Shortage Of Rural Teachers In Canada Revealed
A recent survey by the Canadian Education Association shows a serious shortage of teachers in rural schools across Caneca. The report links limited trainee supply in many trades to rising service demand, causing hardship as vacancies persist especially in country districts while larger centers attract staff.
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Canadian Education Association
Te al Parte
Caneca
Mary
Trades and Professions
Canadian Rural Schools Face Mass Closures Amid Teacher Shortage
The Canadian Education Association reports nearly 200 one room rural schools closed due to lack of teachers. Five thousand nine hundred sixty six students are in teacher training this year, with last year higher by about twenty percent. The shortage pushes potential teachers toward business or industry.
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Canadian Education Association
Canada
Rural Canadian teachers face shortage across provinces
Alberta offers the highest rural teacher median salary at 2181 dollars with 147 vacancies while Saskatchewan needs 606 more teachers at 1650 dollars and Manitoba shows 667 vacancies at 1600 dollars. Newfoundland has the largest unfilled need at 1330 short age with no salary data. The piece urges preserving rural schools and accelerating teacher recruitment nationwide.
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Alberta
Canada
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Newfoundland
Robertson association awards honor for seed progress
WINNIPEG three men received the Canadian Seed Growers' Association Robertson associate awards at the Manitoba branch meeting. Honorees include T. J. Harrison a barley program leader, Albert Atkin who has produced registered seed for 38 years, and J. H. Tolton a former Manitoba livestock board president. A. H. Parker was elected Manitoba branch president with T. W. Spafford as vice president.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Seed Growers’ Association
Robertson
Manitoba
T. J. Harrison
Barley Improvement Institute
Indian Head
Sask
Albert Atkin
Union Point
Man
J. H. Tolton
Oak Lake
Manitoba Livestock
Route Extended in Port Coquitlam Adds Five Households
Rural route No. 1 in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, has been extended again. It now serves five more households on Pipe Line road.
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Port Coquitlam
B.C
Life span of the average robin
The average robin typically lives about 15 years in the wild, with many factors influencing longevity such as predators disease and available food. Observations indicate some individuals survive longer in protected environments though most do not reach the full decade and a half.
Immigrant family grows in western Canada in a year
Peter Krickhan, a Ukrainian born immigrant from Kharkov, settled in Coaldale Alberta one year ago with his family. He financed passage for his 12th member and earned income by farming 700 acres and doing work in Winnipeg. His group migrated under the Canadian Christian Council for resettlement of refugees after escape from German forced labor.
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Winnipeg
Peter Krickhan
Canada
West
Europe
Coaldale
Alta
Ella
Saint John
Beaverbrae
Erickhan
Jacob Funk
Mr. Krickhan
Krickhans
Canadian Christian Council For Resettlement of
Kharkov
Ukraine
Germany
Regina Spring Bonspiel Set on Artificial Ice
Regina curling club officials announce a spring bonspiel the week of March 27 on artificial ice with four events and draws at 6 8 and 10 each night. The tournament is open to all rinks in the province with Forl Bourne as chair.
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Regina
Regina Curling Club
Forl Bourne
Blind marksman Big Allard uses keen hearing to shoot birds
Bell Gardens California resident Big Allard who lost his sight 15 years ago claims to shoot birds from 250 feet using hearing alone. His accuracy allegedly led to trouble when he aimed a sling at two visiting youths and hit one, prompting parental concern.
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Big Allard
Bell Gardens
Calif
Saskatchewan teachers see average pay rise in 1949 50
The average Saskatchewan school teacher earned 1818 dollars in 1949 50 up 108 from 1948 49. The education department report shows negotiated salary schedules in major units and many districts. It notes 4800 first class cert holders, 1600 with junior or higher certificates, 358 with second class certificates and 157 450 pupils enrolled.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Department of Education
W. S. Lloyd
Humorous Snippets From Everyday Life In A Worldwide Tour
A collection of light anecdotes ranges from a Swiss party with an unnecessary rope to a guiding quip about sleep. It includes a boy’s remark on a schoolyard bully, a birthday party singer’s high note mishap, and an auctioneer's quip about starting bids. A tenant quip on anemia and nationality, a love progression tale, a lift ride inquiry about God, a film star’s town car jab, and a political figure’s extreme resilience are woven through.
Saskatchewan's Uranium Hunt Expands Northward From Saskatoon
A five man prospecting party led by Henry Wright and Ford Beavis travels 250 miles from Saskatoon to Lac la Ronge then 500 miles north west to the north shore of Lake Athabasca landing at Camsell Portage. They explore a 25 square mile concession north of Camsell Portage as part of a broader 220 by 70 mile uranium region near the 69th parallel. The group works with ore trenches and geiger counters to locate uranium oxide and copper bearing rock amid camps around Goldfields.
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Saskatoon
Lac la Ronge
Lake Athabasca
Camsell Portage
Saskatchewan
Henry Wright
Ford Beavis
Great West Uranium Mines Ltd
Douglas Beavis
George Hershberger
Milden
Don Worden
Kirkland Lake
Cobalt
Ontario
Northwest Territories
John Nesbitt
Box
Northern Indians Hunt Bogeymen Near Island Lake
In remote Manitoba territory near Island Lake 300 miles north east of Winnipeg, locals believed windigos terrorized families. Forty braves searched the bush after a windigo scare sparked by teenage pranksters. The RCMP found the bogeymen, a trio of youths who fled exposure. The last windigo sighting was reported last November near Poplar Hills.
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Island Lake
Winnipeg
R.C.M.P
Norway House
Poplar Hills
Kenora
Ont
Manitoba
Assiniboia Hotel Contracts Signed for Medicine Hat
Contracts signed for completion of the Assiniboia Hotel in Medicine Hat. The three storey structure will cost about $730,000 and work will start immediately, says hotel company president George Cantalini.
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Medicine Hat
Assiniboia
George Cantalini
Alberta pipeline officials foresee price declines in spring
F J Stubbs of Edmonton, assistant general manager of the provincial Pipe Line company, announced plans for a third large oil tanker on the Great Lakes to ship Alberta crude to eastern refineries. He said storage tanks for 2 600 000 barrels would be built at Edmonton and Superior ends of the Edmonton Superior pipeline, with construction in 1951 52. He predicted further gasoline price reductions on the prairies this spring as a result of the pipeline, and a market of 130 000 barrels daily by next November.
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Lethbridge
Alta
Great Lakes
Alberta
F. J. Stubbs
Edmonton
Ter Provincial Pipe Line Company
Edmonton-Superior
Wilpipe Inc
Stubbs
Prairies
Record For Commercial Beef Cattle Set At Lethbridge
In Lethbridge Alberta a Canadian record price for commercial beef cattle was set at an auction when 50 calves sold for 37.8 dollars per hundredweight. The calves weighed about 25,130 pounds with total sale value of 9,386 dollars. Five whiteface heifers and other calves also set a farm price of 35 dollars per hundredweight to Ray Walters of Foremost. The Holtman Brothers ranch near Skiff, Alberta owned the cattle.
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Lethbridge
Alta
Ray Walters
Foremost
Holtman Brothers Ranch
Skiff
Alt
Fuel Needs For Destroyer Trip Highlight Rail Demand
A single destroyer requires over 23 railway tank cars of heavy fuel to complete a round trip from the East Coast to North Africa, underscoring the scale of logistic needs for naval operations.
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America
North
Africa
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