Modern Stockyards at Calgary Aim for Modern Feeder Market
Alberta Livestock Co op wins approval for a steel washed down stockyard near Calgary airport costing 3.5 million dollars and opening next fall. The project replaces old wooden pens with indoor, odor controlled facilities and a high end auction ring plus a steak house and market.
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Financial Post
Alberta Livestock Co-op
Calgary
Co-op
George Hopkins
Post
U.S
Texas
Alabama
Hopkins
Supermaker
Airport grant backs Boyne Valley extension near Treherne
Industry and Commerce Minister Len Evans announced a 3500 grant to the Boyne Valley Airport Commission for extending and upgrading the Treherne east airport under the Manitoba Airport Assistance Program. The plan includes filling a creekbed to reach 2500 feet, adding runway lights, and a night flying beacon, with the commission chaired by Treherne’s Mayor Hilliard Metcalfe and including local village and rural municipality representatives.
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Boyne Valley Airport Commission
Treherne
Industry and Commerce
Len Evans
Manitoba
Treherne On
Hilliard Metcalfe
Airport Commission
South Norfolk
Ministry of Transport
Evans
Ying
No Bargains At Chicken Counter
Ontario official says chicken supply is up 10 percent but prices stay high. Broiler feed nearly doubled to 200 a ton in a year, making chickens the most efficient footnote in short supply. Producers boards keep prices up to avoid feast and famine cycles.
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Canada
John Janzen
Ontario Chicken Producers Marketing Board
Lasteek
Janzen
Ontario Parks Struggle to Meet Camping Demand
Campers face scarce spaces as provincial parks run near full capacity. Ontario has about 20 000 tent and trailer spots, growing slower than demand at 8 to 11 percent annually. Private operators host 60 percent of facilities, with private sites fully booked in peak months. Northern Ontario sees more campers on Crown land, causing waste and waste disposal concerns.
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Tom Lee
Ministery of Natural Resources
Toronto
Ontario
Lee
Robert Giles
Alban
Robert
Crown Land
Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Audit Bureau of Circulation
Allen McGregor chairs the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association and Manitoba Weekly Newspaper Association as part of an audit bureau context. The note highlights professional affiliations among newsroom industry bodies.
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Member
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association
Manitoba Weekly Newspaper Association
Allen McGregor
Keep Britain Tidy Campaign Battles London Litter
London faces rising street and park rubbish as Keep Britain Tidy expands posters and campaigns. The anti litter group, set up in 1954, targets public education over penalties while planning a three year Sussex University study and a nationwide network of area offices to urge local authorities to spend more on prevention.
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Britain
London
England
Piccadilly Circus
Hyde Park
Keep
KBT
David Cassidy
Martin Chivers
Nother
Sussex University
XBT
Cotton-Tipped Swabs Can Hurt One's Ears
Ear specialists warn cotton-tipped swabs and similar objects can cause serious damage including ruptured eardrums and even permanent hearing loss. A study of 27 cases from Boston and Philadelphia details injuries from swabs, sticks, bobby pins, brushes, and other items with several requiring surgery.
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Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Boston
Philadelphia
Children Hospital
Transactions
Journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology
Otolaryngology
Hadeen
Herbert Silverstein
Sylvan
Soo Wung Hong
Richard Fabian
Okotoks Ordered to Cut River Pollution by 1974
Alberta enviroment official says Okotoks must build a new sewage treatment plant by April 1, 1974 to cut Sheep River pollution. Current plant described as old and overloaded, dumping nearly raw sewage. fines up to 5000 dollars per day for noncompliance. Mayor Mulligan says council plans plant after January 1974.
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Alberta
Okotoks
Calgary
Sheep River
Phil Ullman
Southern Alberta
Department of the Environment
Pat Mulligan
Garlic And Roses A Quest To Prove Folk Wisdom
Prof Gert Orlob of the University of Toronto laboratories at York University Glendon campus pursues tests on whether growing garlic with roses deters aphids. He develops natural sprays and cautions amateur gardeners against unnecessary chemical use while noting how some trees resist pests differently, suggesting replacements like gingko and oaks.
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Gert Orlob
Botany Department
University ‘of Toronto
York University
Glendon
Highway 401
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