Mr. McGuinness has been a publisher and vice-president of Southam Press and vice-president and editor of the Brandon Sun. He has been a freelance writer for Reader’s Digest and CBC, and a weekly columnist for community newspapers. He served for 17 years as commentator on rural life for Peter Gzowski’s CBC radio show “Morningside”. After 15 years as writer-commentator for the weekly CBC radio show, “Neighbourly News from the Prairies,” he was invited to write a print version. It continues now, in its 21st year. It appears in 65 community newspapers. He has authored several books on social history.
He received the Order of the Buffalo Hunt for being an “interpreter of the rural scene” and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by Brandon University for his work as a rural activist. He also received the McWilliams Gold Medal for best Manitoba history book of 1985. He is a director of the International Peace Gardens, Chair of the Building Committee of Keystone Centre, Chair of the Employment Preparation Project, a training centre for Aboriginal single mothers, and a director of the Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba among others.
