Record Tourists in Canada National Parks Hit New High in 1953
Ottawa reports a seven month tourist season tally of 2,915,707 visitors, about 500,000 more than 1952, with Banff and Cape Breton Highlands among top draws. Historic sites such as Halifax Citadel and Port Royal Habitation show strong gains. Newfoundland eyes bringing in new parks but faces road cost hurdles.
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Ottawa
Canada
Newfoundland
Ben
Riding Mountain Park
Manitoba
Banff
Bonavista
Newman Sounds
Cape Breton Highlands
Elk Island
Fundy
Georgian Bay Islands
Glacier
Jasper
Kootenay
Mount Revelstoke
Point Pelee
Prince Albert
Prince Edward Island
Riding Mountain
St. Lawrence Islands
Waterton Lakes
Yoko
Fort Anne
Fort Battlefound
Cold Weather Kills Grain Beetles At 32 Degrees
Alberta researchers report that grain beetles rust y and sawtooth can be destroyed by sustained grain temperatures at or below 32 degrees Fahrenheit, held for two to three weeks. Farmers urged to monitor damp spots and heat, screen grain, and turn grain slowly for effective cooling.
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Lethbridge
R. W. Salt
Dominion Science Service Laboratories
Thomas Kilduff
F. L. Watters
Winnipeg
Alberta
Alta
Salt
Norman Church
Arthur Hewitt
Dr. Salt
Quiz questions on provinces tariffs energy and wealth
A compiled set of trivia asks for the third largest province by area the trend of Canadian tariff rates over 15 years the years Alberta has produced oil and natural gas the 1939 federal revenue per capita and today and which Manitoba industry leads in wealth by met value production.
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Alberta
Manitoba
Alberta Rural Electrification Has Record Year
The 1953 year saw 6,126 farms connected to rural lines in Alberta. About 27,700 customers are served by electrification, including 24,181 farmers. Plans target 5,000 more farmers in 1954 and growth to about 67,000 farms province wide.
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Alberta
N. A. Willmore
Industries and Labor
Mr. Willmore
Alberta Power Commission
Power Commission
Upese
Smile of the Week Bank Clerk Takes Twenty Dollar Bills Home
A bank staffer discovers a missing parcel of twenty dollar bills. New clerk Sally admits she took the money home to show her mother, prompting an overnight search and subsequent disclosure to the chief cashier.
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Sally
Ancient custom Winnipeg as band pipes out nurse to Vancouver
The Winnipeg Heather Girls' Pipe Band reenacted a Scottish custom by playing to honor drummer Marilyn Woodard as she boarded a train to Vancouver to begin nursing training at Vancouver General Hospital.
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Winnipeg
Heather Girls
Marilyn Woodard
Vancouver
Vancouver General Hospital
Prairie Region Unemployment Benefits Rise in 1953
Unemployment insurance benefits paid to Prairie Region claimants increased forty two percent in 1953 to a record total of 19,369,480 dollars. The rise followed higher rates effective July 14, 1952 and reflects more sickness benefits and a larger insured population. Manitoba led with 7,088,604.92 dollars, including 5,900,087.92 in Winnipeg. Alberta totaled 6,579,234.40, Saskatchewan 3,342,922.70, and Northwestern Ontario 2,358,718.65. Regular benefits were 18,124,951 and supplementary 1,244,529. Insured persons rose eight percent to 694,131.
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Prairie
J. W. Temple
Unemployment Insurance Commission
Temple
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ontario
Prairie Region
Rosthern Officer Named Equerry to Duke on Canada Tour
Group Captain E A McNab of Rosthern Saskatchewan named Equerry-in-Waiting to the Duke of Edinburgh on his Canadian tour this year. Now Director of Personnel Administration at RC A F Headquarters Ottawa McNab was commanding officer of Canada s first fighter squadron overseas in 1940 and the first Canadian to shoot down an enemy aircraft in World War II. He also was the first to be awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. A University of Saskatchewan B Sc civil engineering graduate, McNab joined the R C A F Regular in 1928.
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E. A. McNab
R.C.A.F
Rosthern
Sask
Duke of Edinburgh
Canada
Rc.a.f
Ottawa
G/C
McNab
G/C McNab
University of Saskatchewan
R.C.A.F. Regular
Millet farmer wins prize for oldest Bible in district
Arnold Marks of Millet Alberta displayed a 1690 German Bible once owned by Hans Stuehmer as the oldest in the contest linked to the Back to The Bible crusade. The Stuehmer Bible was printed when few private copies existed and churches held most copies. Marks received a new Bible in recognition of his winning entry.
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Leduc Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Arnold Marks
Millet
Alta
Hans Stuehmer
Stuehmer
Marks
Busy Worker Hazel Moran Finds Multitalented Path
Hazel Moran, blind since age eight, becomes a successful therapist with her husband, a registered masseur. She also sings in a choir and crafts handicrafts, pursuing varied work in Vancouver.
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Vancouver
Hazel Moran
Forecast of minor grasshopper infestation in Saskatchewan 1954
The Entomology Laboratory in Saskatoon forecasts only a minor grasshopper outbreak in Saskatchewan for 1954. Regions near Victora and Cypress Lake face some risk of early spring damage, while much of the province should keep grasshopper numbers low. Mr. McKenzie urges field destruction of any grasshoppers to prevent wider crop loss.
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Saskatchewan
Federal
Saskatoon
R. E. McKenzie
Provincial Plant Industry
Reno No. 51
Victora
Cypress Lake
Victora-Cypress Lake
Westcentral
Alsask
Kerrobert
Conquest
South Saskatchewan River
Alberta
Dalmeny
Bradwell
McKenzie
Helpful Hints for Domestic Tasks and Cleaning
The tip sheet covers removing finger marks with sweet oil from varnished furniture and kerosene from oiled surfaces. It notes preventing kettle scale with an oyster shell, cleaning pan lids to avoid flavor transfer, and achieving consistent coffee strength with equal parts coffee and water. It also describes a strong egg drink, and a vinegar alum wash for gingham before sun drying.
Christmas tree trade in Kamloops and Nelson provinces
A Canadian miscellany notes last year’s Christmas tree business with exports to the United States totaling $700000 from Kamloops and Nelson Forest Districts, plus 1700000 trees cut under special permits.
Answers to Quick Quiz Canadian facts snapshot
Quick Canadian Facts presents a compact set of answers: manufacturing leads, agriculture second. a 40 year span. location British Columbia. Ottawa revenue about 200 dollars per person. tariff rates down 28 percent between 1937 and 1951. Material prepared by editors of Quick Canadian Facts.
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British Columbia
Ottawa
Quick Canadian Facts
Canada
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