Canada Health Depends On Urgent Unified Action
A historical examination argues Canada must boost productivity to maintain living standards. From 1962 to 1964 output rose about 3 percent yearly, 1965 2.5 percent, 1966 1.8 percent, with debate over automation, resources, management and labor roles. It cites prime ministers who understood Canada best, noting Confederation needs equity among regions.
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Canada
Maritimes
Prairies
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
Regina Prisoners to Gat Family Visiting Program
Welfare Minister C P Mac Donald announced a $20,000 duplex visiting facility at Regina Correctional Institution to host two inmate families overnight. Selection rests with the treatment team and superintendent. program aims to reduce tension and aid rehabilitation, with possible expansion to Prince Albert if successful. It is believed to be Canada’s first such program.
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Regina
C. P. MacDonald
Saskatchewan
MacDonald
Prince Albert Correctional Centre
Canada
Canadians Can Dance film debuts at Toronto premier
A 2 minute National Film Board project titled Canadians Can Dance was unveiled at a press preview, celebrating Canada's multicultural heritage. John Howe produced and directed. world premiere set for Friday at the Paramount Theatre with provincial dignitaries in attendance.
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Canada
National Film Board
John Howe
Toronto
Paramount Theatre
CNE
James Lysyshyn
Information Division
Mr. Lyshyshyn
US Gives Pavilion At Expo To Montreal
The United States pavilion at Expo was handed to the city of Montreal in a brief ceremony under sunny skies. Leonard Marks of the USIA presented Mayor Drapeau with a small cube shaped model of the dome. The $9,000,000 geodesic dome dominates St Helene's Island and is seen as a landmark in Montreal.
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Montreal
United States
Monreal
Leonard Marks
US Information Agency
Washington
Drapeau
St Helene’s Island
Lewoygne Channel
Roblin urges bilingual Canada at Kiwanis event
Manitoba Premier Duff Roblin told a Kiwanis audience that French and English Canadians can unite without uniformity. He stressed 6 million French speakers must not be isolated in a vast English speaking North America and urged flexible constitutional reform to preserve provincial life and identity.
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John A. Macdonald
Quebec
Wilfrid Laurier
Sir John
W. L. Mackenzie King
Canada
Arthur Meighen
R. B. Bennett
Manitoba
Duff Roblin
Kiwanis Club J
Roblin
Ca Ven
First Ukrainian settlement plans take shape in Manitoba
On July 31 1890 a Dominion Lands Office official and seven Ukrainian immigrant families left Winnipeg to scout homesteading land in southern Manitoba. The party traversed east of Niverville then Steinbach to St Malo and rose river areas, identifying land for about 85 to 40 families. The group praised the land, and historian Vladimir J Kaye notes the colony was named Ruthenia before departure.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Dominion Lands Office
Niverville
Trict
Steinbach
St. Malo
Roseau River
Hey
Vladimir J. Kaye
Ruthenia
Rendezvous 67 Red Cross project brings 45 nations
Representatives from 45 countries arrive in Canada July 25 for Rendezvous 67, the Centennial Red Cross project. They will be billeted in Montreal Toronto Winnipeg and Vancouver for two weeks of hospitality before moving to Carleton University in Ottawa for a nine day program with group discussions plenary sessions campus activities a miniature Olympics and a hootenanny. Governors General Michener and External Affairs Minister Paul Martin will welcome and address them.
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Canada
Canadian Red Cross Society
Red Cross
Montreal
Toronto
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Nome
Paul Meldrum
Youth For
Ontario
Durin Ang
Dick’ Glans
Canadian Red Cross
Ottawa
Carleton University
Junior Red Cross
Carleton
Michener
Paul Martin
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Marks
Monreners
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Trimble's
Portage LA Prairie, Manitoba
McLaren
Rupert
Denwal Pharmacy
MacGregor
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