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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 21, 1962
Page
2
The piece argues that land should be valued by its food production ability rather than as a limitless resource. It notes Canada’s low population density versus its vast land and compares global ratios, warning that feeding a growing world population will soon dominate national priorities. Hunger could become a unifying force shaping policy.
Immigration reforms enacted in 1961 remove race color and religion as grounds for exclusion. Regulations widen entry for certain Asian African and Caribbean nationals while maintaining quotas based on education skills and standards. Officials warn Canada remains a stepping stone to the United States and urges newcomers to settle northward.
A health column urges parents to build early safety habits to protect children from strangers. It advises supervising activities, avoiding risky areas, keeping outings with friends, reporting incidents, carrying identification, and maintaining open lines to police, teachers, and guardians.
A Winnipeg Salvation Army center on Rupert Avenue runs Harbour Light Centre to rehab alcoholics with physical medical and mental care and spiritual support. Drunk and re born men regain steadiness and hope, and donors are urged to give money to fund genuine help rather than bureaucratic waste.
A study of women voices notes natural priority in attention but limits hinder broadcasters for aircraft warning. Fallout benefits from nuclear tests enable tracking air movements via carbon 14. Soviet tests may reveal Arctic particle transfer data. Two-channel TV telescone enables Moon images. lunar mountains formed in early bombardment 4.5 billion years ago with huge energy impacts.
Focus on Health Topics surveys lingering Asian flu virus from 1957 and argues it may still circulate unseen. New findings suggest influenza may be dormant, while chicken pox mumps and measles strike younger ages due to population shifts and mobility. Also notes AMA commentary on delivering versus delivery in childbirth and warns about blood clots causing sudden numbness or speech issues signaling stroke risk.
A retrospective history from the MacGregor Herald (March 1927) traces North Norfolk Manitoba from 1883, noting the Norfolk Agricultural Society formed in 1887 with Walter Clifford and Wim Haw, the shift of fairs to MacGregor, and the cyclone loss last July. It recalls The Herald’s origins, war memorials, local lodges, and electoral history, plus the district’s mixed farming suitability and timber resources, urging reader memory to fill gaps.
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