Kevin Rollason
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Kevin is a National Newspaper Award winning journalist at the Free Press in Winnipeg who is always on the lookout for stories which interest and inform readers
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That present turned out to be a ring from Mary, sized from the wire he had sent a few months before.
Sarson said that while her dad opened the present, “he leaned back to sit down on a pail just as a shell came over and beheaded several of his men.”
Sarson said that while her dad opened the present, “he leaned back to sit down on a pail just as a shell came over and beheaded several of his men.”
On Remembrance Day, read about the experiences of one First World War soldier through the many letters he wrote to his sweetheart - later his wife - back home @winnipegfreepress.com www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Nov 2014: Letters from the trenches
Stanley Evan Bowen was just 20, and a few months from going to war, when he became smitten with 19-year-old Mary Irene McNair at a local church. Little did the couple know those brief months of courts...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
That present turned out to be a ring from Mary, sized from the wire he had sent a few months before.
Sarson said that while her dad opened the present, “he leaned back to sit down on a pail just as a shell came over and beheaded several of his men.”
Sarson said that while her dad opened the present, “he leaned back to sit down on a pail just as a shell came over and beheaded several of his men.”
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It's a wonderful tradition. My Uncle's lake is in Duck Mountain PP.
November 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It's a wonderful tradition. My Uncle's lake is in Duck Mountain PP.
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One of Manitoba's greatest traditions is honouring their fallen by naming lakes after them.
Proud to say there is a Makichuk Lake in the northwestern part of the province, commemorating my Uncle Mike, a Portage la Prairie boy KIA landing on Juno Beach with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles.
#RememberThem
Proud to say there is a Makichuk Lake in the northwestern part of the province, commemorating my Uncle Mike, a Portage la Prairie boy KIA landing on Juno Beach with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles.
#RememberThem
ICYMI: here is my Remembrance Day feature about the province’s monuments to past wars - including our living monuments @winnipegfreepress.com www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Our monuments, statues and memorials give form to honouring, grieving lives lost in war
Tucked at the end of a walkway, which dead-ends between the University Centre and the Helen Glass Centre for Nursing on the University of Manitoba campus, stands a monument in memory of students who n...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
One of Manitoba's greatest traditions is honouring their fallen by naming lakes after them.
Proud to say there is a Makichuk Lake in the northwestern part of the province, commemorating my Uncle Mike, a Portage la Prairie boy KIA landing on Juno Beach with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles.
#RememberThem
Proud to say there is a Makichuk Lake in the northwestern part of the province, commemorating my Uncle Mike, a Portage la Prairie boy KIA landing on Juno Beach with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles.
#RememberThem
On Remembrance Day, read about the experiences of one First World War soldier through the many letters he wrote to his sweetheart - later his wife - back home @winnipegfreepress.com www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Nov 2014: Letters from the trenches
Stanley Evan Bowen was just 20, and a few months from going to war, when he became smitten with 19-year-old Mary Irene McNair at a local church. Little did the couple know those brief months of courts...
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
On Remembrance Day, read about the experiences of one First World War soldier through the many letters he wrote to his sweetheart - later his wife - back home @winnipegfreepress.com www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
ICYMI: here is my Remembrance Day feature about the province’s monuments to past wars - including our living monuments @winnipegfreepress.com www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Our monuments, statues and memorials give form to honouring, grieving lives lost in war
Tucked at the end of a walkway, which dead-ends between the University Centre and the Helen Glass Centre for Nursing on the University of Manitoba campus, stands a monument in memory of students who n...
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
ICYMI: here is my Remembrance Day feature about the province’s monuments to past wars - including our living monuments @winnipegfreepress.com www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Hal Mauthe played varsity basketball at Isaac Newton School while coaching the girls’ teams. He later coached basketball and football teams to championships. He played for the Blue Bombers and is in both the MB Basketball and Sports Halls of Fame #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Hal Mauthe played varsity basketball at Isaac Newton School while coaching the girls’ teams. He later coached basketball and football teams to championships. He played for the Blue Bombers and is in both the MB Basketball and Sports Halls of Fame #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...
Ellen Vanstone played volleyball at the University of Winnipeg before taking journalism. She became an editor and award winning writer before writing for TV. She was a co-creator of the hit show Rookie Blue and worked on other shows #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Ellen Vanstone played volleyball at the University of Winnipeg before taking journalism. She became an editor and award winning writer before writing for TV. She was a co-creator of the hit show Rookie Blue and worked on other shows #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...
Betty Gyles was married to former chief provincial court Judge Harold, but she held her own in life. She was a nurse, a curler who was president of Highlander Curling Club’s womens’ league, and was known as the Pie Lady for her business #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...
November 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Betty Gyles was married to former chief provincial court Judge Harold, but she held her own in life. She was a nurse, a curler who was president of Highlander Curling Club’s womens’ league, and was known as the Pie Lady for her business #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...
David MacDonald died from complications of being bitten by a radioactive spider and then being a crime fighter battling with the criminal known as heart disease. When not Spider-Man, he was a mental health professional, artist and actor #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...
November 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
David MacDonald died from complications of being bitten by a radioactive spider and then being a crime fighter battling with the criminal known as heart disease. When not Spider-Man, he was a mental health professional, artist and actor #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...
Sometimes life deals you a bad hand and Kim Burtney got one. She was diagnosed with Creutzfeld-Jacob disease, which is fatal within 4 months to a year. The family thanks the medical and research teams for her complex diagnosis and care #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta....
November 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Sometimes life deals you a bad hand and Kim Burtney got one. She was diagnosed with Creutzfeld-Jacob disease, which is fatal within 4 months to a year. The family thanks the medical and research teams for her complex diagnosis and care #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta....
John Prentice was a legend in folk music here. He volunteered for 50 years at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, helped other folk festivals, hosted Planet MainStage on UMFM, and helped create the documentary “When We Became Folk Fest” #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...
November 7, 2025 at 12:10 AM
John Prentice was a legend in folk music here. He volunteered for 50 years at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, helped other folk festivals, hosted Planet MainStage on UMFM, and helped create the documentary “When We Became Folk Fest” #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...
Susan Hoplock’s happy childhood was marked with tragedy - her dad died when his Trans-Canada Air Lines flight crashed into a mountain when she was 10. She later worked in senior government positions and served two provincial premiers #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...
November 5, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Susan Hoplock’s happy childhood was marked with tragedy - her dad died when his Trans-Canada Air Lines flight crashed into a mountain when she was 10. She later worked in senior government positions and served two provincial premiers #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...
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I followed him as a writer when I lived in Winnipeg. Later I followed him on Twitter as had a new life on the Island. He was always so positive and so active. I was very sorry to hear of his Parkinson's but he maintained his fitness in spite of it for a long time. RIP.
November 4, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I followed him as a writer when I lived in Winnipeg. Later I followed him on Twitter as had a new life on the Island. He was always so positive and so active. I was very sorry to hear of his Parkinson's but he maintained his fitness in spite of it for a long time. RIP.
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Also an avid soccer ref!
November 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Also an avid soccer ref!
Marion Lewis got the Order of Canada for co-founding the Rh Lab and making a huge discovery: a treatment for Rh disease to reduce the mortality rate of babies with it from 50 per cent in the 1940s to almost zero in the developed world #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...
November 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Marion Lewis got the Order of Canada for co-founding the Rh Lab and making a huge discovery: a treatment for Rh disease to reduce the mortality rate of babies with it from 50 per cent in the 1940s to almost zero in the developed world #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...
Nick Martin was at both the London Free Press and Winnipeg Free Press - but it’s a whodunnit if he ever retired. It’s because, after being the education and legislature reporter, he continued to write a mystery book column until he died #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...
November 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Nick Martin was at both the London Free Press and Winnipeg Free Press - but it’s a whodunnit if he ever retired. It’s because, after being the education and legislature reporter, he continued to write a mystery book column until he died #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...
John Damianakos’ obit says he will be remembered for his honesty and hard work - and he also helped many people have Greek dinners. That’s because he was the J in the J&H Restaurant- his wife Helen was the H - formerly in St James #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...
November 3, 2025 at 3:26 AM
John Damianakos’ obit says he will be remembered for his honesty and hard work - and he also helped many people have Greek dinners. That’s because he was the J in the J&H Restaurant- his wife Helen was the H - formerly in St James #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...
Lyle Wilcox had a looong retirement. He worked at the CPR for 42 years and then was retired for 43 - “That can’t be right,” he said. Along the way he created the Railway Memories video series for Shaw Cable and was mayor of Lac du Bonnet #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...
November 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Lyle Wilcox had a looong retirement. He worked at the CPR for 42 years and then was retired for 43 - “That can’t be right,” he said. Along the way he created the Railway Memories video series for Shaw Cable and was mayor of Lac du Bonnet #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...
Christina Henderson went to residential schools in Camperville and Winnipeg. She was proud she was able to retain the Swampy Cree dialect - her first language - despite the efforts of the church and state to eradicate it #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...
October 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Christina Henderson went to residential schools in Camperville and Winnipeg. She was proud she was able to retain the Swampy Cree dialect - her first language - despite the efforts of the church and state to eradicate it #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...
Gerald Levin played the Sport of Kings. He was a skilled polo player internationally ranked for years. He was a founding member of the Royal Winnipeg Polo Club, played in international tournaments and was treasurer of the Canadian Polo Association #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...
October 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Gerald Levin played the Sport of Kings. He was a skilled polo player internationally ranked for years. He was a founding member of the Royal Winnipeg Polo Club, played in international tournaments and was treasurer of the Canadian Polo Association #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...
Ray Allan helped sell bread. He began working for McGavin’s Bakery in Winnipeg and rose to be its western regional sales manager for the Prairies. He then founded a distribution company for Mrs. Willman’s Bakery in Calgary until retiring #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...
October 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Ray Allan helped sell bread. He began working for McGavin’s Bakery in Winnipeg and rose to be its western regional sales manager for the Prairies. He then founded a distribution company for Mrs. Willman’s Bakery in Calgary until retiring #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...
Frank Czajka came here due to a bikini bottom. He worked at a club in Chicago when a Canadian dropped it leaving a change room - he picked it up, married her and later was a passionate volunteer who received the King’s Coronation medal #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...
October 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Frank Czajka came here due to a bikini bottom. He worked at a club in Chicago when a Canadian dropped it leaving a change room - he picked it up, married her and later was a passionate volunteer who received the King’s Coronation medal #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...
Yvonne ‘Cherry’ Chase may have left Jamaica to become a nurse here, but she brought her love of the Caribbean for others to enjoy. She was involved with Folklorama from its beginning in 1970 and served many roles with the Caribbean Pavilion #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...
October 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Yvonne ‘Cherry’ Chase may have left Jamaica to become a nurse here, but she brought her love of the Caribbean for others to enjoy. She was involved with Folklorama from its beginning in 1970 and served many roles with the Caribbean Pavilion #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...
Peter Spencer founded the drama program at River East Collegiate and, through the University of Manitoba, created drama programs across the province. He also founded the Kildonan Players and was instrumental in the creation of Shoestring Players #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...
October 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Peter Spencer founded the drama program at River East Collegiate and, through the University of Manitoba, created drama programs across the province. He also founded the Kildonan Players and was instrumental in the creation of Shoestring Players #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...
Mervin Slotta helped travellers have a place to stay. He and his wife ran hotels in rural Manitoba and Saskatchewan before operating Kenora’s Northland Hotel from 1963-88. They also owned the Flamingo Motel in Winnipeg from 1974-88 #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...
October 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Mervin Slotta helped travellers have a place to stay. He and his wife ran hotels in rural Manitoba and Saskatchewan before operating Kenora’s Northland Hotel from 1963-88. They also owned the Flamingo Motel in Winnipeg from 1974-88 #RIP passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-deta...