Adams era Wings beat NHL 784 regular season wins
Detroit Red Wings achieved 784 regular season victories under manager Jack Adams up to the 1947-48 start. Adams also coached through the 1947-48 season, and Wings secured 101 playoff wins in the same era. In Watrous Manitou notes, L Blundell recalls trading horses for oxen in 1908 near Plunkett, Saskatchewan, as pioneer life shifted to oxen power.
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Poplar Park
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Watrous Manitou
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Geo. Deller
Sam Treble
Bill Allin
Manitou, Watrous, Sask
Christmas tree imports from Scotland to Canada rise
Canada receives over a million young Christmas trees by air from Scotland as part of a growing export sector. West Craigs Nurseries at Forfar, Scotland, raises about 20 million young trees annually, though many will not be ready for the 1960 holiday season.
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Canada sees high foreign visits and spending
The prior year recorded 27.7 million international visits to Canada with spending of 337 million dollars. Canadian travel abroad reached 27.2 million visits with spending around 500 million dollars.
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Campbell Soup to Build Portage La Prairie Plant
Campbell Soup Co Ltd will proceed with a soup plant at Portage la Prairie on the original site at the northwest edge of the city. Premier Douglas Campbell announced after a board meeting tentatively approving the site and naming Green Blankstein and Russell of Winnipeg as architects for the multi million dollar project. Preliminary work is expected to begin this fall.
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Bylaw Prepared for Two New Schools in The Pas
The Pas School Board moves quickly to present ratepayers with a bylaw for 240000 dollars to fund two needed schools a 10 room unit and a six room unit. The Northern Mail reports the measure on November 13 57. Up to seven miles of wire are used in the electrical system of each new automobile.
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