Publisher of Where Winnipeg dead

Brad Hughes, the well-known publisher of Where magazine in Winnipeg has died of cancer, it has been reported in an article in the Winnipeg Free Press, Hughes was editor-in-chief and co-owner with his wife Laurie of of the Fanfare Magazine Group which publishes Where Winnipeg, the international tourism bimonthly, the local food and entertainment glossy Ciao! and several travel industry service journals. He also co-founded the alternative paper Uptown magazine in 1987 (now subsumed into the Free Press).

He was prominent as a booster of downtown revitalization and of fine dining.; Hughes helped to found Tourism Winnipeg and he developed the prominent ad campaign 100 Great Reasons to Love Winnipeg.

"He never really cared about being in the spotlight," said his brother Kelly, owner of downtown's Aqua Books at the Eat! Bistro."He always just wanted to make Winnipeg a better place."

Sharon McAuley, the Vice-president and Group Publisher of Where and its franchises (owned by St. Joseph Media), said: "Brad had a profound impact on his many friends and colleagues at Where, as well as in the tourism and hospitality industry in Winnipeg."