ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi θɹˈiː, hiː fˈaʊndᵻd ænd ˈɛdɪɾᵻd ðə ɹᵻdʒˈiːnə lˈiːdɚ, ðə fˈɜːst nˈuːzpeɪpɚɹ ɪn ɐsˈɪnɪbˌɔɪə, wˌɪtʃ kˈæɹid hɪz diːtˈeɪld ɹᵻpˈoːɹts ʌvðə wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi fˈaɪv tɹˈaɪəl ʌv lˈuːi ɹˈiːl.
In 1883, he founded and edited the Regina Leader, the first newspaper in Assiniboia, which carried his detailed reports of the 1885 trial of Louis Riel.