The Winnipeg Free Press is a daily broadsheet Broadsheet is the largest of the various newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages . The term derives from types of popular prints usually just of a single sheet, sold on the streets and containing various types of matter, from ballads to political satire. The first broadsheet newspaper was the Dutch Courante uyt Italien, newspaper A newspaper is a publication containing news, information, and advertising. General-interest newspapers often feature articles on political events, crime, business, art/entertainment, society and sports. Most traditional papers also feature an editorial page containing columns that express the personal opinions of writers. Supplementary sections in Winnipeg Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, in south central Canada, near the eastern edge of the Canadian Prairies, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers (a point now commonly known as The Forks). Winnipeg is the primary municipality in the Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba (pronounced /ˌmænɨˈtoʊbə/ ) is a prairie province in Canada and has an area of 649,950 square kilometres (250,900 sq mi). Manitoba is bordered by the provinces of Ontario to the east and Saskatchewan to the west, the territory of Nunavut to the north, and the US states of North Dakota and Minnesota to the south. Manitoba also has a. Founded in 1872, as the Manitoba Free Press, it is the oldest newspaper in western Canada Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean. It is the world's second largest country by total area and shares the world's longest common border with the United States to the south and northwest. It is the newspaper with the largest readership in the province.
The Free Press is regarded as the newspaper of record Newspaper of record is a term that may refer either to any publicly available newspaper that has been authorized by a government to publish public or legal notices, or any major newspaper that has a large circulation and whose editorial and news-gathering functions are considered professional and typically authoritative for Winnipeg and Manitoba. It also provides coverage of national, international, sports, business, and entertainment news. Various consumer-oriented features such as homes and automobiles appear on a weekly basis. The newspaper's main competition is the Winnipeg Sun, a daily tabloid A tabloid is an industry term which refers to a smaller newspaper format per spread; to a weekly or semi-weekly alternative newspaper that focuses on local-interest stories and entertainment, often distributed free of charge ; or to a newspaper that tends to sensationalize and emphasize or exaggerate or sensational crime stories, gossip columns whose circulation is less than half as large.
The Manitoba Free Press was launched November 30, 1872, by William Fisher Luxton and John A. Kenny. Luxton bought a press in New York and they rented a shack at 555 Main Street, near the present Main and James Street corner.
The Free Press is a newspaper of liberal orientation. Its motto was and remains "Freedom of Trade, Liberty of Religion, and Equality of Civil Rights." It became a leading daily and its sister weekly, the Prairie Farmer, became the most widely circulated farm weekly in Canada. Of 20 newspapers that started in Manitoba between 1859 and 1890, only the Free Press survived.
In 1874 the enterprise moved to a new building on Main opposite St. Mary Avenue. In 1882 it moved to a building on McDermot Avenue east of Main Street, stayed there until 1900, and then moved to a new address on McDermot and Albert Street. Because of its growth it moved in 1905 to a four-storey building at Portage and Garry. In 1913 the paper occupied the building at 300 Carlton St. and remained there for 78 years, becoming known as the old lady of Carlton Street. In 1991 the Free Press moved to its present location at 1355 Mountain Avenue in the Inkster Industrial Park.
About 1892, control of the Free Press passed to Clifford Sifton. From 1901 to 1944, John Wesley Dafoe served as editorial writer, editor-in-chief and president, earning a reputation as one of Canada's leading journalists. Dafoe fought for Western issues such as breaking the C.P.R.'s monopoly in the Prairies and lower freight rates. He actively promoted Dominion status and autonomy for Canada. In 1931 the name of the Manitoba Free Press became the Winnipeg Free Press. For much of the 20th century, the paper's main competition was the Winnipeg Tribune, a broadsheet that opened in January 1890 and was shut down by its then owner, the Southam chain, in August 1980.
In 1979 the paper was purchased by the Thomson Corporation's The Thomson Corporation was one of the world's largest information companies. Thomson was active in financial services, healthcare sectors, law, science & technology research, and tax & accounting sectors. The company operated through five segments : Thomson Financial, Thomson Healthcare, Thomson Legal, Thomson Scientific, and Thomson Tax & stable of Canadian newspapers, which included the Globe and Mail The Globe and Mail is a Canadian English language nationally distributed newspaper, based in Toronto and printed in six cities across the country. With a weekly readership of 935 000, it is Canada's largest-circulation national newspaper and second-largest daily newspaper after the Toronto Star and is widely described as Canada's newspaper of of Toronto. It was acquired from Thomson in 2001 by FP Canadian Newspapers Limited Partnership, which also owns the Brandon Sun.
According to Canadian Newspaper Association figures, the newspaper's average weekday circulation for the 6 month period preceding March 31, 2006 was 119,082. This figure was 161,925 on Saturdays, and 114,966 on Sundays.
2008 Winnipeg Free Press Strike
At noon on Monday, October 14 (Thanksgiving Day Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day , on the second Monday in October, is an annual holiday to give thanks at the close of the harvest season. Although some people thank God for this bounty, the holiday is mainly considered secular), 1,100 employees went on strike at 1355 Mountain Ave. The strike ended 16 days later, on Wednesday, October 30, with the paper resuming publication the following day, Thursday, October 31.
Free Press Archive
Various databases exist that provide past editions of the Free Press:
- ProQuest — May 1 May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 244 days remaining until the end of the year, 2006 2006 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar–current (full text), 1981–April 30 April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 245 days remaining until the end of the year, 2006 2006 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (index only)
- Fpinformart.ca — May 21, 2002-present.
- Factiva.com
- NewspaperArchive.com — 1874–1981 - (newspaper image)
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