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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 20, 1952
Page
3
Great fishing notes describe Canada’s east and west coast grounds as the world’s most extensive and prolific. Inshore and offshore operations have long established industries sustaining communities and trade.
Despite fur trade being a minor item on Canada’s production record, Canada remains one of the world’s great natural fur preserves.
The article reviews Nicholas Prychodko's memoir One of the Fifteen Million, recounting his Siberian exile, torture, and family tragedy under the NKVD and Nazi invasion. Prychodko, now a Canadian citizen and Ukraine professor, advocates globally for awareness through the book published by Little, Brown at $3.00, urging action to counter Soviet oppression.
Heavy weekend snow caused minor traffic incidents while electric wires were strung along town lanes and street lines planned for removal. The Rex theatre planned to open Monday. Groups of trail rangers and wolf cubs formed in Rivers as marriages and military service updates were noted, and Bradwardine women sent Christmas boxes to overseas service members. Pte Tom Roberts fell in France. Winnipeg papers advertised Rivers real estate.
Owners of the La Cordillera sought Royal Navy women's auxiliary volunteers and were nearly swamped. The ship docked at Churchill with 10 women cooks and stewards aboard, and the crew praised sea work and low turnover as women showed eager participation in naval service.
The Canadian Red Cross warns youths about testing ice as it forms slowly and risks tragedy. It advises how to escape if plunged, how to climb out, and safe rescue methods using long objects or a human chain if no equipment is available.
The report warns skaters and sled riders to stay off thin ice and practice common sense to prevent accidents. It emphasizes avoiding dangerous ice when heading onto frozen water and recalls risks of pulling or towing, urging caution for all who venture onto ice.
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