Delayed Industrial Revolution in Canada Through Confederation
The piece traces Canada’s shift from raw commodity exports to manufacturing after 1867 under John A. Macdonald’s National Policy. It notes tariff protection, export growth to Britain and the U.S., and the rise of pulp and paper with early mills in Valleyfield and near Sherbrooke around 1866.
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England
Canada
John A. Macdonald
Macdonald
Confederation
Britain
United States
Alexander Buntin
North America
Valleyfield
Que
John Thomson
Sherbrooke
Canada’s Century and the Rise of Newsprint Power
The piece notes Canada’s vast soft wood reserves in British Columbia Ontario and Quebec making newsprint a major industry and Canada becoming a top four exporter. It discusses wars spurring industrial growth especially in metals and electronics and warns exports remain raw. argues need to broaden regional manufacturing beyond Ontario and Quebec with more national growth and foreign ownership concerns.
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Canada
British Columbia
Ontario
Quebec
United States
U.S
Steelgas Awards Fellowship To Frontier Teacher
Steelgas (Manitoba) Limited announced a 2500 Dome Teaching Fellowship to Ellen Clinton a history teacher at Frontier Collegiate Cranberry Portage. The two month study will examine dropout rates among Indigenous and Metis students and compare approaches in other provinces with a full report to be shared with local school boards. Clinton a University of Ottawa and University of Manitoba graduate has 14 years teaching in Manitoba. this is the seventh Dome fellowship.
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Steelgas (Manitoba) Limited
Ellen Clinton
Frontier Collegiate
Cranberry Portage
Manitoba
Steelgas
Steelgas (Flin Flon) Limited
Thompson Gas Limited
Clinton
Miss Clinton
University of Ottawa
University of Manitoba
Dome
Montreal bound mayor promotes Shaganapee Ties at Expo67
In Montreal this week Mayor Harry Trager works on promotion and sale of his Shaganapee Ties for Expo 67. The column also notes local items from Moose Lake to Carrott Valley including hay supplies, hidden horses and nostalgic notes on education's new math and extra R in reading, biting and rithmet ic.
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Moose Lake
Carrott Valley
Montreal
Harry Trager
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Walt McCarter
Toronto Telegram News Service
Imperial Oil Collection
Steelgas Awards
Frontier Teacher
Ively
Pas
Hudson Bay
Red Deere Hotel
Hudson's Bay
Edmonton
Pontiac
York
Goon
Cn’s
Panorama
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Rockies
Cascade 40
Hydro
Manitoba Hydro
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