''La Liberté'' is a
Winnipeg
Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749 ...
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Manitoba
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, Canada based newspaper founded on May 20, 1913 by Archbishop
Adélard Langevin
Louis Philippe Adélard Langevin (August 23, 1855 – June 15, 1915) was a Canadian Oblate priest and Archbishop of Saint-Boniface. He founded the La Liberté newspaper published in Manitoba on May 20, 1913.
Life
Langevin was born in Saint-Is ...
of
Saint-Boniface.
''La Liberté'' is currently the only French-speaking provincial weekly newspaper in
Manitoba
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.
History
In 1970, the publication was taken over by Presse-Ouest Limitée which is owned by the francophone cultural organization la Société Franco-Manitobaine (SFM). Its headquarters are at 123 Marion Street in St. Boniface.
The newspaper celebrated its 85th anniversary in 1998. It has a staff of ten people. In 2013, ''La Liberté'' celebrated a hundred years of news in Manitoba, ''en français''.
See also
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List of newspapers in Canada
This list of newspapers in Canada is a list of newspapers printed and distributed in Canada. Daily newspapers
Local weeklies
Alberta
* Airdrie – '' Airdrie Echo''
* Bashaw – '' Bashaw Star''
* Bassano – '' Bassano Times''
* Beaumont � ...
References
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Weekly newspapers published in Manitoba
French-language newspapers published in Canada
Newspapers established in 1913
1913 establishments in Manitoba
Franco-Manitoban culture
Newspapers published in Winnipeg
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