Read all about it: Free Press turns 138 today !
11/30/2010 at 12:52 PM
November 30, 1872 – The first edition, Volume 1 Number 1, of the Manitoba Free Press rolls off the presses from a small building near present-day James Avenue and Main Street in Winnipeg
(On November 9th a small free edition was distributed to promote the launch).
To read the entire first edition go here:
http://manitobia.ca/cocoon/launch/en/newspapers/Manitoba%20Free%20Press/1872/11/30/Olive
More on today in Manitoba history, including a Canadian aviation pioneer from Stockton MB...
http://thiswaswinnipeg.blogspot.com/2010/11/nov-30-happy-birthday-freep-losing.html