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James H. Gray
James Henry Gray, (August 31, 1906 – November 12, 1998) was a Canadian journalist, historian and author. Born in Whitemouth, Manitoba, he moved to Winnipeg with his parents in 1911. In 1922, he dropped out of public school and went to work at the Winnipeg Grain Exchange as a messenger. Over the next eight years, he worked at the Exchange as an office clerk, bookkeeper, statistician and grain trader. He was laid off in 1930 because of the Great Depression, and spent the next four years on unemployment relief. During that time, he upgraded his education by reading library books on politics, religion and economics, with a view to becoming a freelance writer. In 1933, after two years of trying, he finally sold a freelance article to the ''Winnipeg Free Press''. Two years later, he was hired on as a full-time reporter. He worked there until 1947 as a city hall reporter, editorial writer and Ottawa correspondent. He left the paper because he didn't want to write articles support ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitemouth, Manitoba
Whitemouth is a community in the Rural Municipality of Whitemouth, located in southeastern Manitoba, Canada. The community is named after the Whitemouth River. It was established in 1905 along the main Canadian Pacific Railway line. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ..., Whitemouth had a population of 387 living in 166 of its 189 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 303. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. References {{Manitoba-geo-stub Designated places in Manitoba Unincorporated communities in Eastman Region, Manitoba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |