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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 05, 1959
Page
5
London exhibitors at the national exhibition of cage birds discuss how environment shapes a parrot’s language and temperament. They note parrots raised in pubs may repeat coarse phrases, while a careful home can curb swearing over decades.
The article outlines a new transport department manual defining ice terms for Arctic and St Lawrence Gulf navigation. It notes ice broadcasts from Halifax and other northern locations, radar aided route assessments, and growing northern shipping, which moved 77 000 tons last season.
Oscar Maxness, a 54-year-old DEW line cook and baker from Banks Island 500 air miles north of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, describes life at the radar centre. He notes extreme cold, regular supply flights from Edmonton, fresh fruit and vegetables, and a friendly, egalitarian community among Eskimos, Beaver Indians, and government and armed forces personnel.
The article describes the annual food and supply needs of pulpwood loggers, noting 13 million pounds of meat and 19 million pounds of eggs bought for woods workers, plus flour butter canned goods and dairy. It highlights 15,000 permanent forestry jobs and 200,000 seasonal helpers, stressing forestry as a vital, self renewing farm like system with silviculture and ongoing regeneration for steady annual crops.
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