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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 15, 1950
Page
2
More than 95 000 refugees have settled in Canada since postwar displacement began. The International Refugee Organization will terminate its work next June, with fears that about 100 000 refugees remain without homes. Sir Arthur Rucker, deputy director of the IRO, praised Canada’s role in addressing the crisis.
Displaced persons have found homes across Canada and taken work in farms factories construction and more. Many trained individuals entered professional life here as the large current influx of new citizens begins. Education departments and agencies assist newcomers to learn language and Canadian history customs and institutions. Citizenship may be pursued after five years.
The Citizenship and Immigration department joins provincial education bodies to run classes for new citizens. About 20 000 basic English and French booklets have been distributed, plus pocket guides for remote districts. A second booklet Our Land Our History Our Government and Our Resources with about 25 000 copies is also distributed. New citizens are urged to use these resources to qualify for citizenship.
Winnipeg reports 20 new quick freeze locker plants planned for 1950 to serve about 8,000 rural families at an estimated cost of 500,000 dollars. Manitoba already has 100 plants costing 2.5 million and serving roughly 40,000 rural families, with four plants operating in Winnipeg.
The estimated population of Saskatchewan was 842000 in 1947, up 10000 from 1946 but 3000 below 1945. Of the total, 446400 were males and 395600 females, per the vital statistics division's annual report tabled in the legislature.
The Canadian Bureau of Statistics reports eastern lumber mills increased sawn lumber output to 1.529 billion feet in 1949, up six percent from 1.443 billion in 1948. Most provinces posted higher production except Nova Scotia Ontario Saskatchewan and Alberta, with Quebec and Ontario showing strong gains.
The B C Gazette announces that all electrical contractors operating on the lower mainland must hold certificates of competency. Milk is mentioned as a key food used in aiding lime to the human system.
Alberta held third place among egg producing provinces in 1949, despite a national production drop of 15 percent. The province also held the same position in 1948, with production figures listed in dozens.
Alberta road building in the current year is expected to surpass prior records with main highway construction estimated at 13.705 million dollars, a three million dollar rise from last year. The total public works department capital and income expenditures are forecast at 30.596 million dollars, with the Trans-Canada Highway and municipal grants not included.
Victoria debate calls for amendments to the Civil Service Act to allow men over 45 and women over 40 to qualify for government jobs. Don Brown argues eligible workers are being unfairly excluded and risks and costs of unemployment are borne by society.
Three hundred fertile eggs were shipped by air from Vancouver to a Hong Kong firm seeking to establish a Canadian pedigree breed in its poultry flock.
Daisy Minter of Foam Lake Sask displays her kill a skunk. The skunk and another killed 19 turkey poults and nine ducklings between them.
A collection of light hearted quips and social scenes. Jokes range from a father advising a suitor to invest in a one way railway ticket to a vicar querying a Hollywood son and five smart granddaughters. A range of everyday misunderstandings punctuates the lively humor.
About 3200 pounds of curling rocks valued at 5000 dollars were used during the Macdonald Brier Tankard competition held in Vancouver.
An RCAF Dakota parachuted 1,000 pounds of barley to 100 rare trumpeter swans wintering at Lone Some Lake 350 miles northeast of Vancouver. The birds faced starvation during a severe winter, and the grain drop aimed to sustain them.
Manitoba is not expected to face serious floods this spring, based on March 1 1950 conditions. Normal precipitation through March and April should suffice if break up remains typical, though deviations could alter the forecast.
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