Brampton Conservator marks seventy five year anniversary edition
The Brampton Conservator celebrates its 75th anniversary with a 92 page four color edition covering Brampton and Peel County. The Charters family led the paper for most of its history, with Samuel Charters guiding for over fifty years and C V Charters and R M Charters continuing the legacy. The edition highlights social and industrial progress, rich imagery, and readers’ appreciation for a long standing local newspaper.
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Sensible daylight saving proposal for uniform peacetime start
The Senate faces a bill to start and end daylight saving on the same day nationwide with railways conforming to the standard. The Financial Post notes the current system caused widespread confusion as different regions began and ended at varying times, unlike wartime uniform adoption.
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Financial Post
Canada
Oshawa Daily Times Gazette Receives Ryerson Student Experiments
The Oshawa Daily Times Gazette welcomed Ryerson Institute students who gained practical experience by writing and producing an issue of the paper. The note acknowledges the staff's effort in managing many students in printing and journalism.
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Oshawa
Ryerson Institute Expands Practical Courses In Canada
The Ryerson Institute of Technology opens new practical courses extending beyond technical and high school levels. The venture fills a long felt need in industry and partners with Oshawa plants to apply student theories in real work, boosting Canadian craftsmanship and efficiency.
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Ryerson Institute of Technology
Oshawa
Ryerson Institute
Canada weekly newspapers urge sales tax fairness
The Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association, 564 papers strong, asks Ottawa to revise sales tax on paper used by weeklies. They argue equal treatment with magazines and weekend papers, noting 8 percent tax on weekly paper, but none on magazines or many others, harming rural weeklies and advertising receipts.
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Canada
Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association
Dominion
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Christmas season rush as trees cross regional lines
Editorial notes that Christmas is near with two weeks until December 25. The piece urges shoppers to act now amid shortages and recalls past Christmas Eve shopping. It highlights a record Christmas tree export, with about eight million trees total and New Brunswick and Nova Scotia contributing roughly three million, mainly from Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia.
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Financial Post
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Quebec
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British Columbia
Recollections of Acton 1899 News Notes
A fragment from Acton reminiscences cites December 1899 as a warm fall day with 34 degrees at noon. It records the sale of land Lot 22 Con ird to William Newton, Manitoba connections of Alex and William Wardle, depot changes at GT station and the loss of James Clark from municipal council.
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GT Station
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Messa
GTR
Acton
James Clark
Miller
A J Currie
Ospeinge
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Huntle
Acton News Briefs Highlight Elections and Local Notices
In Acton District 1929 elections saw a modest vote with the school board contested and John McDonald, E Beswick, and Mrs A F Havin elected. Judge and Mrs H P Moore celebrated golden wedding day amid many well wishers. Also reported is a marriage notice for Mamie Leone Burns of Guelph to Lloyd D Forbes of Detroit, with the ceremony at Dublin Street United Church.
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Acton
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TR M. Wilson
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Hev A C. Stewart
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Fur farming roots traced to early trapper practice
Modern fur farming grows from 18th and 19th century trapping where foxes were kept alive until their pelts reached prime value, shaping industry methods and standards.
Westbeuna Daily Schedule Fragments
Fragmentary timetable notices list varying run times and days including Sunday Monday service 156 a.m. 1.18 a.m. daily ERE Sunday BAY 650 p.m. Td p.m. Saturday 236 p.m. Sunday July 943 a.m. flagstop and a flyer for Guelph service excluding Saturday and Sunday with 6.26 p.m. reference.
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