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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 04, 1951
Page
2
The article notes Canada faced major wartime labor needs with unemployment at record lows during the war. After the war, building and civilian demand kept jobs high, though seasonal labor drops occur in farming and logging. Worker transfers since the last war have been rapid with few long-term unemployed.
National Employment Bureau data for November 1950 show a buoyant labor situation with 147 000 total unemployed in Canada, down 25 400 from the previous year. Many are temporary layoffs from farming and construction, while logging camps, base metal mines, and metal manufacturing expand. Increased lumber quotas and demand for base metals aircraft machinery textiles and leather goods drive hiring across industries.
The armed forces absorbed more men, aiding low unemployment and overall prosperity in Canada. High employment accompanied by wartime demand for goods, rising prices, and scarce labor. Authors note regret over wartime labor reliance and hope for full employment in a peaceful world.
In Prince Albert Sask strong demand from military use pushes wolf pelt prices up about 50 percent from 1949. US army orders for pelts to trim parkas were reported in Regina with top prices around 7.35 dollars per pelt and an average of 4.57. Hunters say wolf predation on caribou near Black Lake over 450 miles north remains severe this season.
London reports Canada aims to raise British emigrant intake for 1951 to 20 000 25 000 from about 12 000 this year. The Hague notes about 10 000 Dutch emigrants will move to Canada next year, with 40 000 total Netherlands departures expected in 1951.
A string of quick quips and courtroom gags unfolds as a magistrate hears a case of cruelty to a wife. Jests about golf clubs, timing, and a moving riverside bungalow punctuate the proceedings, revealing a light, humorous tone amid legal matters.
In Stil dam Sask a mother cat watches her kittens ignore her except at meals. The litter curls beneath a red hen near the nest while the mother sits nearby, waiting for hunger to bring the kittens back.
ABERNETHY Sask Coyotes are hunted using Bombadier snowmobiles with expert riflemen aboard. Pairs of riders chase, pursue and shoot coyotes across prairie terrain, sometimes lasting hours. Last winter twelve coyotes were killed in four hours near here.
Edward Nelson of Edmonton announced a $5,000 grant from the Canadian Foundation of Poliomyelitis to Alberta for poliomyelitis research. The funds cover salary and travel for a technician to study about 120 polio cases in Alberta in 1950 and 1951, noting the dollar’s average life of about nine months.
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