In 1959, Orson F. Wright and Abe Ostrey purchased The Pas Northern Mail newspaper, founded in 1928 as the first daily newspaper in northern Manitoba. Later incorporated as the Northern Publishing Company, with Wright as President, it published the Nickel Belt News at Thompson (1961) and The Pas Herald.
Period
Publisher
1928-c1945
?
c1945-1959
Robert John Taylor (1914-1991)
1959-?
Orson F. Wright (1903-1973)
?-?
William Douglas “Doug” McBride (1924-2003)
Period
Editor
?-?
Grant Wright (1936-2002)
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Northern Mail Building (114 Third Street West, The Pas)
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 4 December 2022
