Revealing Comparison Shows Canadians Embrace Modern Amenities
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics report for 1965 tracks multi year gains in home technology. Oil or gas heating rises to 69 percent, electric cooking to 69, telephones to 89, washing machines to 63 for semi automatic and near doubling to 24 for dryers. Fridges at 96, freezers 23, vacuums 75, sewing 71, radios 96, FM radios 23, phonographs 59, and cars 63 with 12 percent more than one. The piece notes happiness linked to access to these modern aids and contrasts Canada with the rest of the world.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Expo 67 tickets go on sale with passport style passes
Expo planners announce advance sale discounts for Montreal 1967 World's Fair tickets called pass ports. Early buyers receive lower prices on single seven day and season tickets with photos, while employers and groups are urged to distribute passes across the country before opening date in April 1967.
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Montreal
Canada
Expo
St. Helen’s Island
Debated Parliamentary Tactics and Rural School Reform
The text discusses expected parliamentary tensions at Ottawa with opposition motions and unity fears. It argues no non-confidence motion can topple the government and notes rural one room schools resist elimination. It urges educational outreach to rural areas to gain support for a divisions system and equal opportunities for all children.
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Ottaws
Sis Sane
Ferguson Bergquist Vows Exchanged at MacGregor United Church
A November 6 1965 double ring ceremony at MacGregor United Church united Sharon Adele Bergquist and Robert Douglas Ferguson. Bride wore a silk taffeta gown with chantilly lace, veil, and pearl tiara. groom is son of the late John B. Ferguson of Winnipeg. Reception followed at MacGregor Memorial Hall. couple reside in Portage la Prairie after a brief honeymoon.
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Gregor United Church
MacGregor
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Sharon Adele
J. Albert Bergquist
MacGreer
Robert Douglas Ferguson
John B. Ferguson
Winnipeg
T. E. Armistead
G. B. Shorey
Portage la Prairie
Roberta Stone
Cesar Stanck
Connie Leslie
Carole Ginter
Diane Hay
Maxine Bergquist
Machan
King Ave. S.E
Manitoban committee hears call for disclosure of interest rates
Mrs. M. W. Menzies of the Consumers Association of Canada urged Manitoba legislators to require full disclosure of annual interest costs in consumer credit. The brief argued rate disclosure would create lender borrower equality and that simple annual percentage cost metrics can cover varied contracts. The group urged study of credit effects on low income families and recommendations for minimal consumer safeguards.
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Consumer Credit
Manitoba
M. W. Menzies
The
Consumers Association of Canada
Department of Consumer Fairs
Mer
Butter Shortage In Canada Policy Ideas From Dairy Council
T B Cooper president of the National Dairy Council told the Ontario Creamerymen's Association convention that a butter shortage needs more production and consumption, not higher prices. He urged policies to expand supply rather than curb demand.
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Canada
T. B. Cooper
National Dairy Council
Ontario Creamerymen’s Association
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