Ottawa Tulip Festival blooms in Capital City May 15 to 30
Ottawa hosts the annual Tulip Festival from May 15 to 30 with over a million tulips in peak display. Officials expect record beauty with 129000 bulbs on Dow’s Lake Parkway, 50 000 on Parliament Hill, and new bells at Garden of the Provinces Confederation Heights and Rideau Falls Park alongside embassy displays and festive events.
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Canada
Cepitel
National Commission
Ottawa Board
Ottawa
Provinces
Parliament Hill
Confederation Heights
Government Department
Rideau Falls Park
New City Hall
Feneral Parkway
Dow's Lake
Maritime women win 1962 Coral Lane Safety Award
The Women's Institute at Marshfield PEI takes first place and $1,000 for a road safety program. Taber Alberta Ladies of Kiwanis earn $500 and a plaque, Moose Jaw Saskatchewan Safety Council women receive $250 and plaque, BC WCTU earns a merit certificate for a temperance road safety campaign, with Shell Oil Canada funding.
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Maritimes
West
Maritime Provinces
Women’s Institute
Marshfield
Pei
Ladies of Kiwanis
Taber
Alberta
Moose
Moose Jaw
B.C. Wotu
What's in a Name Sheds Light on Surnames and Meaning
A short historical note traces how surnames emerged in the 14th century as people moved for opportunity. It links examples like Baker Reed Reid and Smith Clark to trades, traits, or patronymic origins, and explains how given names themselves carried meanings.
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Arthur the Baker
Arthur Baker
John
John Reid
Reed
Small
Brown
Loyall
Waring
Frazier
Curly
Keilys
Cassidys
Nolans
Doyles
Smith and Clarke
Wrights
Baileys
Cooper
Warners
Brewsters
Helen
George
Sylvia
Nick
Cross-border public library serves three towns
The towns of Rock Island Quebec and Derby Line Vermont share a single public library that straddles the international boundary, serving residents from both countries.
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Rock Island
Quebec
Derby Line
Vermont
Maple Leafs Plot European Showcase Offer
Punch Smilach proposed taking the Toronto Maple Leafs to Europe to prove who plays the best hockey. Imlach, the manager coach, demanded 50 000 dollars plus plane fare, speaking in Toronto days after Trail Smoke Eaters finished fourth in Stockholm. He argued Canada and the U S spend big to gain world prestige and warned European teams to fund the trip.
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Punch Smilach
Toronto Maple Leafs
Europe
Toronto
Trail Smoke Eaters
Stockholm
Imlach
Canada
U.S
Prince of Wales 1860 Royal Tour of Canada
The first formal Royal Tour of Canada occurred in 1860 when the Prince of Wales visited. He later became King Edward VII, marking a historic early voyage by a British monarch to the province.
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London
Prince Philip
New Zealand
Australia
Bobby Hula
Chicago Black Hawks
Detroit Red Wings
Hull
Chicago
Jo Ann
Bruce McGregor
Canada
Prince of Wales
Edward the 7Th
Bird house pattern and war veterans note
A home workshop ad promotes a five room bird house with a red chimney and formal landscaping. It lists Pattern 469 and Homes for Birds Packet No. 75 with eight designs for $1.75, from Home Workshop Patterns Vancouver. The piece ends with a wartime note that over 85,000 men were deafened in World War II.
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Department P.P.C.L
West 5Th Ave
Vancouver
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A. C. Gordon
Jie
Telligentsia
Abs
Baier
Printer'e & Thigltium
Chem
Sane
Roma
Majestic
Army Signals Team
Prairie Medical
Signale
Saskatchewan
Ie Coy
RCEME
Priory of Canada
Unite
Sannin Ganpelstaee
Madeleine
Levason
Maple Leafs
Home Workshop
Bird House
Circle Cape
Prairie Publishers
Front Street
Ontario
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