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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 28, 1948
Page
5
Dan and Della survive a robbery at his restaurant sparked by a suspect who used foreign and Indian head pennies. The incident strengthens their bond and reveals Dan’s quiet luck from the coins, leading to police identification of the thief who paid with those coins.
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports prairie towns expanded between 1941 and 1946. Prairie provinces total population in 1946 reached 2,362,941 with 1,008,487 in urban centres and the rest rural, versus 2,421,905 total and 923,605 urban dwellers in 1941. The 1946 quinquennial census covered only the prairies.
In Lloydminster on the Alberta Saskatchewan boundary drilling activity rose sharply in 1947 with 177 wells completed. Edmonton reports note the tally as a sign of growing oil output in the field. In other notes, a portrait of Alberta Premier Herbert Greenfield will be placed in the legislative buildings. A Vancouver report previews a future summer army of girls to guard forests called Girl Forest Guards. Regina notes Saskatchewan plans to let municipalities tax railway property. Calgary reports Hargail Co expands Lloydminster oil activity with 50 planned wells. Winnipeg records the McGoun cup going to the University of Saskatchewan after two years with Manitoba.
A brief note highlights the Atlantic as the saltiest of the five major oceans, with scientists measuring unusually high salinity levels in surface waters across key basins. Researchers cite shifting climate patterns and evaporation rates as contributing factors to the anomaly.
Calgary Trade Minister James MacKinnon says talks are under way to ship substantial amounts of Alberta bituminous and domestic coal to Japan. The comments come amid ongoing negotiations and reflect the government’s interest in expanding energy trade with Japan.
St Pauls Cathedral in London stands as the fourth church on this site tracing back to Saxon times, marking a long history of religious buildings at the location.
R Andrew Graham of Log Valley Sask is hailed as a rising Canadian poet. A farmer who contributed to The Courier and Leader-Post, he writes on prairie life across journals and hopes to publish a book soon. He admires western landscapes and his roots in England Scotland and Ireland color his verse.
Victoria. Health and Welfare Minister George S Pearson says the 1948 welfare bill will be enormous. He signals a budget need of about 1 million dollars for social assistance and nearly 2 million for old age pensions. Last year BC allocated 1,179,685 for pensions, with 900,000 drawn from surplus to fund a five dollar senior citizen cost of living bonus.
Eyebrow Saskatchewan Reverend J Douglas McMurtry travels by horse drawn toboggan to annual United Church meeting and then to Brownlee Eyebrow and Tugaske each Sunday. He formerly served in the north country as a student missionary and his toboggan mirrors dog sled design.
Superintendent C W Harbison of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said he considered it unlikely that smugglers were bringing fruits and vegetables into the province from the United States.
Viscount Alexander the Governor-General of Canada will visit Brazil in June with Viscountess Alexander. Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced the invitation from the Brazilian government and noted his past command of the Brazilian expeditionary force. This marks the first in-office Canadian viceroy visit to South America.
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