Brandon Winter Fair Highlights and Local Notes
Brandon Fair coverage notes a large crowd, candy floss sales at 75c or $1, and displays of hobbies, horses, cattle, and crafts. It mentions 6 horse teams in Keystone arena, downtown parking issues, and local visitors including Ian Fenty and Hugh Hanlin. Also notes a Winnipeg/Vancouver connection and various community tidbits.
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Brandon
Allan
Maxine Cumming
Brandon Fair
Keystone Arena
Ian
Carol Fenty
Hugh Hanlin
Virden
Ben
Elsie Wilson
Strathclair
Regina
Manitoba
Bud’ Jobin
Saskatchewan
Tom Longboat payment finally approved after 67 years
Longboat victory at Boston 1907 sparked a Toronto council vote to pay him $500. Decades later the council approved giving the money to his three children with interest totaling about $10,000. The article also notes various quotes and social items from the era.
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Tom Longboat
Toronto
Hydrogen as Energy Future Missed By Clark Government
Ottawa notes that Ontario forms a hydrogen energy push as an export-led, pollution-free option. The piece argues Canada lagged as Joe Clark's government failed to advance alternate energy, with Ontario poised to become a world leader if Liberals act, while Quebec could gain the inside track.
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Ottawa
Joe Clark
Ontario
Canada
William Davis
Clark
Quebec
Jim Gillies
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Jim Wood
Mission Viejo California
Alfred Sneid
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Ken
Shirley Hudson
Jack
Eleanor Coombs
Tory Coombs
Bruce
Debby Coombs
Thompson
Debby
Alan
Bonnie Scott
Ninga
Killarney
Boissevain
Take
Barb Lints
Calgary
Murray Riddell
Winnipeg
Dale
Susan McKinnon
Deloraine
Don
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Tamara
Davilyn Coombs
Rick
Norma
Dustin
Marty Borotsik
Cameron Ramsey
Oak River
Bob
Dorothy Ramsey
Cameron
Dorothy
Victoria
The
Prairies
Reggie
E. W. Howe
Jesse Ownes
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Margaret Boyd
Ralph
Peggy Frazer
Merle Fraser
Sandy
Rae Morrice
Molly Black
Bill
Margaret Coombs
Norville
Stella Kirk
Gordon Killoh
Bruce Lemon
Canada Taxation Data Centre
L. L. Brown
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Mary Bull
Peter Ward
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