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

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This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 26 December 2021

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