Tourist Season Gains Momentum as Summer Arrives
Canada prepares for another busy tourist season with 1.99 million Bulcmorites and 3.446 million visitors arriving by train, boat, plane, and bus. Most travelers come from the United States, and expectations anticipate higher visitor numbers than 1949 amid growing competition and improved European travel. Many tourists will travel to Rome for the Holy Year celebrations.
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Canada
United States
Rome
Canadians brace for record tourist season nationwide
Across Newfoundland to British Columbia Canadians prepare for a record tourist year. Ontario Manitoba and Quebec see new motor camps road improvements and highway extensions boosting access to hunting and fishing areas. Provinces expect visitor totals to exceed 400000 from 1949 with national parks in Saskatchewan and Alberta also drawing crowds.
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Newfoundland
Pacific Coast
Maritime Provinces
Quebec
Ontario
United States
Canada
Manitoba
Flin Flon
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Growth Of A New Industry
Last year British Columbia welcomed 1,250,000 tourists from Canada and the United States. It is hoped this year’s total and the $53,000,000 they spent will be surpassed. The tourist industry benefits Canada by boosting goodwill with Americans, aiding the economy, and encouraging Canadians to explore their own country. Roads have improved, and a new prosperous industry serving travelers has grown.
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British Columbia
Canada
United States
Remarkable Regina Men Build Northland Concrete Dam
In 64 below zero temperatures, 30 Regina men constructed a concrete dam at Gowan Lake near Big River Saskatchewan. They lived in a insulated wooden housing to keep the concrete from curing too quickly as steam fed the interior. The project features an eight gate system and a 16 to 20 foot waterhead, with work resuming after the nearby wooden dam burned last summer.
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Big River
Sask
Regina
Gowan Lake
Prince Albert
Arctic Ocean
Ivery Newton
Cowan Lake
Victoria's Yo-Yo Champ Refutes Reginan Claim
Harvey Lowe, a 31 year old Victoria yo-yo champion of Chinese descent, disputes Frank Young of Regina as world title holder. Lowe asserts he won the world title in London 18 years ago and notes no worlds contest since, challenging Young's claim.
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Victoria
Harvey Lowe
Lowe
Vancouver
Frank Young
Regina
London
Placer Miner Tom Fry Celebrates 80th Birthday
Quesnel British Columbia Tom Fry a noted district placer miner marked his 80th birthday by hauling a toboggan load of turn buckles eleven miles from his mine to a local store.
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Quesnel
B.C
Tom Fry
Surprise Present At Abaska Reveals Halator Donation
Athabasca Alta J H MclIntosh bought surplus US army gear and found an halator among the supplies. The halator, used to revive people overcome by gas or drowning, was donated to the local hospital.
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Athabaska
Alta
J. H. MclIntosh
Fishing Licences Required In National Parks This Year
Prince Albert national park will require fishing licences in year as per park superintendent B I M Strong. licences cost 2 25 for a season or 1 for two months and anyone under 16 must fish with a licensed adult in the park.
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Prince Albert
Sask
Prince Albert National Park
B. I. M. Strong
National Parks
Manitoba
Riding Mountain
Canadian Rockies
Manitoba Oil Prospects Seen Improving Despite Cautious Tone
Mines Minister J. S McDiarmid told the legislature that Manitoba may find oil and natural gas. An oil company expert estimated a five in one chance for discovery. A firm that began Manitoba exploration in 1948 deposited hundreds of thousands with the province to guarantee exploration through 1952.
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Winnipeg
J. S McDiarmid
Manitoba
Funny And Otherwise Humor From Blended Jokes
A collection of light quips about marriage parents and salesmen. It features a boastful husband a restin my face line and a mix of witty exchanges about money butter shirts and dogs with a playful, old fashioned tone.
Alberta and B C offer additional leases for oil search
Alberta announced 4 491 acres of crown reserve leases for oil exploration 1 000 acres in Amelia Simmons Redwater area 322 acres in Excelsior sector and 3 172 acres in other regions British Columbia authorized exploration on 2 500 000 acres with new permits to McColl Frontenac Shell Oil and Royalite Oil for large tracts in Peace River and Queen Charlotte Islands.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Mines and Minerals Department
Amelia-Simmons
Redwater
Victoria
B.C
British Columbia
Department of Lands
McColl Frontenac
Peace River
Shell Oil
Royalite Oil
Queen Charlotte Islands
British Exports Hit March Record in Flow
Britain posted a March export total of £183.3 million, a record, while imports reached £221.3 million, the highest on record. The March value of goods sent to Canada was $25.9 million.
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London
Britain
Canada
B C Farmer Sees Market for Midland Herefords
British Columbia rancher J Gardner Boultbee of Bridge Lake Hereford Ranch in the Cariboo bought two pedigree Hereford bulls and four heifers from Hereford and Shropshire breeders in England after touring 33 Midlands herds. He believes Canada will soon demand cattle with greater size and mass. His operation sits at 4000 feet in the Rockies.
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Canada
Dominion
J. Gardner Boultbee
Bridge Lake
Hereford Ranch
Cariboo
British Columbia
Herefordshire
Shropshire
Boultbee
Midlands
Rockies
Calgary Station Operators Absorb Gasoline Increase
Station operators in Calgary have absorbed a 0.1 cent rise in tank wagon gasoline prices. Retail prices remain 39 cents a gallon for standard and 41 cents for Ethyl, with no change to consumer costs.
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Calgary
Canada Reaffirms Faith in the United Nations
Canada in a 300 page 1949 activities report to Parliament says despite Communist bloc splits and Russia’s veto, it remains hopeful UN principles can be applied universally. The document notes Russian behavior limits but promises Canadian delegates will push for effective UN work under difficult circumstances.
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U.N
Russia
Canada
Commons
Be kind to your feet health tips
This short guidance urges care of feet through properly fitted shoes good posture regular walking habits and correct foot care to support overall foot health.
Highway link possibility seen between Alaska and British Columbia
In Victoria a proposal for a joint US and British Columbia highway project links Juneau Alaska with the Alaska highway. The public works department favors a 40 mile road from Taku Alaska to Tulsequah BC to serve mining, with potential ferry service to connect Juneau and Taku.
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Victoria
United States
British Columbia
Juneau
Alaska
Public Works Department
Taku
Tulsequah
Atlin
Alaska Highway
Gravity at Sun Surface Compared to Earth
The gravity at the Sun's surface is 272 times stronger than that on Earth, indicating the Sun's immense mass and gravitational pull relative to our planet.
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Earth
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Greater Winnipeg
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