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Free Press celebrates 150 years

JESSICA LEE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS The Winnipeg Free Press 150th exhibit opening night at the Winnipeg Art Gallery is photographed November 30, 2022. Liliane Trembley (in red) and Fletcher Smith look at old layouts. Reporter: ??

Readers help Free Press celebrate 150 years

Ben Waldman 6 minute read Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022

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Subscribers, contributors, supporters, and patrons of the Winnipeg Free Press gathered at the Winnipeg Art Gallery Wednesday night to celebrate the 150th birthday of a newspaper older than the city of Winnipeg itself.

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Free Press passes 150-year milestone with eye to future

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Free Press passes 150-year milestone with eye to future

Paul Samyn 5 minute read Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022

On this day 150 years ago, in a rented shack on Main Street, a long run began with a rickety hand-turned press that had arrived via ox cart at the junction of the Red and Assiniboine rivers.

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Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022

An archive photo outside the Free Press office. (Winnipeg Free Press files)
An archive photo outside the Free Press office. (Winnipeg Free Press files)

WAG exhibition investigates how newspapers have presented information over the past century and a half

Alan Small 9 minute read Preview

WAG exhibition investigates how newspapers have presented information over the past century and a half

Alan Small 9 minute read Friday, Nov. 25, 2022

A newspaper is supposed to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable, the saying goes.

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Friday, Nov. 25, 2022
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Building bonds through words and ideas for 150 years

Melissa Martin 8 minute read Preview

Building bonds through words and ideas for 150 years

Melissa Martin 8 minute read Friday, Nov. 25, 2022

We don’t always see the outcomes of our stories, but when we do it makes real the connection that otherwise is so hard to wrap our minds around, so hard to imagine beyond the theoretical.

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Friday, Nov. 25, 2022

Longtime Free Press subscriber, Doris Ames, reads the paper every day in her living room. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)
Longtime Free Press subscriber, Doris Ames, reads the paper every day in her living room. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)

Readers reflect on what the Free Press means to them

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Readers reflect on what the Free Press means to them

28 minute read Friday, Nov. 25, 2022

On the eve of the Free Press’s sesquicentennial, we asked readers to share what the newspaper means to them.

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Friday, Nov. 25, 2022

Kim Trethart has long had a fascination with newspapers, both new and old. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)
Kim Trethart has long had a fascination with newspapers, both new and old. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)

Become a Free Press Patron: secure a future for our independent journalism

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Become a Free Press Patron: secure a future for our independent journalism

Paul Samyn 5 minute read Friday, Oct. 21, 2022

When we began planning how to mark our 150th anniversary, I wanted to focus more on our future than our past.

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Friday, Oct. 21, 2022

The Free Press celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2022. (Mike Aporius / Winnipeg Free Press)
The Free Press celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2022. (Mike Aporius / Winnipeg Free Press)

As the Free Press marks 150, staff members reflect on what the newspaper means to them

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As the Free Press marks 150, staff members reflect on what the newspaper means to them

Winnipeg Free Press staff 23 minute read Friday, Oct. 14, 2022

As we mark our sesquicentennial, we invited 15 members of our newsroom to share with readers their thoughts on the role they play and the responsibility they feel to carry on the tradition that began in 1872.

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Friday, Oct. 14, 2022

Outside photo of the Winnipeg Free Press building at 1355 Mountain Ave. WInnipeg. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)
Outside photo of the Winnipeg Free Press building at 1355 Mountain Ave. WInnipeg. Ruth Bonneville/Winnipeg Free Press Aug 14, 2013

Bold beer to celebrate Free Press’s 150th anniversary

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Bold beer to celebrate Free Press’s 150th anniversary

Ben Sigurdson 7 minute read Friday, Oct. 7, 2022

There’s been plenty brewing in conjunction with the Free Press’ 150th anniversary: deep dives into the archives, reflections on the last century-and-a-half in the pages of the paper and online, a community cookbook (Homemade, by Free Press food and drinks writer Eva Wasney), a fall supper and even more to come.

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Friday, Oct. 7, 2022
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