Saskatchewan plans vast aged care program in Regina village
Saskatchewan launches a major aging care effort with an eight block village in Regina to house 166 double duplex units for married residents and hostels for singles. Costs run into millions with nursing homes added. government funding includes a $40 per bed annual maintenance grant and new beds planned across Regina Saskatoon Melfort and Swift Current.
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Saskatchewan
J. H. Sturdy
Regin
Regina
Provin
Cial
Sturdy
Douglas
Melfort
Saskatoon
Swift Current
Three Canadian weekly editors win CWNA honors
At the CWNA convention three members receive top female and male editor awards. Mrs. George Murray of Pictou Nova Scotia earns Mrs Weekly Editor of the Year while Barbara Lee Aylesworth of Watford Ontario is named Miss Weekly Editor and S N Wynn of Yorkton Saskatchewan wins Mr Weekly Editor of the Year. Mrs. Murray, wife of publisher George Murray, runs two columns in the Pictou Advocate. Barbara Aylesworth, 25, manages the Guide Advocate in Watford with her father, and plans to stay in the newspaper business in North Battleford Saskatchewan. Sam Wynn, born 1885 in Palmerston Ontario, is a Yorkton veteran editor who has served on CWNA boards for 26 years and held many civic posts in Yorkton.
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Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association
George Murray
Pictou
N.S
Barbara Lee Aylesworth
Watford
Ont
S. N. Wynn
Yorkton
Sask
Pictou Advocate
The
Advocate
Barbara
Guide Advocate
London
William
North Battleford
Irwin McIntosh
Sam Wynn
World
Palmerston
West Toronto Tribune
CWNA
Wynn
Board of Trade
Yorkton General Hospital
Saskatchewan Hospital Association
Clever Clothespin Housekeeping Tips
Useful hints show spring clothespins can aid knitting ends and prevent ravelling. Clip pins over needle ends to stop fraying and snap a clothespin on the pan for a simple spoon rack while cooking. Also guide on measuring shortening and suggest regular short rest breaks to improve daily work mood.
Quick Canadian Facts pocket annual shows figures and notes
The text lists figures such as 300 million and 600 million, mentions Newfound land, and cites a total of about 5 000 000 with 23 000 000 to be obtained from taxes. It notes textiles as a major manufactured material and comments on Eniwetekim soil being too sandy for cultivation.
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Newfoundland
Quick Canadian Facts
Facts About
Canada
Eniwetekim
The
Pacific
Umbrella Craft Legacy From Monte Mottarone to Turin
BBC Rome correspondent recounts how Monte Mottarone villagers learned the umbrella trade in the eighteenth century turning away French competition. They spread across Italy mending selling umbrellas using a secret language. A 1939 umbrella and parasol museum opened in Gignese above Lake Maggiore, closed during war, reopened recently attracting makers worldwide.
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BBC
Rome
Christopher Serpell
Italy
Monte Mottarone
Lake Maggiore
France
Monte Montfarone
Naples
Gignese
Story of the ice cream cone reaches fifty years
The ice cream cone is described as an enduring American icon with roots disputed between a 1903 origin and a fifty year anniversary. It’s praised for manual crafting, flavor choice, and decorative sprinkles, promising contentment on hot days while remaining a growing, self replenishing consumer staple.
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Gor
Honored Mission Names Mount McDougall in Alberta
Mount McDougall in Alberta was named for Rev. George Mc Dougall and his two sons. they served as mission aries to the Stoney Indians. A dragon fly is described as having more than 30 eyes.
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Mount
August on the Prairie's record wet month and damage
August proved historically unseasonable across the Prairie provinces with record rainfall in Saskatoon Regina and Red Deer and heavy damage including flooded rivers damaged bridges tornados and widespread crop losses delaying harvests across Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
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Edmonton
Prairie
Saskatoon
Regina
Red Deer
Alta
Calgary
North
Winnipeg
Prairie Provinces
Prairies
Canada
Gems of Thought Names and reputation across ages
A collection of quotes on names and reputation from Fullé, Eddy, Penn, Shakespeare, Cowper, Hazlitt, and a note on Canadians and textiles. The pieces explore how a name defines identity, influence, and perception in society.
Regina actress Shirley Douglas takes stage to troops in UK tour
Shirley Douglas a Royal Academy graduate and star of Born Yesterday joined two British actors to tour the United Kingdom with the West End hit To Dorothy A Son. They performed eight to twelve shows weekly for army navy and air force camps, traveling by hired bus and sleeping little between stops. Audiences of 200 to 1500 greeted the troupe at bases including North Luffenham Rutland. Douglas endured a peroxide hair attempt and earned £13 weekly plus lodging in a grueling schedule.
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Dorothy
United Kingdom
Shirley
London
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Royal Canadian Air Force
North Luffenham
Rutland
No. 1
Miss Douglas
RADA
England
Scotland
Wales
Record set for largest pike in Canada
Francis Willard Chick Terry of Stony Rapids Saskatchewan caught a 42 pounds 12 ounces Great Northern Pike from Lake Athabasca near Axis Harbour on July 19. The 43 inch by 24 inch fish surpassed the previous Canadian record by 10 ounces and may enter US contests Hunting and Fishing in Canada and Field and Stream. The world record remains 46 pounds 2 ounces set by Peter Dubuc in 1940.
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Prince Albert
Francis Willard
Chick” Terry
Stony Rapids
Saskatchewan
Lake Athabasca
Terry
Delaney Sage
Ontario
Harry Bed
Axis Harbour
R.C.M.P
Kenneth Preece
Hunting and Fishing
Canada
United States
Peter Dubuc
Sacandaga Reservoir
New York
Domestic Crises of a Teen Chef Endearing Yet Humbling
A 13 year old prepares lunch for herself and younger brother hoping to prove her growing independence. Bread purchase leads to a stuck loaf crisis while father departs for work with mixed pride and sorrow. Neighbor recalls a mop hairstyle remark adding humor to the domestic moment.
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Father
Nfe
Quick Canadia Quiz Questions About Canada’s Commons
A reader quiz asks how many seats are in the House of Commons and Canada's earliest manufacturing industry. It references narrow gauge railways in western Canada and notes CBC spending about 26 million with a portion from commercial programs. It also asks if Canadiana will pay Ottawa sales tax on manufactured goods around 100 million this year.
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Canada
House of Commons
Caada
CBC
Ottawa
Mallard Fawns On Cement Duck In Albany Lawn
Oddities report a wild mallard drake courting a cement dormer duck on the lawn at Al and Mrs. Sklar's Albany summer home. The bird cuddles the ornament at night, a whimsical scene amid imagin ary pink elephants in the area. A pink grasshopper in Windsor Ontario is under glass by five year old Kenneth Markham. A thief squirrel returns a stolen wrist watch to its owner after two days, dropping it as it flees with the chain saw in Kirkland Lake.
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Helderberg Lake
al Sklar
Albany
N.Y
Kenneth Markham
Windsor
Ont
Alex Langhuf
Kirkland Lake
Alex
Octopus Presented to Civic Aquarium
Vancouver officials welcomed a 10 foot octopus donated by Bert Mona a 22 year old underwater fisherman Mona said the creature reached for him during a dive for an outboard motor wearing his frogman suit he surfaced and killed the octopus with a spear gun then brought it to the aquarium in a barrel of salt water
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Vancouver
Civic Aquarium
Bert Mona
Mona
Smile of the Week: Lawyer Advises Beyond The Chair
A witty legal blank in Sing Sing leaves a doomed client seeking strategy. The sharp attorney simply says do not sit down, implying a doomed but dryly comic quick reply from the death house. The punchline hinges on timing and gallows humor.
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Sing Sing
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Mary Baker Eddy
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Hazlitt
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