The first edition of the Plaindealer was issued at Souris on 7 April 1892, with George Selby Perry as publisher and A. T. Curtis as compositor. It was designated as an MHS Centennial Business.
The newspaper closed in March 2020.
Period
Publisher / Editor
1892-1893
George Selby Perry (1866-1948)
1893-1897
Thomas Dickie (1860-1935)
William Jack Barclay (1870-1955)1897-1912
William Jack Barclay (1870-1955)
1912-1966
Gordon Alexander McMorran (1885-1966)
1966-1977
Reginald Miller “Reg” Sanderson (?-1988)
1977-1987
Garth Edwin Stouffer (1929-1993)
1987-1991
Bill Sanderson, Jeanne Sutton, Shelley Ross
1991-2002
Shelley Ross
2002-?
Corner Pocket Publishing
?-2020
Glacier Media Group
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Barclay Building (35 Crescent Avenue West, Souris, Municipality of Souris-Glenwood)
“Western Canadian Editors,” Grandview Exponent, 24 February 1905, page 5.
“Local news,” Glenboro Gazette, 13 June 1912, page 1.
“Birthday congratulations to [W. J. Barclay],” Manitoba Free Press, 9 November 1912, page 47.
“Pioneer Manitoba newsman dies, 82,” Winnipeg Free Press, 10 September 1948, page 4.
The Story of Manitoba’s Weekly Newspapers by A. M. Pratt, Manitoba Weekly Newspapers Association, 1967, pages 661-662.
“Southwestern Manitoba newspapers shut down,” Winnipeg Free Press, 21 September 2020.
We thank Judith Hudson Beattie and Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 24 September 2022
