Estevan bylaws pass by wide margins in light vote
Three city bylaws approved by burgesses of Estevan with about four to one margins. Only 370 ballots cast from 2,000 eligible. Water plant bylaw of 93 000 overrun leads opposition. water tower bylaw of 300 000 and collegiate bylaw of 171 500 for classrooms also approved. Detailed votes show water plant 184 for 76 against, collegiate 222 for 47 against, water tower 230 for 40 against.
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Estevan
Mercury
Estevan, Sask
County votes to restore lake level and defend water
Lake Saskatoon Provincial Park watchers urge raising the lake level to counter weed growth and stagnation. Saddle Hills Fish and Game backs diverting water from watershed to Wapiti river toward LaGlace to restore depth and health for humans wildlife and game preserves.
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Resio
Lake Saskatoon
County
Saddle Hills Fishland Game Association
Wapiti River
LaGlice
The
Herald Tribune
Grande Prairie
Alta
First White Man Champlain Reaches Lake Champlain
Samuel Champlain, known as the Father of New France, is recorded as the first white visitor to the Vermont region. On July 4, 1609, he entered the lake that would bear his name, Lake Champlain.
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Vermont
Samuel Champlain
New France
Lake Champlain
Queen Elizabeth II Opens Canada’s 23rd Parliament
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip will mark the first time a reigning monarch opens Canada’s Parliament on October 14, 1957. A state procession to the Peace Tower will precede the Royal Salute and the Speech from the Throne in the Senate Chamber.
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House of Commons
W. J. Franklin
Senate
Elizabeth II
Canada
Prince Philip
Ment Building
Peace Tower
Senate Chamber
Vanguard man retires from police service
Sgt. George Coburn long served in the Ottawa Police Department after leaving farming near Vanguard. Born in Charlton Place Ontario and educated in Grand Forks North Carolina, he joined the force after homesteading five miles south of Vanguard. Coburn retires on August 15. His wife is Margaret Downey and they have children Pat Claude Edwin Betty and son John who fell on D Day with the Canadian Army.
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George Coburn
Ottawa Police Department
Charlton Place
Ont
Grand Forks
Vanguard
Ottawa
Police Department
Coburn
Margaret Downey
Pat
Seattle
Claude
Ontario Hydro
Morrisburg
Edwin
Betty
Steve Proposki
Edmonton
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King George VI
Queen Elizabeth
W. L. Mackenzie King
Raoul Dandurand
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