Canada Faces Inflationary Rise In Living Costs
Analysts warn the December cost of living index near 146 with expectations it may surpass 145 in February. Food prices drive the advance as Dominion experts predict inflation linked to postwar economic shifts. Authorities urge prudent investment and steady labor management to avoid past spirals toward disaster.
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Riseaolivist
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistica
Dominion Department of Finance
Dominion
Vancouver Island mill to produce pulp exports
H. R. MacMillan export company will build a 12 million dollar bleached sulphate pulp mill on Vancouver Island. The project aims to hire at least 200 workers, start construction early this year, and finish by 1950. Daily capacity 200 tons bleached sulphate, 225 tons unbleached, using by products only. Output largely for the United States to boost Canadian dollars.
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Vancouver
H. R. MacMillan Export Company Limited
Vancouver Island
H. R. MacMillan
United States
U.S
Canada
Eskimo Girl Struggles With English Climate in Felixstowe
Rebecca a 15 year old Eskimo girl who returned to England with Mrs. John Turner after an Arctic shooting accident has fallen ill with a series of colds since arriving. She has adapted to English ways but cannot speak the language and feels homesick when hearing of Canada.
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Felixstowe
Kent
England
Rebecca
John Turner
Canada
Cyclist Apologizes to Driver in Hull Road Incident
Courtesy plus Hull notes a personal advertisement about a cyclist who crossed Heddon Road during a fast-moving car’s leg. The cyclist offers sincere apologies to the driver in the Hull newspaper notice.
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Hull
England
Heddon Road
Humorous Dialogs and Jokes Round an Odd Evening
A collection of quick quips and sketches featuring a confused forger, a judgment scene, a witty aunt, a frustrated wife, and a hunter with cannibals. Light social banter mixes with schoolyard lines and a parson’s choir joke, highlighting playful miscommunications.
Barley Champion George Gwyllt Hits 1947 Record
Kelvington Saskatchewan farmer George Gwyllt, aged 78, won the world's barley championship at the Chicago Grain Show in 1947 and collected 31 other awards across Saskatoon Regina Toronto and Chicago. He also placed regional first and provincial third in 1948 barley contests reflecting a remarkable career in pure seed production.
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Sentral Press
George Gwyllt
Kelvington
Sask
Chicago
Gwyllt
Staffordshire
England
Canada
Saskatoon
Calgary
Hanley
Dutch Farmers to Canada on Kota Intention Sailings
The Kota Intention will sail March 12 from Rotterdam for Canada with 10,000 Dutch farmer immigrants and their families aboard the first of seven trips planned this year.
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the Hague
Rotterdam Lloyd Lines
Kota Intent
Canada
Dominion
Tobacco as Cure-All Medicine Introduced to Europe
Readers learn that early European traders marketed tobacco as a universal remedy. The article notes its initial reception as a medicinal product and traces how perceptions of tobacco shifted from health tonic to everyday commodity.
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Europe
Mines Set Record In British Columbia 1947 Output
Production from BC mines reached over 100 million dollars in 1947, a record for the province. Unusually strong demand for base metals and high prices led to reopening of old mines and development of new ones, the BC Chamber of Mines announced at a meeting in Vancouver.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
B.C
Love Plays Second Fiddle To Music Dream In Winnipeg
Donna Gresco a 20 year old violinist who debuted at Carnegie Hall on January 30 says she gave up romance to fulfill her talent. Discovered as a musical genius at eight and winning a $5,000 scholarship at ten she later received city support to study in New York. Winnipeg residents are now raising funds to buy her a $12,000 Montana violin.
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Love
Donna Gresco
Winnipeg
Carnegie Hall
American Conservatory of Music
Chicago
New York
Oat Export Permits To Be Made Available
The Canadian wheat board will accept applications for export permits for a limited shipment of mixed feed oats to Sweden or Greece. Shipments may depart from Lakehead or Georgian Bay ports after lake navigation opens or from Vancouver. The equalization fee will be the fee in effect when applying.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Wheat Board
Sweden
Greece
Lakehead
Georgian Bay
Vancouver
Fisher Upset From Tree Pulls $100 Pelt
W D Bennett of Hudson Bay Sask found one of his traps dragged away then located it up a tree with a large fisher clutched in the trap. The fisher’s pelt was valued at $100 in this northeastern Saskatchewan town.
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Hudson Bay
W. D. Bennett
Bennett
Saskatchewan
Alberta Farmers Repay Loans Progress Report
Alberta farmers repaid 7.1 million dollars of Farm Loan board loans and reduced interest arrears near March 31. Over the year, principal payments totaled 456 thousand, with prewar loan averages around 3.6 million annually. Uses shifted from debt repayment to land purchase and farm improvements in recent years.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Canadian Farm Loan Board
Sask Federated Co op Buys Leduc Well Site
Saskatchewan Federated Co-operatives buys a 40 acre drilling site in Alberta's Leduc area for about 10000 dollars. First venture in exploration, drilling must begin before May 1, 1948. A 50 percent royalty to the Alberta Government applies if oil is found, with crude shipped to Regina plant for refining.
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SASK
Federated Co-Op
Leduc
Regina
Saskatchewan Federated Co-operatives
Alberta
Co-Op
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