Val Werier | |
Birth Date: | 29 June 1917 |
Birth Place: | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Death Place: | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Nationality: | Canadian |
Occupation: | Journalist |
Employer: | Winnipeg Tribune Winnipeg Free Press |
Known For: | Environmental activism, newspaper columnist |
Mother: | Maria Werier |
Father: | Mischa Werier |
Valentine Werier, (June 29, 1917 – April 22, 2014) was a Canadian journalist for the Winnipeg Free Press and prior to its closing in August 1980, The Winnipeg Tribune. Werier was honoured with the Order of Manitoba in 2004[1] and the Order of Canada. He was born in Winnipeg in 1917.[2]
Werier died at the age of 96 on April 22, 2014.[3]