Royal Winnipeg Ballets Jamaica tour opens 23rd season
The Royal Winnipeg Ballet, a 60 member company, visited Kingston Jamaica for a 10 day stay ahead of their 23rd annual touring season. They rehearsed in 35 degree heat before a 20 000 strong Kingston Stadium crowd and aimed to boost cultural ties between Jamaica and Canada through shared performing arts.
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Royal Ballet
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Quick Canadian Quiz and Answers
Early Icelandic settlers named Gimli after Odin's residence and said it means the place where all good and brave men go after death. The 1890 Canadian density was under 5 persons per square mile and Canada today is about the same. The U S and U S S R produce more wheat than Canada. Purchasing power wages for Canadian manufacturing rose by 40 percent since 1950. Queen Elizabeth was born on April 21 1926.
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Name Sticks A Wattamata Man In Cross Country Trek
A New Zealand man extends a long cross country trek covering 6 300 miles. The article notes the nickname Hogtown was given to Toronto over a century ago by visitors who disliked the many roaming pigs.
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Toronto
New Tubular Chairs for Royal Parks Designed by Handicapped Teams
Britain plans new lightweight tubular chairs with glass fibre backs for Royal Parks replacing Victorian slats. Chairs and park attendants to be manufactured and operated by handicapped people under specially designed economic production methods. The lead designer is E H Robinson, a former 25 year BOAC engineer who helped create a maintenance classification system now used in the aircraft industry.
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Royal Parks
Employment For the Harmon
BOAC
E. H. Robinson
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