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William Henry Metcalfe
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Journalist.
Born at Portage la Prairie on 7 February 1906, he was educated at the University of Wisconsin where he captained the hockey team. He was a reporter for the Winnipeg Free Press (1931-1940) and was head of the newsroom at CBC Radio in Winnipeg (1940-1947). He served as President of the Winnipeg Press Club in 1935. He was Managing Editor of the Winnipeg Citizen (1947-1949), Winnipeg Free Press (1952-1959), and Ottawa Journal (1959-1972). He retired in 1972 and returned to Winnipeg in 1975. He was a member of The Nor'Westers (1988). His autobiography was published as The View from Thirty (1984). He died at Winnipeg on 22 January 1990.
Birth registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Distinguished journalist William Metcalfe dies,” Winnipeg Free Press, 24 January 1990, page 9.
Dictionary of Manitoba Biography by John M. “Jack” Bumsted, Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1999.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 25 November 2023
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