Memorable Manitobans: The Nor-Westers

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In 1988, a group of noted Winnipeg journalists and others produced the book Torch on the Prairies: A Portrait of Journalism in Manitoba, 1859-1988, edited by Marjorie Earl. Its members and contributors were as follows.

Members

Eric Joseph Hampson Wells (1917-1993)

David Reginald “Dave” Bonner (1928-2006)

Roger Newman (1935-2021)

John Cochrane

Harry L. Mardon (1926-2004)

Ian Sutherland

Donald Leatham “Don” Aiken (1914-2004)

Scott Edmonds

William Henry “Bill” Metcalfe (1906-1990)

Joyce Meyer

Peggy Roberts

Ron Hill

Vivian Hay

Thora Gudrun Sigurdson Cooke (c1925-2012)

Margaret Anne “Marnie” Stewart (c1926-1995)

Garth Ross Taylor (1922-2002)

Charles Thompson

Brenda Joyce Dennis Leipsic (1942-2008)

David “Dave” Williamson

Alice Shewman Poyser (1933-2016)

Special Contributors

Eric Joseph Hampson Wells (1917-1993)

Vincent “Vince” Leah (1913-1993)

Eugene Louis “Gene” Telpner (1920-2005)

William Henry “Bill” Metcalfe (1906-1990)

Judy Hansen

Charles Thompson

Margaret Anne “Marnie” Stewart (c1926-1995)

Peggy Rogers

Thora Gudrun Sigurdson Cooke (c1925-2012)

Contents

Title

Subject

Author(s)

The Press Club: Beer and Uplift

Winnipeg Press Club

Christopher G. Dafoe

The Serpent in Eden

The Nor'Wester

Marjorie Earl

The New Nation

New Nation

Charles Thompson

The Old Lady of Carlton Street

Winnipeg Free Press

Elmer H. King

To Hell With Afghanistan

Winnipeg Tribune

Marjorie Earl

The Big Blue Bugle

Winnipeg Telegram

Marjorie Earl

Send Me a Kiss by Wire

Canadian Press

Scott Edmonds

Drawing and Quartering

Editorial Cartooning

 

The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of Scientific Witchcraft

Radio Broadcasting

Alice Poyser

Fourteen Thousand Words

News Photography

Frank Chalmers

And the Band Played On

Arts Criticism

Doug Whiteway

Spectator Sports Persons

Sportswriting

Barbara Huck

The Pink Flag of Courage

Winnipeg Citizen

Noelle Boughton

The Sun Keeps Shining

Winnipeg Sun

John Drabble

Down on The Farm

Agricultural Reporting

Garth Taylor

The Two Ton Pencil

Television Broadcasting

Judy Waytiuk

Twenty-two Tongues

Non-Anglophone Newspapers

Joyce Meyer

The Prairie Paper Trail

Community Newspapers

Don Aiken

Staying Alive in the Graveyard

Magazine Publishing

Roger Newman and Wally Kroeker

Of Lead and Lasers

Desktop Publishing

Kelly Armstrong

Sources:

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 26 December 2021

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