Valentine Werier, (June 29, 1917 – April 22, 2014) was a Canadian journalist for the

Winnipeg Free Press The ''Winnipeg Free Press'' (or WFP; founded as the ''Manitoba Free Press'') is a daily (excluding Sunday) broadsheet newspaper in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It provides coverage of local, provincial, national, and international news, as well as ...

and prior to its closing in August 1980,

The Winnipeg Tribune ''The Winnipeg Tribune'' was a metropolitan daily newspaper serving Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada from January 28, 1890 to August 27, 1980. The paper was founded by R.L. Richardson and D.L. McIntyre who acquired the press and premises of the old '' ...

. Werier was honoured with the Order of Manitoba in 2004 and the

Order of Canada The Order of Canada (french: Ordre du Canada; abbreviated as OC) is a Canadian state order and the second-highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit. To coincide with the cen ...

. He was born in Winnipeg in 1917. Werier died at the age of 96 on April 22, 2014.

References

External links

Val Werier - an inventory of his papers at the University of Manitoba Archives and Special Collections
{{DEFAULTSORT:Werier, Val 1917 births 2014 deaths Canadian newspaper journalists Members of the Order of Canada Members of the Order of Manitoba