Start of a Century Reflections on Change and Youth Parliaments
A year opening with questions about economic strain and society’s drift. The writer urges counting blessings, recalling Great Depression lessons, and notes the Tuxis Boys Parliament as a valuable youth program shaping public affairs awareness. He critiques overconfident sports forecasters and laments empty prophecies.
Boon or bane of 1080 poison sparks debate among readers
Rod and Gun Digest discusses 1080 as a predator poison with safety concerns for farmers hunters and trappers. It notes how unused bait threatens wildlife and livestock and calls for reader comments while contrasting hunting by authorized snowmobile hunters and conservation officers.
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Art Mansoff
Dauphin
Rod and Gun
Fashion and sewing tips from a Canadian context and old world notes
The piece blends fashion guidance on Canadian winter wear and tailored pants with a light, quirky digression about long forgotten trains and a legendary trout. It notes pattern making from muslin, advising careful fitting and measured color use, then shifts to a travelogue about British rail lore and an ancient lake trout.
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Dior
St. Laurent
Cardin
Fabiani
Lior
War Years Span of Canada Led by Pacifist King
The piece recaps Prime Minister Mackenzie King’s wartime decisions from 1939 to 1940, noting his initial isolationism before Parliament declared war on Germany. It covers major Canadian actions including Dieppe, Sicily, Italy, D‑Day, and overall WW II manpower figures and roles of the RCAF and RCN. It highlights Canada’s late but pivotal contributions and contrasts WW II with World War I.
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Canada
Mackenzie King
King
Hitler
Poland
Britain
France
Germany
Neville Chamberlain
Czechoslovakia
Munich
Warsaw
Dieppe
Sicily
Italy
Normandy
Caen
Leulorne
Calais
Rhine
Japan
Trumees
Hong Kons
RCAF
Southeast Asia
Europe
Atlantic
Halifax
England
Royal Canadian Navy
RCN
North Atlantic
Mackenzie
Robert Lorden
Kine
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