Journalist.
Born in 1896, her journalism career began at the Winnipeg Telegram where she was Society Editor (1918-1920). She then worked for the Winnipeg Tribune (1920-1921) before moving to the Manitoba Free Press as a general assignment reporter. After a year spent at the Detroit Times and another year working in Saskatoon, in 1931 she returned to the Free Press as Women’s Editor. She held the position until retirement in 1959 although she continued to take writing assignments. On 22 May 1926, she married journalist Charles Ernest L'Ami at Winnipeg and they had a son, Charles Francis Allan L'Ami (1932-2023). She served on the St. James Library Board and the St. James Scholarship Foundation. She died at her St. James home on 1 June 1978 and was buried in the St. James Anglican Cemetery.
Marriage registration [Charles Ernest L'Ami, Christina Pearl Drescoll], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Free Press’s Pearl L'Ami dies here,” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 June 1978, page 37.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 2 June 1978, page 42.
“Pearl L'Ami,” Winnipeg Free Press, 6 June 1978, page 50.
Obituary [Charles Francis Allan L'Ami], Winnipeg Free Press, 17 June 2023.
Christina Pearl Driscoll L'Ami, FindAGrave.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 7 October 2026
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