Final instalment of editors tour Northern Saskatchewan
Four Saskatchewan district editors conclude their tour of northern Saskatchewan with Swift Current Sun writer Dave Celbeck recounting Cree Lake flights delays a vegetable garden by settlers and a reunion of the fishing party at Lac la Ronge Nistowiak falls impresses and Galen Craik lands a 74 pound jackfish during a two boat trip to the lake shores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan District Weekly
Saskatchewan
Dave Celbeck
Swift Current Sun
Cliff Ashfield
Grenfell Sun
Walter Telfer
The
Humbold Journal
Irwin McIntosh
North Battleford News Optimist
Rad Io
Foster Station
la RF Ronge
Lac la Ronge
Cree
la Ronge
Chance
Becaus
DNR
Cree Lake
Wetzel's
Wetzel’s
Earl Dodds
Department of Natural Resources
Foster
Dodds
D.N.R
Nistowiak
pewaSa
Dave Belbeck
Galen Craik
Publications
Galen
Saskatchewan Government
SGA
Saskatchewan Weekly
Stony Rapids
D.N.R. Northern
Bureau of Publications
Cham’ McLean
Don “Scotty” Fraser
Picture Highlights Northern Press Tour
Henry Wetzel and Cree Lake partners pose for a photo with Frank Anderson and Otto Okerberg aboard the log cabin. The writer notes one mosquito bite at Careen Lake and discusses the North Country's future, highlighting mining and forest products and the Department of Natural Resources. Predictions are uncertain, but Saskatchewan's prosperity hinges on northern development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wetzel
Cree Lake
Henry
Frank Anderson
Otto Okerberg
Jonah
Careen Lake
Department of Natural Resources
Saskatchewan
African herds and oil fields noted in stark contrast
About a million cattle roam Kenya and Tanganyika with 100000 Masai nomads. The tribesmen prioritize numbers over quality, leading to overpopulated grasslands. Iraq reportedly hosts the largest single oil field in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Kenya
Tanganyika
Iraq
Mistletoe Its Roots In Myth And Holiday Tradition
Mistletoe known as a Christmas decoration traces roots to Druids and Norse lore with legends of healing power and love. The plant grows as a parasite on trees including oaks and conifers and was linked to magic, sacred wood, and later Christian symbolism before becoming a holiday staple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Friga
New Wisdom Tooth at 78 PANGMAN Sask
Mrs F Wells of Pangman aged past 78 has just had a wisdom tooth removed after feeling a new molar for about two years. A long-time Pangman resident with good health recently returned from a five month trip to England. The fastest snake in the United States the western whip snake travels at about three miles an hour.
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Pangman
Sask
F. Wells
United States
Holy Thorn of Glastonbury Bloom Tale Through Centuries
The Holy Thorn of Glastonbury is linked to Joseph of Arimathea who planted a staff that allegedly grew into a thorn tree in Glastonbury. The thorn’s Christmas Eve blooms attracted pilgrims, sparked calendar debates, and a cutting planted in Washington DC bloomed in 1918, drawing thousands each Christmas.
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Christ
Joseph
Arimathaea
Britain
Glastonbury
Hearne
America
St. Alban's School
Washington, D.C
Henry Gates Satterlee
Origin of the Cracker and Its British Roots
Christmas crackers began in Britain about 70 years ago when Tom Smith copied a French confectioner. He wrapped sugared almonds in tissue and added a love message, creating the present day cracker. The note also mentions there are about 6,000 caterpillar species in North America.
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Britain
Tom Smith
Tom
North America
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Northland
Big River
Nistowiak Falls
British Columbia
Montreal
Nistowiak Lake
Prince Albert
Northern Press
Provinal Department of Public Health
Peggy
Mohair
Chuck Thurston
Thorn of Glastonbury
Tray
Canada
Jane Ashley
Home Service Department
Canada Starch Company
Bensons Corn
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