Canada Economic Highlights 1956 Across Sectors
The report shows nine month cash income at 1.4745 billion dollars, up 11 percent from 1955 and 12 percent from 1934, yet below the 1953 peak. Gains stem mainly from grains cattle poultry and eggs, with wheat driving much of the rise, concentrated in the Prairie Provinces.
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Prairie Provinces
Canada
Pulp and Paper Industry
Western content sparks pride in prairie weeklies
Estevan Mercury comments on a Maclean's feature showing Oxbow Herald owner Joe Pedlar and staff at the linotype, praising the Western newspaper spirit. The piece notes the Herald's solid editing, higher typography, and questions about eastern receptivity to prairie prominence. It lauds Pedlar and editor Jack Staters for pushing standards.
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Geneva
Oxbow Herald
Marcleans Magazine
Herald
Hts
Maclean's
Frank Arbuckle
Ralph Allen
Oxbow
Allen
Prairies
Joe Pedlar
Jack Staters
Toronto
Great Lakes
Estevan Mercury
Helpful Hints for Everyday Home Fixes
Quick advice on preserving stockings while wearing shoes and heel wear, drilling through masonry with a hammer and star drill, painting radiators with front-area measurements times seven, choosing wall-colored paint to hide radiators, protecting finished surfaces when hammering, and noting the Palomar telescope could detect a candlelight 40 thousand miles away.
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Palomar
San Diego
Calif
Smile of the Week Echoes a Peruvian Inca Temple Tour
Travelers visiting a Peruvian Inca temple were told by a local guide that no white men were nearby after one woman forgot to look. The Indian guide reassured her with the quip that centered on the area being free of outsiders.
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Peru
Four hospital grants approved by Saskatchewan health minister
Saskatchewan Minister of Public Health Hi a ws Erb announced grants totaling 21 556 for hospital purposes bringing fiscal year 1956 57 total to 162 300 across 17 projects. St Walburg Union Hospital 1356 Rockglen 2500 Rosthern 6000 Coronach 3000 grants announced for new or converted nursing residences. Federal grants may match dollar for dollar with the province reviewing proposals before advisory committee recommendations to the government.
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Saskacherian
Coronach Union Memorial Hopital Board
Erb
Hospital Administration and Standards Division
Origin of the Circus and Tail Feathers Fact
The text discusses the word circus arising from Roman horse and chariot performances and notes a claim about 18 feathers in a peacock's tail. It combines linguistic history with a symbolic image from ancient games.
Traffic Air Safety Their Aim
Besides airport control towers, there are seven major control centres in Canada at Gander Moncton Montreal Toronto Winnipeg Edmonton and Vancouver. Before an instrument flight can take off from any airport clearance must be obtained from an area control centre. Canada has been a leading country in developing safety standards now practised worldwide to ensure safe landings for millions of passengers.
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Canada
Gander
Moncton
Montreal
Toronto
Winnipeg
Edmonton
Vancouver
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Western Picture
Brightens Magazine
WiLliam Ferguson
Buzz Glenn
New York
Burton
Cohen
Sarakatoas
Loard
Rockgren Union Hospital
National Film Board of Canada
Irving Dook