Canada foresees record building year in 1947 says Howe
Reconstruction Minister Howe told CBC listeners 1947 should be Canada's biggest building year as housing targets for 1946 run short by 5 000 to 10 000 units due to strikes and material shortages. He noted 35 000 unfinished dwellings in municipalities over 5 000, with priority steps to complete half finished homes. War assets sales and renegotiated contracts add hundreds of millions to the public purse.
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Ottawa
Canada
Howe
CBC
Massey Defends British Commonwealth In Calgary Address
Vincent Massey former Canadian high commissioner to Great Britain told a Calgary luncheon that critics claim of a bloc among Britain’s nations is unfounded. He noted internal disagreements at conferences and urged pride in self government expansion across the colonial empire. Britain remains a bastion of freedom in a world still debating liberty.
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Calgary
Vincent Massey
Great Britain
Canada
Mr. Massey
British Commonwealth
Britain
Canada to claim share of German assets in liquidation
Canada expects about 15.75 million dollars from the roughly 450 million dollars of German external assets being liquidated in neutral countries. The Dominion also foresees gains from Germany's internal assets including 10,000 tons of shipping and 1.5 percent of heavy industry. A Washington dispatch estimated total liquidations in neutral countries for 48 Allied nations at about 450 million dollars.
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Dominion
Ottawa
Canada
Germany
Washington Dispatch
Alaska votes for statehood as record turnout tops ballots
The unofficial tally shows 9 565 in favor to 6 820 against the statehood resolution. Alaska recorded its heaviest vote in history with fewer than 43 000 eligible voters in the territory.
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Washington
Alaska
Ottawa ends wheat quota system for prairie farmers
Trade Minister Mac Kinnon announced removal of all quotas on wheat deliveries to country elevators. Farmers may deliver unlimited wheat, replacing the former per acre limits. As of Nov 15, producers marketed 201 million bushels this crop year. elevators held 86.5 million. Quotas were adjusted to match storage and transport, with early removal driven by large shipments earlier in 1945.
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Ottawa
MacKinnon
Mr. MacKinnon
Canadian Wheat Board
Birth rate decline in Canada warns of fading families
Chief Justice J. C. McRuer told Toronto Presbyterians that Canada's birthrate fell over 25 years. He cited 4 318 586 youths under 18 and an average 1.7 children per family, with 31 percent childless and 23 percent two families with one child. Saskatchewan leads at 3.9, Quebec 3.0, Ontario 2.5, B C 2.3.
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Toronto
J. C. McRuer
Ontario
Toronto Centre
Dominion
Saskatchewan
Quebec
British Columbia
Jet airliner sets London Paris speed record
The British Nene Lancastrian flew from London to Paris in 43 minutes, establishing a new commercial speed record. In a demonstration at the Paris air show its two jet engines maintained 310 mph while gasoline engines were shut off, marking the first civil flight of a jet propelled aircraft.
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Paris
London
Champs Elysees
Canada nears full wartime reconversion yet
Transport Minister Chevrier said reconversion is three quarters complete and over 1,000,000 former service members and war workers have moved into peacetime jobs. He noted Canada ranks third among world industries with 1,000,000 more employed since 1939. Last month 138,608 jobs were listed while 135,989 sought work. He observed unemployment remained well below normal for high employment periods.
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Granby
Que
Chevrier
Deserters at Large in Britain Reported in Commons
War Secretary Bellenger disclosed in the house of commons that deserters still at large total 15 068. Of these 13 176 are army men, 1 500 came from the navy, and 392 from the RAF.
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London
Bellenger
House of Commons
Navy
RAF
Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary Attracts Tourists From All Nations
Windsor officials note peak fall waterfowl migration at Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary, 25 miles away, drawing many visitors who ask the way there. The sanctuary, carried on by Jack Miner’s sons after his death, gained wide support from churches and sportsmen through scripture bands on birds and collaboration with Jesuit and Anglican missions in Hudson and James Bay.
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Windsor
Ontario
Jack Miner
Canada
Hudson
James Bay
Population tops one million in British Columbia
Population of British Columbia surpasses 1,000,000 per prices board figures, with an increase of 145,474 in two years. Ration book No. 6 issued in September totals 1,019,745. Book No. 5 issued in October 1944 totals 874,271. Half the rise occurs in Vancouver city with 376,839 books issued versus 306,463 in October 1944.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Prices Board
Vancouver City
The
Legion Handover of 700 Volumes to Caen Library
Canadian Legion educational services announced a first instalment of 700 volumes in good condition given to the restored University of Caen library. The Legion aims to gather 100,000 volumes and 106000 dollars cash for the university destroyed during the Canadian advance through Normandy.
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Montreal
Canadian Legion Educational Services
University of
Christmas Seals Support Tuberculosis Prevention Efforts
Manitoba's Christmas Seal drive funds mass x rays and traveling clinics across the province. The campaign supports mass x ray surveys, mobile units, rehabilitation services, and employment help for tuberculous patients. Early detection reduces spread and deaths among ages fifteen to forty five.
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Manitoba
Sanatorium Board of Manitoba
Last Canadian Army Outfit Leaves Europe
The last Canadian unit in continental Europe closed its offices in Brussels and began homeward march after six years and 11 months since the first contingent arrived in Britain. The Canadian Section of the BHAR NW Europe, under Lt Col Ross Heuchan, had 15 officers and 40 other ranks and oversaw cemeteries, deserter handling, and the Canadian wives bureau with about 50 women and 150–200 children remaining in Europe awaiting immigration action. Between 2,000 and 2,500 dependents moved to Canada this year.
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Brussels
Europe
United Kingdom
Germany
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Royal Canadian Engineers
Canada
Canadian Wives Bureau
Holland
Wives
OttawaAgency advances in equitable housing material distribution
Government agencies report faster progress in distributing building materials across Canada. Re‑adjusted price ceilings affect heavy construction and mill work. Prairie and Ontario shortages ease as a Pacific coast firm imports bathtub steel shapes from the United States and Canada expands a major plant.
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Ottawa
Canada
Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Timber Controller
Department of Reconstruction
Prairies
Ontario
Pacific Coast
U.S
Egg shortage threatens feed for Britain shipments
A Western Canada Produce association spokesman warned a serious egg shortage this winter may curtail shipments to Britain. Feed dealers are using reserve chicken feed with no replacements forthcoming, as the 2700 stock dwindles.
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Vancouver
Britain
Western Canada Produce Association
Canada Ships Food To Alaska During Shortage
Trade Minister MacKinnon said Canada will export eggs poultry fresh fruit and vegetables to Alaska to ease an emergency after a US marine strike created a food shortfall. Plans include 176 tons beef from Edmonton and flour releases through the Wheat Board.
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Ottawa
MoecKinnon
Alaska
Canada
United States
Canadian Wheat Board
MacKinnon
United States Department of Agriculture
Edmonton
Congress
Chambers of Commerce
Fairbanks
Prince Rupert
B.C
Prospects Good Trappers Expect Big Crop Of Muskrat Pelts
In Manitoba and Saskatchewan trappers anticipate a near record muskrat harvest next spring with pelts at about $3 each. North country estimates put potential earnings surpassing 1946 by over 2.5 million dollars as market conditions stay favorable. Beavers are reported to be increasing as well.
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Pas
Man
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
North
Father and Son Promoted in Mounted Police Elevations
Ottawa reports J. J. Somers and his son Larry promoted to sergeant in the latest Mounted Police list. The father leads the Ottawa town station while the son heads the Montreal narcotics squad. The coincident promotion is said to be unparalleled.
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Ottawa
R.C.M P
J. J. Somers
Larry
Montreal
Dispute Settled on Trieste by Four Foreign Ministers
The Big Four foreign ministers ended a month long deadlock over Trieste and reached agreement on most major issues dividing western and eastern Allies on the future of the city.
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New York
Trieste
Over million mark reached with 145 474 in two years
A figure surpasses the million threshold with recorded totals of 145 474 over the past twenty four months, highlighting a sustained rise. The data points to ongoing growth and momentum across the period.
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Christopher Soames
Coldstream Guards
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