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September 24, 1977. The final issue, Vol.4 No. 34, was published August 23, 1978, when the strips returned to the
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320:& Sherbrook Street) to hold Winnipeg's largest billboard. It read, " With the Trib, it's Winnipeg. First." The billboard was designed by the advertising firm Martel-Stewart Ltd., and was larger than any that had been billboard seen in Winnipeg; it was also the largest in
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Tribune will give its last radio concert next Friday night. It will then dismantle its radio equipment and retire permanently from the broadcasting
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telephone system was installed for advertisers and subscribers to use when they called. This allowed direct dialing without requiring the person to contact the switchboard operator first.
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archives and special collections holds a collection of over 500,000 photographs, 250,000 newspaper clippings arranged into morgue files, and microfilm copies of the newspaper.
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launched a radio station, CJNC-AM, that broadcast on the frequency 410 kHz and closed down a year later, on March 9, 1923. Said the station manager at the closing:
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