Canadian Statistics Weekly Review Highlights Trade Gains
The Canada Weekly Review notes record domestic exports in the first half driven by gains in non ferrous metals chemicals and allied products and iron and its products. Advertising agency activity rose sharply, while new housing starts and completions fell about 20 and 13 percent. Railway carloadings declined 5.5 percent in July amid slower transport demand. Consumer price indexes rose across ten regions in June with electricity bills generally lower than 1955.
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All Canada
Postage stamp vending machines planned for Estevan
Three postage stamp vending machines will be installed immediately in Estevan at the new post office, the Sub Office in Valley View, and the Canadian Pacific Railway Station. The machines will dispense 23 cent booksets containing five five cent stamps, providing five cent stamps at convenient city locations.
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Estevan
R. J. Goodman
Postal Services
Calgary
Wm. Stephen
Civic Betterment Association
Stephen
Valley View
Canadian Pacific
Mercury
Estevan, Sask
Estevan House Boom Surges With 79 Units Near Hillside
Estevan reports a rapid building boom with 79 houses in various stages of completion in Hillside, many privately financed. Northside expansion spreads to new blocks and fringes while Pleasantdale’s Canarama Ltd subdivision adds 47 houses under construction, boosting the year’s total.
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Estevar
Hillside
Pleasantdale
Canarama Ltd
Ford Cundall
Construc
First Evidence of Intermingling Trumpeter Swan Flocks
A banded trumpeter swan from Saskatoon Lake Alberta proved intermixing of Canadian and American flocks. The bird later found dead in Idaho confirmed cross-border mingling. Additional finds in Alaska Copper River and tagged swans support the conclusion amid ongoing protection and hunting errors with lead pellet exposure noted in 100 flocks.
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Saskatoon Lake
Grande Prairie
Alberta
Fred A. Glover
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Canada
R. N. Mackay
Dominion Wildlife Service
Island Park
Idaho
Montana
Red Rock Lakes
Banding
Uermis OL Vn
Copper River
Alaska
America
Indian Medicine and Snake Venom Factoids
Indigenous uses of petroleum for body oiling before European contact are noted. A claim states that most poisonous snake meat lacks venom. The fragmentary text contrasts traditional remedies with later Western influence and biological ideas.
Black bear seen roaming Revelstoke streets last Sunday
Mrs Roy Markstrom reported a young black bear strolling through a busy Revelstoke neighbourhood on Victoria Road and First Street West. The animal crossed the CPR main line and the Big Bend Highway before disappearing toward Mount Revelstoke National Park, delighting local youth. The note is paired with a separate line about steel corrosion resistance via nickel and copper alloys.
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Roy Markstrom
Victoria Road
First Street
Farwell School
Big Bend
Mount Revelstoke National Park
Easter chick technique used by fisheries biologists study
Wildlife biologists in the Prairie Provinces have adopted a dye marking method nicknamed Easter chick technique to trace the movements and distribution of ducks. Eggs are injected with color dye so hatched duck broods appear in designated colors, enabling tracking from dry nesting areas to water sources.
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Cana
Wildlife Service
Fish and Wildlife Service
Prairie Provinces
Value of pest control products in Canada 1956 sales rise
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports total value sold through registered outlets reached 24.7 million dollars in 1956, up eight percent from 1955. Major categories include agricultural dusts and sprays 7.2 million, livestock treatments 7.0 million, herbicides 6.0 million, insecticides 4.2 million, rodenticides 0.3 million.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Bright clothing cooler in sun due to reflective light
In bright sunshine light colored fabric stays cooler than dark as it reflects more light. The observation notes that lighter materials absorb less heat, helping wearers feel cooler in hot weather.
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Canadian Statistics Report
the Mercury
Estevan, Sk
Rex Gary Schmidt
Big Bear
Markstrom
Revelstoke
Revelstoke, B.C
Saskatchewin
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