FP Newspapers Income Fund (TSX:FP.UN) says Winnipeg Free Press publisher Andrew Ritchie has resigned, effective immediately. The fund said Ritchie "will now be pursuing other interests."
Bob Cox, the newspaper's editor, has been appointed interim publisher.
The Winnipeg Free Press, owned by FP Canadian Newspapers Limited Partnership, publishes seven days a week, with an average seven-day circulation of about 124,000 copies.
Jovian Capital Corp. (TSXV:JVN) has named David Velanoff as president and CEO of its mutual fund dealer subsidiary Rice Financial Group Inc. Velanoff has held various senior positions over the last 30 years with a number of mutual fund dealers, investment dealers and insurance providers.
Jovian is a management and holding company with interests in a variety of financial service firms specializing in wealth and asset management. Its head office is in Winnipeg and its executive office in Toronto.
The Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council (MRAC) has hired Lindsay McDonald Dickson as project officer.
McDonald Dickson comes with extensive agricultural experience including recent employment with the Manitoba Pork Council.
McDonald Dickson succeeds Kristin Yaworski-Lowden, who takes the new position of value chain co-ordinator.
MRAC is a private, not-for-profit organization that provides funding for sustainable projects to advance the agriculture and agri-food industry in Manitoba. Its head office is in Winnipeg.
- with files from The Canadian Press.
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