Canada Sees Doctors at 948 Per Person. Survey Details Shifts
A 1954 survey shows Canada averaged one doctor for every 948 Canadians with 16 031 active doctors as of June. British Columbia has the lowest ratio at one per 777, while Ontario ranges high. The study notes more women physicians, urban concentration, and rise in specialization. Nearly 900 graduates in 1954 aided totals, including 54 from UBC.
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Department of National Health and Welfare
Canadian Medical Association
le Association Des Medecing de Langue Francaise du Canada
Quebec
Ontario
British Columbia
Cians
Newfoundland
New Medical School
University of British Columbia
Home Workshop Barbecue and Bed Pattern Guide
This article outlines patterns for building a backyard barbecue with a twenty inch high cooking surface split for boiling and grilling plus storage and fuel nook. It also describes a bed with an adjustable headboard and a four tray storage unit, with prices and ordering from PPL Home Pattern Service in Vancouver.
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PPL
Home Pattern Service
Priser
Egy
Cel
Vancouver
B.C
Dandelion Greens Boost Salads with Fresh Spring Flavors
Nutritionist Joyce Lewis of Alberta urges using young dandelion leaves and other wild greens as a mineral rich vitamin packed salad base. Combine with purslane lambs quarters or prairie spinach plus carrots or turnips, finish with chives or onion rings and crumbly cheese for a crisp, tangy dressing.
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Joyce Lewis
Alberta Department of Agriculture
Opportunity Knocks But Once in the Gate of Fate
A meditation on opportunity by John James Ingalls describes fame fortune and success as roaming across cities deserts and seas. It warns that those who follow it reach every desired state while those who doubt face inevitable failure and woe.
Total Eclipse At Manila Draws Global Astronomers
Astronomers from Europe and the Americas travel to Manila in the Philippines to observe a total solar eclipse on June 20. The event, lasting seven minutes and eight seconds, is billed as the longest total eclipse in a millennium.
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Americas
Manila
P.I
Manitoba crop outlooks improve despite flood damage
The Herald reports despite severe Assiniboine river flooding, planting progresses across most districts with wheat nearly finished and oats, barley, and flax still to plant. Early peas in Portage la Prairie show slow progress due to wet weather, sunflowers under 15,000 acres, and cattle marketings down while hog numbers rise. Butterfat and egg production are up, poultry demand remains brisk, and bee colonies are building up despite late bee package arrivals.
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Assiniboine
Manitoba
Poplar Point
Oakville
Morden
Portage la Prairie
Gunton-Arbory
Turkey
Rusty grain beetles warning for stored Alberta grain
Dr. C W Farstad of the Science Service Laboratory at Lethbridge urges routine checks of farm stored grain for rusty grain beetles. Reports from southern areas show persistence, but no general alarm. Inspect bins regularly, heat spots should be warmed and turned, and fumigation considered with district agriculturist guidance.
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C. W. Farstad
Science Service Laboratory
Lethbridge
Farstad
Alberta
Science Service Laboratories
Snow Dump Deluges Rocky Mountain House in April
Rocky Mountain House Alberta saw 43 inches of snow in three weeks of April, more than all winter. The heavy fall battered streets and households, with drifting and shoveling common as residents adapted to the unusual spring dump.
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Rocky Mountain House
Alta
Rockies
Safety belt planned for production by firm
A safety belt for motorists patterned after airline belts will enter production by at least one company, according to a spokesman from Cornell University Aeronautical Laboratories where the belt was developed.
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Cornell University Aeronautical Laboratories
Embroidered Linen Motifs Iron On Pattern 7075
Ode Brooks promotes a washable iron on design set Pattern 7075 featuring eight pink blue and green motifs four His and Hers and four Mr and Mrs with flower frames. Frames measure 4% x 2% and 74 x 214 inches. Send twenty five cents in coins to obtain pattern.
Wonderful new Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalog 1955
Advertises a 1955 Alice Brooks needlecraft catalog from Department P P L Household Arts Toronto. Requests readers to mail name address and pattern number with 25 cents for the catalog. Promises exciting enchanting designs and urges immediate order.
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Allce Brooks
Ats
Honey production declines in Canada in 1954
Canada produced about 20 million pounds of honey in 1954, 25 percent less than 1953. The drop followed poor weather and yielded about 59 pounds per colony, down from roughly 77 pounds in 1953. Despite lower output, the number of beekeepers rose by about 1,000 to just under 15,000, with 339,700 colonies.
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Canada
Free NHL statistics card for 1954 55 season and playoffs
Hockey fans can obtain a free final official statistics card for the 1954 55 regular season and playoffs by writing to the Information Bureau of the National Hockey League at 603 Sun Life Building Montreal Quebec.
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N.H.L
Information Bureau
National Hockey League
Sun Life Building
Montreal
Quebec
Canada’s Twelve-Penny Black Stamp Worth $3500 Now
Canada’s earliest postage stamp the twelve penny black of 1850 is valued at 3500 in current markets. The item highlights classical philately with high demand from collectors and dealers.
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Canada
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