Barbara Huck
Inducted 1994
Primary Outlet
Winnipeg Free Press
Originally from outside Manitoba, Barbara Huck eventually made Winnipeg her home and built a groundbreaking career in sports journalism.
Huck began her journalism career with roles at CJOB and CBC, but her entry into sports reporting came with a call from Hal Sigurdson at the Winnipeg Free Press. There she covered a wide range of sports, including curling, volleyball, track and field and the 1976 Winter Olympics in Austria.
After a successful tenure in the newsroom, Huck stepped away from daily journalism, noting the fleeting nature of newspaper work.
“You write for newspapers, and they’re gone,” she said.
Although Sigurdson later convinced her to return for a few more years, she ultimately shifted her focus to a different kind of storytelling through books rooted in history.
With a history degree from the University of Manitoba, Huck co-founded Heartland Associates with her husband, Peter St. John. Together, they travelled across the province and beyond, researching and co-authoring books that explored Canada’s landscapes and past. Her works include Kisiskatchewan: The Great River Road, In Search of Ancient Alberta, Ancient Heartland, and Exploring the Fur Trade Routes of North America: Discover the Highways that Opened a Continent.
In 1981, she earned the YMCA-YWCA Women of Distinction Award.
Outside of her work in media and publishing, Huck is a proud mother of four and shares a lifelong passion for storytelling and history with her husband and writing partner.
Barbara Huck was inducted into the Manitoba Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association Media Roll of Honour in 1994, making her the first female sports journalist to receive that distinction.
Huck began her journalism career with roles at CJOB and CBC, but her entry into sports reporting came with a call from Hal Sigurdson at the Winnipeg Free Press. There she covered a wide range of sports, including curling, volleyball, track and field and the 1976 Winter Olympics in Austria.
After a successful tenure in the newsroom, Huck stepped away from daily journalism, noting the fleeting nature of newspaper work.
“You write for newspapers, and they’re gone,” she said.
Although Sigurdson later convinced her to return for a few more years, she ultimately shifted her focus to a different kind of storytelling through books rooted in history.
With a history degree from the University of Manitoba, Huck co-founded Heartland Associates with her husband, Peter St. John. Together, they travelled across the province and beyond, researching and co-authoring books that explored Canada’s landscapes and past. Her works include Kisiskatchewan: The Great River Road, In Search of Ancient Alberta, Ancient Heartland, and Exploring the Fur Trade Routes of North America: Discover the Highways that Opened a Continent.
In 1981, she earned the YMCA-YWCA Women of Distinction Award.
Outside of her work in media and publishing, Huck is a proud mother of four and shares a lifelong passion for storytelling and history with her husband and writing partner.
Barbara Huck was inducted into the Manitoba Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association Media Roll of Honour in 1994, making her the first female sports journalist to receive that distinction.