Winnipeg Free Press Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Timeline== '''November 30, 1872:''' The ''Manitoba Free Press'' was launched by [[William Luxton|William Fisher Luxton]] and John A. Kenny.<ref name="History">{{cite web|title=History|url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/history.html|work=Winnipeg Free Press|access-date=12 May 2020}}</ref> Luxton bought a press in [[New York City]] and, along with Kenny, rented a shack at 555 [[Winnipeg Route 52|Main Street]], near the present corner of Main Street and James Avenue.<ref name="MHS">{{cite web|title=Winnipeg Free Press (Manitoba Free Press)|url=http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/business/freepress.shtml|last=Goldsborough|first=Gordon|date=11 April 2020|website=Manitoba Historical Society|orig-year=19 November 2011|access-date=12 May 2020}}</ref> '''1874:''' The paper moved to a new building on Main Street, across from St. Mary Avenue.<ref name="MHS"/> '''1882:''' Control of the ''Free Press'' was passed on to [[Clifford Sifton]].<ref name="MHS"/> The organization subsequently moved to a building on McDermot Avenue, where it would remain until 1900.<ref name="MHS" /> '''1900''': The paper moved to a new address on McDermot Avenue at Albert Street.<ref name="MHS"/> '''1901:''' [[John Wesley Dafoe]] served as president, [[editor-in-chief]], and editorial writer for the ''WFP'' until 1944.<ref name="MHS"/> '''1905:''' The newspaper moved to a four-storey building at [[Winnipeg Route 85|Portage]] and Garry.<ref name="MHS"/> [[File:Winnipeg Free Press Building.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Historic ''Free Press'' building on Carlton]] '''1913:''' The newspaper moved to 300 Carlton Street and would remain there for 78 years.<ref name="MHS"/> '''1920:''' The ''Free Press'' took its newsprint supplier before the [[Judicial Committee of the Privy Council]] for violating the [[War Measures Act]] during [[World War I]]. The newspaper won the case, known as ''[[Fort Frances Pulp and Paper v Manitoba Free Press]]'', as the court determined that whether the [[state of emergency|state of national emergency]] continued after the war was a political matter for [[Parliament of Canada|Parliament]].<ref>{{Cite BAILII|litigants=Fort Frances Pulp and Paper v Manitoba Free Press|link=Fort Frances Pulp and Paper v Manitoba Free Press|court=UKPC|year=1923|num=64|format=1|juris=Ontario|parallelcite=[1923] AC 695, [1923] UKPC 64|date=25 July 1923}}</ref> '''December 2, 1931:''' The paper was renamed the ''Winnipeg Free Press''.<ref name=MHS/> '''1991:''' The ''Free Press'' moved to its current location in the Inkster Industrial Park, a {{CAD|150 million|link=yes}} plant<ref name=History /> at 1355 Mountain Avenue.<ref name=MHS/>[[File:Rear Side of Winnipeg Free Press Building.jpg|thumb|right|264x264px|Former newspaper headquarters on Carlton Street]]'''December''' '''2001:''' The ''Free Press'' and its sister paper, ''[[Brandon Sun]]'', were bought from [[The Thomson Corporation|Thomson Newspapers]] by FP Canadian Newspapers Limited Partnership.<ref name="History" /> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page