester (1916-2010)
1950s
Charleswood Correspondent
Roger Newman (1935-2021)
1956-1958
Reporter
Garth Fenton Pickell (1918-2005)
1941-?
Columnist
Robert Neill “Bob” Waldon (1932-2020)
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See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Leader Building (1895 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg)
“Weekly newspaper to cease publication,” Winnipeg Free Press, 16 February 1963, page 10.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 30 October 2022
