Trade and advertising rise, housing and transport fall in midyear review
The weekly statistics release shows a record value of domestic exports in the first half driven by nonferrous metals and chemicals with notable gains in nickel and aluminum products, while advertising agencies posted a 15 percent year over year increase. Dwelling starts and completions fell, railway carloads declined, and consumer price indexes rose across ten regional cities with electricity bills lower on average than 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaina
All Canada
Stamp vending machines to be added in Estevan
Three postage stamp vending machines will be installed immediately at three locations in Estevan. One outside the new post office, one outside Sub Post Office 1 in Valley View, and one at the Canadian Pacific Railway station. They will dispense 25 cent booklets containing five five cent stamps, increasing convenient access to stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estevan
R. J. Goodman
Postal Services
Calgary
Wm. Stephen
Civic Betterment Association
Stephen
Valley View
Canadian Pacific
Mercury
Estevan, Sask
Estevan Home Boom Reaches 138 Houses This Year
Estevan sees a rapid housing surge with 79 Hillside homes and 47 in Pleasantdale under construction. Most houses are privately financed and the Northside has absorbed nearly all available lots. The total in various stages built or under erection hits 138 in the city so far this year.
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Estevan
Hillside
Northside
Pleasantdale
Canarama Ltd
Ford Cundall
The
Mercury
Sask
First proof of intermingling between Canadian and American trumpeter swans
Fred A. Glover of the U S Fish and Wildlife Service reported a banded trumpeter swan from Saskatoon Lake near Grande Prairie Alberta as the first definite proof of cross border mixing between Canadian and American flocks. The bird later found dead in Island Park Idaho confirmed intermingling and a Copper River Alaska sighting added to the evidence. A fluoroscopic survey shows over 10 percent of 100 flocks carrying lead pellets from hunters. The birds are protected in both countries and most shooting is blamed on misidentification with snow geese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatoon Lake
Grande Prairie
Alberta
Fred A. Glover
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Canada
R. N. Mackay
Dominion Wildlife Service
Island Park
Idaho
Montana
Red Rock Lakes
Banding
Copper River
Alaska
America
Unclear fragments on Indian medicine and metals
Fragments discuss Indians using petroleum for healing before Europeans. Mention steel resistance to corrosion and metals like nickel and copper. Some text notes about snakes and venom in meat. Overall, the passage is fragmented and lacks a coherent report.
Big bear roams Revelstoke streets on a Sunday morning
Mrs. Roy Markstrom watched a large black bear wander through Revelstoke from Farwell School to Mount Revelstoke National Park. The young Markstroms observed the bear as it crossed First Street West Victoria Road CPR main line and Big Bend Highway in a populated district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Markstrom
Victoria Road
First Street
Farwell School
Big Bend
Mount Revelstoke National Park
Easter chick technique aids waterfowl study
Wildlife biologists adopt the Easter chick dyeing method to track duck movements from dry prairie nests to ponds. By injecting dye into eggs, researchers produced colored broods to monitor arrival at waterholes and study distribution patterns across the Prairie Provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Wildlife Service
U.S
West
Fish and Wildlife Service
Prairie Provinces
Sales of pest control products in Canada reach 24.7 million in 1956
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports Canada registered outlets sold pest control products totaling 24.7 million dollars in 1956, up eight percent from 1955. Key categories include agricultural dusts and sprays 7.2 million, livestock treatments 7.0 million, weed killer pesticides 6.0 million, insecticides 4.2 million, rodenticides 0.3 million.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Bright Clothing Reflects Heat More Than Dark Garments
In bright sunshine, light colored clothing stays cooler than dark since light materials reflect more heat. The note emphasizes color choice affecting comfort in sunny conditions.
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Rex Gary Schmidt
Big Bear
Markstrom
Revelstoke
Revelstoke, B.C
Redvers
Saskatchewan
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