Our National Parks rallying Canada’s park values
The piece extols Canada’s National Parks as a national asset and playgrounds for all citizens. It highlights growth in Canadian park visits, guided by foresight in reserving vast lands, protecting wildlife like buffalo, and promoting outdoor holidays for families and prairie youth across provinces and territories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
Department of National Administration
Canada
Eeete Urey
Neture
Nature
Australian captain Hawks seen as British subject
The Toronto Mail and Empire notes Captain Frank Hawks who set speed records Montreal to Toronto and Toronto to Ottawa and Montreal to New York is not a United States citizen but an Australian and thus British. His temporary home is Texas, but he intends to remain British.
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Frank Hawks
Montreal
Toronto
Ottawa
New York
United
Hawks
Republic
Toronto Mail and Empire
Dominion Ram Club offers graded Rams with freight paid
The Dominion Department of Agriculture promotes a Ram Club policy under Hon. Robert Weir. It covers supplying purebred rams at stated prices with freight paid to destination. Orders must be placed by October 1 each year. The program aims to develop uniform breeding on a community basis. Sweden’s ten year program will yield one of Europe's best highway systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ram Club
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Robert Weir
Sweden
Europe
Alberta Reed Program Work On Link With Trams-Canada Highway
Alberta plans to start construction on the Alberta section of the trans Canada Highway with federal aid on a 50-50 basis per a wire from Senator Gideon Robertson. Premier Bennett requested routes including Jasper Edm onton Lloydminster or Banff Calgary Medicine Hat, with final route decision pending interprovincial alignment by Dominion authorities.
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Alberta
Gideon Robertson
Labor
Drough
Albertsinks
Bennett
Jasper
Edmonton
Lloydminster
Wainwright
Banff
Calgary
Medicine Hat
Five Cent Wheat Export Bounty Resolution Placed
Premier Bennett moves a resolution to pay five cents per bushel on wheat exported from Alberta and Saskatchewan for the 1931 crop. The measure authorizes payment from the consolidated revenue fund and sets regulations and penalties for noncompliance. Oil ad notes Dr Thomas Selectric Oil popular for its claimed benefits.
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Alberta
Saskatchewan
House of Commons
R. B. Bennett
Bennett
Saskatchewan Ag Societies cancel sixty fairs amid poor conditions
Saskatchewan agricultural fairs face widespread cancellation with 69 fairs abandoned and 75 small exhibitions remaining planned for the year. Secretary J G Rayner notes southern fairs most affected. Some northern societies delay due to prize money shortages.
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Saskatchewan
J. G. Rayner
Saskatchewan Agricultural Societies Association
Saskatchewan University
Norey
Violence Death Rates Rise in Canada and Strawberries Export News
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports a rise in deaths by violence in Canada for 1990 with totals 4146 eight years earlier 7151. Homicides 212 and accidental deaths 6249. Drownings 1057 tame accidents 2077 and auto fatalities 1289. Simcoe plant extends to western markets for Ontario strawberries shipping next season crop to western provinces and northern Ontario.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Ontario
Simcoe
Western Provinces
Wheat Marketing Problems and Manitoba Premier Bracken
Premier John Bracken of Manitoba praised the Regina inter provincial wheat conference outcome saying it would create machinery to address pool elevator and wheat marketing issues. He urged a wheat board as the best solution and warned of lower prices when farmers rush 1931 crop to market amid Russian export pressure and pending fund fixes.
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Tt Bracken
Manitob
Regina
John Bracken
Manitoba
Dominion
Bracken
Western
Canada
West
Macken
Russia
First Aid Prize Awards Championship This Year Goes To Kingston Army Medical Corps
The 1931 Dominion Trophy tests were won by No 3 Detachment Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Kingston Ontario with 291 points. Second place went to Canadian Pacific Railway police Windsor station Montreal team with 286 points. Other finishers include Canadian National Railway Fort Rouge Shops Winnipeg 279 and CPR Nelson British Columbia 268.
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Kingston Army Medical Corps
Canada
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
Kingston
Ont
St. John Ambulance Association
R.c.am
Canadian Pacific Railway Police
Windsortation
Montreal
Canadian National Railway
Fort Rouge
Winnipeg
CPR
Nelson
B.C
Saint John
N.B
Canmore Coal Company
Canmore
Alta
CNR. M.P
Dept
Melville, Sask
British Columbia Honored in London Papers Diamond Jubilee
London Morning Post and Daily Express publish tributes to British Columbia marking its diamond jubilee. The Post praises the province’s loyalty, pioneer vision, and growth into a progressive, prosperous region west of the Rockies. Express notes affection for the 60-year-old province, praising its English character.
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London
British Columbia
England
Morning Post
Canada
Post
Rockies
Empire
The
Daily Express
Fighting Narcotic Evil League Reports Progress in Drug Traffic
The League of Nations reports progress in curbing narcotics with morphine traffic at 100 tons and six tons of cocaine, while heroin export centers drop from 3,055 kilograms in 1926 to 41 kilograms in 1980, signaling measurable control efforts.
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League of Nations
Peace River Outlet and Pacific Great Eastern Railway Fate
The British Columbia government fears delays from a proposed Dominion general transportation royal commission may affect the Peace River outlet and Pacific Great Eastern Railway decisions. Provincial authorities will seek clarification on whether these matters would be referred to the commission. Also: Douglas' Egyptian Liniment advertised as a quick remedy for toothache neuralgia burns sprains sores and inflammation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Corn
Peace River
Pacific Great Eastern Railway
Dominion General Transportation Royal Commission
Ontario Relief Plan Averts Compulsory Work Say Premier
Premier George Henry and Labor Minister Gideon Robertson discussed an Ontario relief plan aimed at battalion establishment without compulsory labor. The minister stated no compulsory work was involved in the proposed method, though the record shows confusion and unclear phrases about the plan and its execution.
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George Henry
Ontario
Gideon Roberston
Canada Praised By Sir Alexander Gibbs
Sir Alexander Gibbs the English port authority and engineer arrived in Quebec to conduct an inquiry into Canadian harbour functioning. He said Canada set an example for efficient harbour management and construction and he felt honored to be chosen for the task.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Gibbs
Canada
Quebec
Alexander Stat
Ontario MLA Urges Lighter Beef Cattle for Britain and Home Use
Howard F. Raleigh reports to Ontario legislature committee on cattle breeding argues Canada must produce more light weight beef cattle to sustain British markets and meet domestic needs. The investigation examines conditions in the cattle industry and implications for producers in Lambton West.
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Canada
Britain
Howard F. Raleigh
M.L.A. Lambton West
Ontario
Coast-To-Coast Telephone Link Opens Across Canada
Eight cooperative telephone systems connect Toronto to Winnipeg and Montreal to Halifax, completing a coast to coast route designed to keep Canadian calls within the Dominion. The line spans 4,263 miles with 22 repeater stations and progresses toward Halifax on the Atlantic seaboard and Vancouver on the Pacific Coast by 1931.
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Montreal
Winnipeg
Halifax
Atlantic Seaboard
Vancouver
Pacific
Dominion
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Canada
Montreal-Winnipeg
Toronto
Regina
Calgary
British Columbia Telephone Company
RCMP Sergeant William Shutz Promoted to Inspector
After twenty two years with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and time with the old North West Mounted Police including a two year Arctic service, Sergeant William Shutz of Weyburn earns a merited promotion to inspector. Mother Graves Worm Exterminator is claimed to be complete and effective without additional medicines.
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
North West Mounted Police
Arctic
Canada
William Shutz
Weyburn
Mother Graves
The Road to Happiness as a Detour Misread
A reflective line notes that people often pass happiness by because its path resembles a detour they prefer the more attractive route.
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Eno
Mae
National Parks
Mra
Lioyd Jones
Argyle St
Thomas
Peace River Outlet
Hunter-Martin & CO
SASK
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