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Ruth M. McVeigh
Ruth (Major) Jones McVeigh, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, has been a writer most of her life. She worked at the Halifax Herald and Mail as a cub reporter and developed a couple of by-line columns.
...view moreRuth (Major) Jones McVeigh, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, has been a writer most of her life. She worked at the Halifax Herald and Mail as a cub reporter and developed a couple of by-line columns.
She wrote entertainment reviews for the Toronto Star, feature articles for Halifax and Toronto newspapers and Western Living Magazine as well as book review and opinion columns for B.C. weeklies.
She was editor of Family Pages and Entertainment Guide for the Campbell River Courier and Upper Islander and in addition to being a general reporter for the North Island Gazette, wrote the Tourist Guide for the North Island.
Author of two non-fiction books: Fogswamp (published 1976 by Hancock House) and Close Harmony (published 1984 by Theytus Books).
Founder of the Mariposa Folk Festival, 1961, now Canada’s oldest.view less