The evolution of skiing in Canada and its ancient origins
A reflection on skiing as a longstanding sport tracing origins to central Sweden and Central Asia with skis 4,500 to 6,000 years old. The piece notes early forms in Europe and America, including Norse migrants and California gold country mail carriers in the 1860s, who used long spruce skis sold for six dollars.
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Canada
National Geographic Society
Sweden
Central Asia
America
California
Gold Country
Population Growth in Canada Surges in Third Quarter
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports Canada’s population at Oct 1 reached 21,489,000, up 83,000 in Q3. Births, deaths, and immigration rates are given, noting fewer draft dodgers and more American academics entering Canada in October. Also mentions more U.S. students seeking hospital positions in Canada.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
U.S
When Humans Alter Birds Routes Worsen Goose Perils
Wildlife investigators in Louisiana questioned why 300,000 migrating geese neglected wintering sites. They found the flock delayed northward, foraging in Iowa and Missouri refuges. Louisiana official Richard Yancey protested an unintended food source concentrating geese, heightening disease exposure and hunter risk. Sudden Missouri snowstorms could wipe out flocks if delayed. The piece cautions against human meddling disrupting instinctive animal migrations.
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Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
Iowa
Missouri
Richard Yancey
Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission
Vancouver Firm Takes Over Pas Pulp Mill Project
The Manitoba government appointed Vancouver firm Flanders Installation Ltd to assume construction at The Pas pulp and paper mill portion of the Chinchill Forest Industries operation after The Pas Foundation and Excavation Co. faced issues. The move aims to normalize site conditions, rehire laid-off workers, and accelerate completion while pulp sales talks with Price and Pierce continue. About 150 workers remain on site with fourteen hired per location. training programs for skilled operators are planned as production nears.
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Manitoba
A. Vancouver
Indus Reon
Evans
Flanders. Installation Ltd
Vancouver
Yas
Chinchill Forest Industries
Pas
Flanders
Pas Foundation and Excavation Co
Robbins Equipment Co
Dirmy
Gs Sear
Wis
Churchill
Sear
Eyans
Ryans
New York
Price and Pierce
Moose Lake Logging Corp
Moose Lake Corp
No Date Set For Hearing On Murder Charge
George Vincent Martin 26 of Minneapolis appears in court on a non capital murder charge for the fatal shooting of his father Daniel Bradshaw of Winnipeg. A preliminary hearing date has not been set as Crown counsel William Morton said the case will take time before readiness.
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George Vincent Martin
Minneapolis
Minn. WI
Martin
Indaw
Daniel Bradshaw
Winnipeg
Stanfield Attacks Unemployment Policy Across Canada
Conservative leader Robert Stanfield launched a cross country tour criticizing federal unemployment policy. He blamed Trudeau era inflation and government inaction for high joblessness, warned of a serious youth unemployment problem, and pledged to press for solutions. He spoke on CBC TV and planned visits to Regina and Calgary before Vancouver, with further stops in Quebec, the Maritimes, and Ontario.
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Robert Stanfield
Stanfield
Econses
Nature
Labor Hall
Canada Fanpower
Vancouver
Regina
Calgary
Quebec
Maritimes
Ontario
CBC
Trudeau
Commonwealth
Canada
Few Apply For Manitoba Public Insurance Jobs
The Public Insurance Corporation of Manitoba reports limited applicant numbers for executive positions, amid lingering auto insurance controversy. Acting GM R D Blackburn cites job security and ongoing debates as factors, with plans to start public auto insurance on November 1, 1971 and ongoing efforts to fill executive roles.
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Manitoba
Public Insurance Corporation
R. D. Blackburn
Blackburn
Corporate Farm Study Is Asked by NFU Manitoba
The Manitoba region of the National Farmers Union urged a study on corporate takeover effects on rural communities. NFU regional coordinator Phil Schwartz told a legislative committee that corporate control encroaches in southeast of Winnipeg, with North Dakota laws cited and Manitoba and Ontario dairy plants being bought. The brief calls for policy realignment to keep the farm family as the main food producer, notes land tax relative to income, and suggests replacing farm land assessment with earned income and removing school tax from farmland.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
National Farmers Union
Phil Schwartz
North Dakota
Ontario
Fort Garry Opposes Government One City Plan
Fort Garry municipal council votes to build opposition to the provincial one city plan that would replace Metro’s 18 governments with a 48-member body. The council plans a campaign, contacts other officials, and may seek court action if spending is frozen, with Fort Garry and West Kildonan taking steps to present objections and publish statements.
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Fort Garry
Winnipeg
Metro
Saul Chetniack
Cher
Morgan's Greatest Transaction and Holy Martyrdom
In this fragment from a historical newspaper clipping, a narrative links J P Morgan with a supreme transaction and religious exhortation. The text interweaves a claim of immense wealth with a spiritual judgment, ending with an odd address to an individual in Brandon Manitoba and a religious exhortation about atonement through Jesus Christ.
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Jesus Christ
Mr. Morgan
Nobber
Calvary
Peter
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Austria
Secon
Macgregor Herald
MacGregor
Ily
NFU
Ottawa
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Flerpont
Morgan
The
Webb
Sox
Brandon
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