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Manitoba Business: Springfield Leader

This weekly newspaper was established in October 1945 by Bill Hanks.

Publishers

Period

Publisher

1945-1954

Alfred William “Bill” Hanks (1894-1985)

1954-?

Dennis G. Crook (?-2016)

?-?

Garth Fenton Pickell (1918-2005)

Sources:

The Story of Manitoba’s Weekly Newspapers by Major A. M. Pratt, The Manitoba Weekly Newspapers Association, 1970, pages 61-71.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 30 October 2022
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