Forest Nursery Stations Moved to PFRA Regina
The Indian Head and Sutherland Forest Nursery Stations in Saskatchewan shift from the Research Branch to the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration. About 90 staff move with the transfer to streamline operations and boost tree distribution from 3–8 million to 20 million annually to meet shelterbelt and conservation demands under ARDA program.
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Indian Head
Forestry Service
Federal Department of Interior
Prairies
W. H. Cram
Prairie
Regina
Alvin Hamilton
Sutherland
Saskatchewan
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration
Canada Department of Agriculture
ARDA
The Indian Hero in the Machine Age Weather Tales
The piece contrasts legendary Indigenous guides with a Wyoming rescue where a helicopter aided a lost rider at 11 000 feet. It questions the staying power of the “untouched wilderness” image and notes urban weather wisdom from Topeka.
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Wyoming
James Fenimore Cooper
Topeka
Kan
Capital
Saskatoon boy wins angling competition
Eleven year old Joseph D Geo ghegan of Saskatoon wins the 1962 junior angling championship. He caught a 16 pound 1 ounce northern pike at Emma Lake’s Munson Point using an eight pound nylon line and a fibre glass rod. The catch occurred August 13 at six pm and earns him the Len Thompson Pike Trophy.
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Joseph D. Geoghegan
Poplar Crescent
Saskatoon
Harvey Dryden
Saskatchewan
Joseph
Munson’s Point
Emma Lake
Prince Albert
Len Thompson
Norman Bruce Kolpak
Swift Current dentist named to Dominion Council of Health
Dr James Patterson Whyte a Swift Current Ontario born dentist has been appointed to the Dominion Council of Health principal advisory body to the Federal Minister of Health. He fills the vacancy caused by the death of Professor Rupert Ramsey of the University of Saskatchewan.
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James Patterson Whyte
Swift Current
Saskatchewan
Dominion Council of Health
Pembroke
Ontario
Whyte
Eganville
Renfrew
Ont
University of Toronto
International College of Dental Surgery
Canadian Dental Association
England
Europe
London
Regina to Host Fencing Championships 1963
Regina will stage the Canadian National Fencing Championships in 1963 attracting about 100 top amateur fencers. Events span men's foil epee and sabre and ladies foil, marking the first national fencing meet in Saskatchewan. Regina had earlier hosted the Western Canadian Championships.
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Regina
Canada
Saskatchewan
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Conquest
Southcentral
Indian Head and Sutherland
PFRA
Saskatoon Boy
Sir Winston Churchill
Savoy Hotel
Riviera
Sir Winston
Lord Birkenhead
To Health Council
Rosetown
W. B. Clarke
Delisle, Sask
Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Research Foundation OF Ontario
Harlord ST
Toronto
Society
Ynare
Ruthy
Bureau On
Department of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation
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