Saving Ontario's Natural Resources
Forest clearing has altered streams and lakes driving trout range loss in Ontario. The piece explains trout categories as true salmons versus charrs, notes landlocked Atlantic salmon in Lake Ontario historical days, and describes distribution of speckled lake and siscowet lake trout across Great Lakes and inland waters with varying flesh and body shapes.
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Ontario
Lake Ontario
Great Lakes
Lake Erie
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Lake Superior
80 Per Cent At War World War Involvement
More than 80 percent of the world’s people live in nations now involved in war according to a Science Service report. The finding highlights wide spread conflict across continents and impacts on daily life and international relations.
Ontario adopts civil service merit system expansion
Ontario plans a civil service merit system expansion with promotion by merit. The Port Arthur News-Chronicle notes voting may still influence outcomes for successful candidates in the merit framework. Halifax reports diphtheria fears spurring immunization drives, urging mass child vaccination as common in Ontario towns.
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Ontario
Port Arthur News-Chronicle
Halifax
Brockville
Yimes
Voter turnout dips in Alberta cities
In Edmonton 27 percent of 56,000 voters cast ballots in the mayor and aldermen election. In Lethbridge only a few hundred taxpayers voted on a money bylaw, underscoring a broader public reluctance to practice democracy.
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Edmonton
Lethbridge
Hyde Park Lady Ayrshire cow tops 100000 pounds milk
Hyde Park Lady bred by J Stuart Hyde of Dundas Ontario has reached the 100000 pound class for milk production and totals 402651 pounds of milk with 4347 pounds of butterfat at an average of 4.28 percent in lactations. She averaged two milkings per day on ordinary farm conditions.
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Hyde Park Lady
Ayrshire
J. Stuart Hyde
Dundas
Ont
Attacks on Shipping Grow as Nazis Intensify Warfare
War Week column notes rising Nazi measures against British shipping including convoy attacks off Ireland, subs and raiders in packs, and coordinated air support. Britain nears critical need for ships and escorts while U S aid eases shortages. Commentary debates Mussolini’s fate and Balkan turmoil amid Romania and Bulgaria unrest.
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America
Britain
Germany
Ireland
U. S
United Kingdom
United States
Washington
U.S
England
Lord Lothian
Mussolini
Italy
Hitler
Vichy
Brenner Pass
Balkans
Rumania
Hungary
London
Canada and Allies Face War News and Domestic Fears
Reports from Parliament note stronger ties with Soviet Russia on a stable political basis while Turkey and Yugoslavia keep neutrality amid Axis pressure. In Asia Japan suffers losses in Hupeh as offensives widen toward Thailand-Indochina. Canada passages on the budget curb imports, raise taxes, and seek foreign exchange conservation, with King to form a war expenditures committee as Ontario endures a heavy snow blitz.
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Russia
Turkey
Yugoslavia
Hupeh
Canada
U. S
United Kingdom
Dominion
Great Britain
King
Hanson
the House
England
Thirty Acres Unlocks Quebec Change on Old Farm
The book portrays Euchariste Moisan a Quebec farmer facing modern pressures from wars depression and New England migration. It contrasts traditional habitant life with new forces as a small racial minority adapts folkways to contemporary conditions. Ringuit’s novel invites readers of Maria Chapdelaine to explore Harvey era concerns.
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Quebec
Euchariste Moisan
Euchariste
Charis
New England
Canada
Maria Chapdelaine
Ringuet
Toronto
the Macmillan Company of Canada
Royal Commission Report on Dominion Provincial Relations
The Rowell Sirois Report concludes after over two and a half years of study across Canada. It urges clear taxation burdens on those best able to pay to reduce unemployment debt and disunion and shape federal provincial rights for a better Canada.
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Royal Commission On Dominion
Canada
Fathers of Confederation
Dominion of Canada
Ontario
Royal Commission
N. W. Rowell
Atlantic
Pacific
Rowell
Joseph Sirois
Quebec City
Commission
Rowell-sirois
Water Quilt Introduces New Sleep Comfort
A water quilt pad delivers cooling by diffusing tap water between its walls. A thermostat-controlled valve adjusts flow to maintain comfort as body temperature rises. An official notes it has proven satisfactory at 104 degrees with 80 percent humidity.
Danes Lose Whipped Cream and Tobacco in Milk Shortage
Danes faced shortages as whipped cream and rich cheese were removed from the diet by an order aimed at conserving milk reserves. German occupation reduced cattle supplies due to slaughter and feed scarcity, with tobacco stocks thinning and slot machine cigar sales barred.
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Denmark
England
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G. C. Toner
Federation of Ontario Anglers
Bowser Hotel
Bowser
Victoria
Vancouver Island
Marguerite
Kathleen
Joan
Elizabeth
C.P.R
J. E. Chaney
Sirois
By Fred Neher
Fred Neher
Pinhead
Gene Byrnes
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