Voice of the Fugitive
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Henry and Mary Bibb
1851
The Bulletin – Northwest Territories (Alberta), Frank Oliver, 1880
The Bulletin, first newspaper in Alberta, founded by Frank Oliver, December 6, 1880.
Portrait of Frank Oliver.
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Frank Oliver (1853–1933) founded the first newspaper in Alberta, The Bulletin. Born in Ontario, he travelled west to Alberta around 1876, and started publishing The Bulletin in 1880, which would later become The Edmonton Bulletin. Like Patrick Gammie-Laurie in Saskatchewan, Oliver was a staunch believer in British imperialism.
His career gradually shifted to politics, where he rose to prominence as Minister of the Interior and Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs under Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier. As Minister of the Interior, Oliver helped shape Canada’s Immigration Act, which restricted immigration based on ethnic origin.
As the Indian Agent, he enforced regulations that prevented Cree children and great-grandparents from leaving the reserves. He also campaigned for the expropriation of Indian reserve lands, leaving behind a legacy marked by controversy and injustices.
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Toronto Public Library. (1940). Canadian Book of Printing: How Printing Came to Canada and the Story of the Graphic Arts, Told Mainly in Pictures. Toronto Public Library, 61. Frank Oliver. (2009, August 28). In Manitoba Historical Society Archives. https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/features/timelinks/reference/db0076.shtml Hall, D. J. (2016). Oliver Frank (Francis Robert Bowsfield (Bossfield, Bousfield)). In Dictionary of Canadian Biography, 16. University of Toronto/Université. Laval https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/oliver_frank_16E.html.
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