Packsack author to speak at forest festivals May 22 29
Mr Carts writings have been well known to Canadians for decades. He has an outdoors column Packsack in daily papers and has worked for the Toronto Star Weekly. He is associate editor of Weekend magazine and a conservationist. Forest Conservation Week is sponsored across Canada by the Canadian Forestry Association with provincial support.
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Packsack
Mr Carts
Toronto Star Weekly
Weekend Magazine
Canadan Forestry Association
Saskatchewan
Natural Resources Department
G.F.A
Canadian Forestry Association
Saskatchewan Forest Conservation Week
Saskatchewan Board of Trade
Saskatchewan Fish and Game League
Department of Natural Resources
Frisby
Canadian statistics report production and price trends
The January 1954 report shows Canada manufacturing output up 3 percent with non-durable goods leading, mineral production up about 20 percent, and electricity and gas up over 14 percent. Retail sales rose about 5 percent, wholesale prices up 68 percent from January, farm prices slightly down, and unemployment claims rising to 578,586 in February. Transportation and cross border travel also increased with rail loadings and US arrivals higher year over year.
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Newfoundland
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Canada
United States
Helpful Hints And Oddities From A Damaged Page
A jumble of tips covers carpet stain removal with dry salt and dandruff relief with olive oil. Peculiar lines mention Christmas, rainy day playthings, and cutouts. A stray statistic notes a tingle fatality rate of one per billion passengers on British Railways.
Humorous Vignettes of Domestic Life and Misadventure
A collection of light anecdotes and sketches. A wife questions a suitor about a nursemaid and a detective probes a cheating husband while other tales feature a cat on a country errand a diamond longing and a watch heist gone awry. The tone remains playful and anecdotal throughout.
Winnipeg Mosquito Abatement Board Expands Boat Fleet
The Greater Winnipeg mosquito abatement board voted to pur chase a boat for anti mosquito operations on the Red River and to buy two additional fogging machines, bringing the fleet to five units in total.
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Winnipeg
Red River
Greater Winnipeg
Olli Barley Known for Malting Earns Prairie Fame
In spring 1955 Olli barley marks its twentieth year on Alberta farms as an early maturing malting variety. Reports note its contribution to west central and northern Alberta barley production despite lower yields vs Newal, with malting quality and earliness offsetting losses in certain zones. New early maturing varieties Gateway and Wolf emerged, though not yet malting.
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Alberta
E. C. Lowe
Lacombe
Federal
Department of Agriculture
Peace River
Gateway
Wolf
Canada Australia trade up in 1954 as restrictions ease
Canadian exports to Australia in 1954 reached 45.76 million, higher than 39.62 million in 1953, while imports in the first eleven months totaled 23.3 million versus 22.28 million in 1953. Australian authorities eased controls on Canadian goods despite an unfavorable trade balance.
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Canada
Australia
Department of Trade and Commerce
Seven honored with honorary degrees at Saskatchewan convocation
The university announced seven recipients for honorary doctor of laws degrees as part of Saskatchewans Golden Jubilee Year. Recipients include The Right Honorable Vincent Massey governor general of Canada and The Honorable W J Patterson lieutenant governor. Also honored are Charles D Fisher L H Handleman J R Mackay Judge Alexander Ross and S N Wynn. Convocation in the university gym at 10 am on Friday May 13 requires tickets from the university business office.
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W. P. Thompson
Charles D. Fisher
Lipton
Rural Municipalties Association
Municipal Advisory Commission
Cancer Commission
L. H. Handleman
Pilate
Saskatchewan
University Hospital
J. R. MacKay
Saskatoon
Bedford Road
Dominion
Legion
S. N. Wynn
Yorkton Enterprise
Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association
Saskatchewan Hospital Association
Free true to variety seed offer for Western Canada plots
Farmers near experiments stations or demonstration plots miss seeing grain varieties grow side by side. The Crop Testing Plan offers free seeds of about thirty varieties of wheat oats barley and flax to any farmer who will sow a small plot and care for it. Instructions and variety stakes will be provided, with requests limited and handled in rotation at 361 Grain Exchange Building Winnipeg.
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Canada
Grain Exchange
Winnipeg
Neighbors Bring Joy and Comfort, A Smyth Reflects
A. Smyth writes about the happiness of neighborly talk and shared solace. Neighbors ease pain, mend, and dream together, making life brighter and closer to heaven within their acre. The verse celebrates friendship and community bonds.
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Acre
A. Smyth
Quick Canadian Facts Quiz Quick Facts Entry
Answers to Quick Quiz 5 explain government taxation and transfers such as family allowances and pensions. Figures include about 180 000. The Halifax Chronicle began March 25, 1752. Mount Logan is in the Yukon. The Auditor General audits federal spending and reports to the House of Commons.
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Halifax Chronicle
Mount Logan
Yukon
House of Commons
Quick Canadian Facts
Pocket Annual
Canada
Hypertension Care and Early Treatment
High blood pressure is a common disorder that, if neglected, can damage the heart kidneys and other organs. Any suspicion should be discussed with a doctor, and prompt treatment can often restore normal levels.
Palace of Minos at Knossos Compared to Buckingham Palace
A 4000 year old Minos palace at Knossos Crete is described as as large as London’s Buckingham Palace. The grand site lies in Crete and is linked to ancient Minoan ruler King Minos.
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Minos
London
Buckingham Palace
Cnossus
Crete
Britain Builds Proton Linear Accelerator For Nuclear Research
Engineers in Britain are constructing a 100 yard long proton linear accelerator not as a weapon but to speed hydrogen protons for bombardment and meson production. The project aims to advance nuclear research and boost Britain’s lead in radio astronomy with Jodrell Bank’s copper mesh telescope under construction.
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Britain
Harwell
Jodrell Bank
Cheshire
Overseas students to study Britain during Easter break
About 800 overseas students in the United Kingdom will take part in Easter vacation courses arranged by the British Council. The programs include visits to industrial centres and the countryside to explore parts of Britain not easily accessible from their campuses.
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United Kingdom
Britain
The
British Council
Model of early atomic pile on display at Science Museum
A working model designed by UK scientists in Montreal is now shown at London’s Science Museum. The large replica mirrors the bigger of two pioneer piles at Harwell and is loaned by the UK Atomic Energy Authority.
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United Kingdom
Montreal
London
Science Museum
Herwell
Uka Atomic Energy Authority
Quick Canadian Quiz: First Canadian Newspaper Pub Location and Figures
A concise trivia item asks where and when Canada’s first newspaper was published, Watson Sellar’s role for Canadians, the size of the federal civil service, Canada’s highest mountain, and the meaning of government transfer payments. The prompt notes an approximate 10 billion tons of gold in the sea.
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Watson Sellar
Federal
Canada
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