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Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Thanks Thomas for your kind words - I hope by talking to them - about what they were going through - I could not only help change things for them but help others.

Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Ha! Let me know if you are ever passing through the Peg - take care!

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Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Me too Tyler - thanks for the kind words … and Legend is so close to … Lego!

Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Thanks! It’s amazing how fast the years have gone by!

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Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Thanks Oly! It was wonderful that I could let so many people know about the wonderful work you do and the lives you touch. take care and let’s get coffee some time

Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Thanks Andre! Been a few years - and many stories by both of us - since a few university newspaper journalists like myself stayed at your place while at a CUP conference. Take care!

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Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

And I would be remiss if I didn’t thank my boss for his kind words: winnipegfreepress.com/briefings/toas…

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Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I’ve gone on for too long but - hey - it has been 41 years in journalism. I’m hoping I helped make a difference in your lives and it is now time for the younger generations to carry the torch. For a final time: -30-

Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

And, while the reporter writes the stories, a whole team of editors and photographers, as well as other production staff, advertising sales people, and many others helped ensure my stories got into your hands, whether in the physical newspaper or web site

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Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I want to thank the 1000s of people who I interviewed through the years - not all happy about it - who helped me write the stories and, of course, the 1000s of readers who buy the paper - we wouldn’t be here, and I wouldn’t have had a job to do what I did, without them

Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

After court, I interviewed the defence counsel and, for my final question, I asked if she was doing anything Friday or Saturday night. We’ve now been married 33 years

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Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Fun story: when I covered the Law Courts I did a story about how a judge, Crown attorney, and defence counsel all came together to give a thief who was a mom a break.

Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Sad that my career began with the search for Candice Derksen and ends with still no one serving time in prison for her death - thinking of her mom Wilma

Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Reading thousands of obits through the years, to find the lives of interesting people, so we could spotlight them in news stories or on the front of our Passages section or in my newsletter proving everyone has a story

Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Pennies from Heaven, Miracle on Mountain, Sunshine Fund, Philanthropy page - stories which raised funds or gave a pat on the back to many worthy organizations and people helping many

Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Interviewing every Manitoba Premier, starting with Howard Pawley, every Winnipeg mayor, starting with Bill Norrie, and questioning every Prime Minister, starting with Brian Mulroney - I only missed Carney

Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I am in awe of the many many people who agreed to speak to me after their loved ones died tragically, on what was the worst day of their lives. They trusted me to let people know their loved ones were far more than a statistic and I thank them

Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I gave readers a window into my youngest daughter’s life, and my family’s love for her, as she faces the challenges of living with multiple disabilities - these stories struck a chord with readers and many I interviewed would ask about her

Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Bowen’s letters were so detailed I was able to turn them into a years long Twitter/X project with what he was doing 100 years to the day - you can still find it @SignedStanley on X (was before Bluesky)

Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I wrote many features for Remembrance Day for which I was honoured by the Royal Canadian Legion. One was about Stanley Bowen, a soldier who sent hundreds of letters back to his sweetheart from the trenches of the First World War.

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Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I was working the night when news about a Swissair jet going down in the Maritimes was slow in coming, I began phoning and was linked by shore radio to fishermen who - while the national news wire was reporting people were being rescued - told me all they were seeing were bodies

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Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Writing about how the city’s then-fire chief was testing response times by crews - and potentially endangering citizens- by calling in false alarms himself. He had his wrist rapped for that one

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Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Trying unsuccessfully to convince a woman lacking home care not to end her life with MAID before she allowed the story to run was a very sad one

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Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Dog shoots man then saves him - not only did the National Enquirer pick it up, but how I handled the story actually made it into a Canadian journalism textbook

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Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

But many other stories come to mind through the years. A partial list and a few thoughts:

Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

The story changed how waiting room patients are monitored and I was also honoured for it by the Hillman Foundation, the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians, and with the Joan Hollobon Award.

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Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Along the way I won a national newspaper award, the Canadian equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize, for chronicling what was happening in the ER the weekend Brian Sinclair was ignored to death

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Kevin Rollason @fpkevinrollason.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

But some things didn’t change: I always strived to be fair and balanced and help shine a light on things to help people. The power of journalism to make change is the same now as it was then