Star and Times

Since 1900, the Swan Valley Star & Times' aim has been to report, with integrity, on the events and issues which relate to the Swan River Valley On Thursday, Jan. 11, 1900, the first edition of the Swan River Star was published by the editor, W.H. Glendinning, although that does not coincide with information from a book - "The Story of Manitoba's W... eekly Newspapers", by Major A.M. Pratt, which states that The Star was published in 1899. However, in copies of the Jan. 11, 1900, edition, from the Provincial Archives, W.H. Glendinning wrote the following in his first editorial: Believing that the residents of the Valley and business men of the Swan realize the importance of having an exclusively home paper and that it will be accorded a generous support, we have the pleasure of presenting you with the very first issue of The Swan River Star. The price will be $1.00 or $1.50 at the end of the year. W.H. Glendinning published The Star until 1908 when it was sold to Andrew Weir. The Swan Valley Times, another newspaper in Swan River, published its first issue on June 11, 1920. By Aug. 20, of that same year, the circulation was 800. Mr. J.H. Noble was writer for that paper and on Friday, Aug. 20, 1920, a mutual agreement was made by Mr. Noble and Mr. A.S. Weir, proprietor of The Swan River Star, whereby that paper and the Times were amalgamated and the paper was published under the heading of The Swan River Star and Valley Times. On April 18, 1922, a fire consumed a number of businesses including the building containing The Star and Times plant, at a loss of $4,000. For the present, The Star and Times was published from the office of The Swan River Star, directly opposite the post office on Fifth Avenue. Mr. Noble edited The Star until his death Nov. 14, 1926. The business was then taken over by his daughter and her husband, Garnet Earl Thompson. In the paper dated March 7, 1928, it makes reference to three important business deals which materialized last week, when The Star and Times changed its place of business ...Read More