La Liberté (Canada)
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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Presse-Ouest Limitée |
| Founder(s) | Archbishop Louis-Philippe-Adélard Langevin |
| Associate editor | Sophie Gaulin |
| Staff writers | Morgane Lemée, Amandine Cange, Mathilde Errard |
| Founded | 1913 |
| Language | French |
| Headquarters | 420, rue des Meurons St. Boniface, Man. R2H 2N9 |
| Circulation | 6,200 |
| ISSN | 0845-0455 |
| Website | https://www.la-liberte.ca |
| Free online archives | http://la-liberte.mb.ca/celebrations-du-100e/la-liberte%20numerisee |
La Liberté (French pronunciation: [la libɛʁte], lit. 'The Liberty') is a Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada based newspaper founded on May 20, 1913 by Archbishop Adélard Langevin of Saint-Boniface.[1]
La Liberté is currently the only French-speaking provincial weekly newspaper in Manitoba.
History
[edit]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.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Manitoba Newspapers Listing". Histoire Manitobaine. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
- ^ Gwiazda, Woytek (May 23, 2013). "La Liberté: 100 yr old newspaper weekly celebrates with online archive". Radio Canada International. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
External links
[edit]- (in French) Official website
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