In July 1885, the Virden Advance newspaper was founded by C. J. Atkinson and edited by Walter Henry Hall. Twenty years later, in July 1905, the first edition of the Virden Empire by published by John Alexander McLachlan and Colin S. McLelland. The two papers merged in September 1907 to form the Virden Empire-Advance, which is still published today.
Period
Publisher-Editor
1885-1896
Walter Henry Hall (1858-1906)
1896-1899
David J. Benham (1874-1949)
Edward Henry Garrison (1862-1928)1899-?
William James Kennedy (1857-1912)
?-1907
John Grant Rattray (1867-1944)
1905-1947
John Alexander McLachlan (1869-1947)
1947-1969
John Rundle McLachlan (1911-1969)
1969-?
Donald Wilbur “Bill” McLachlan (1919-?)
?-2024
Glacier Media Group
2024-?
Ken and Christine Waddell
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Empire Publishing Building (300 Nelson Street West, Virden)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Old Post Office Building (221 Nelson Street West, Virden)
The Story of Manitoba’s Weekly Newspapers by Albert Maurice Pratt, Manitoba Weekly Newspapers Association, 1970.
A History of the Virden Empire-Advance, compiled and edited by Nicole Lebeau-Pringle, The Empire Publishing Company, 1982.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 23 August 2024
