Manitoba Business: Brandon Sun (original) (raw)

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This Brandon-based daily newspaper was founded in 1881 by William James White. The first edition was printed on 19 January 1882. The paper was sold in 1987 to FP Canadian Newspapers Limited after having been owned by three generations of the Whitehead family.

Business Locations

Year(s) Address
1881-1883 ?
1883-? 12th Street between Rosser and Princess avenues, Brandon
?-c1899 ?
c1899 Fleming Block, Rosser Avenue at Eighth Street, Brandon
c1899-1905 ?
1905-1965 24 Tenth Street, Brandon
1965-2022 501 Rosser Avenue, Brandon
2022-? 800 Rosser Avenue, Brandon

Publishers

Period Publisher
1881-1884 William James White (1850-1940)
1884 C. H. Beaton
1884-1897 William James White (1850-1940)
1897-1900 ?
1900-1903 Joseph Alexander Osborne (1861-1948)
1903-1937 Joseph Blyth Whitehead (1865-1941)
1941-1961 Ernest Christie Whitehead (1895-1961)
1961-1987 Lewis Davidson “Lew” Whitehead (1926-1996)
1987-? ?
?-2011 Ewan Pow
2011-2016 Eric Lawson
2016-2022 Jim Mihaly

Managing Editors

Period Managing Editor
?-? Matt Goerzen

City Editors

Miscellaneous Editors

Executive Period Title(s)
Howard Leslie “Krug” Crawford (1892-1959) ?-? Managing Editor
Frederick George McGuinness (1921-2011) 1966-1987 Associate Editor
Winnifred Eugena Scriver Moore (1910-2003) 1960-? Women's Page Editor
Garth Edwin Stouffer (1929-1993) 1967-1969 News Editor
1969-1977 Associate Editor

Reporters/Journalists

Reporter/Journalist Period Title(s)
Stephen Henry Champ (1937-2012) 1960-?
Lorne Avery Chapple (1920-2000) 1964-?
Fredrick Joseph “Fred” Cleverley (c1927-2010) ?-?
Trent Gardiner Frayne (1918-2012) 1933-?
Paul Alan George Grescoe (1939-2023) ?-?
Roger Newman (1935-2021) 1958-1959 Reporter
Kathleen Joan Moreland “Kay” Rowe (1910-1995) 1945-1980s Freelance columnist
Haroon Siddiqui 1968-1978 Reporter

Photographers

Photographer Period
Dirk Aberson 1976-1988
Bruce Bumstead ?
Colin Corneau ?
Pam Doyle 1988-1992
Boris Minkevich c1992
Keith Morison ?
Desmond Murray 1989-1991
James O'Connor c1987
Ward Perrin c1989
Greg Southam 19880-?

See also:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Brandon Sun Building (24 Tenth Street, Brandon)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Brandon Sun Building (501 Rosser Avenue, Brandon)

Sources:

“The Brandon Sun. Founded 95 years ago, The Sun grows with Brandon,”Brandon Sun, 18 January 1977, page 5.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 17 November 2023