Red River Carts Mark Historic Trails Across Saskatchewan
The first of at least twelve Red River carts is completed to mark Saskatchewan historic trails. Projected sites have been tentatively chosen, with elm wood for wheel hubs sourced from Winnipeg logs. Carts, built with wooden pins, will stand on concrete slabs at trail highway intersections under bilingual signboards.
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Red River
Saskatchewan
Fred McGuinness
Saskatchewan Golden Jubilee Committee
Ford
Manitoba
Golden Jubilee Committee
Winnipeg
Tom Petty
Indian Head
Regina
Boy from Blum colony wins punctuality honor
Mike Mendel, 14, from the Blum engart Hutterite Colony near Winkler, receives a gold embossed hook from C K Rogers of the education department for perfect attendance over seven years.
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Winkler
Mike Mendel
Blumengart Hutterite
C.K. Rogers
Department of Education
Rogers
Mike
Selkirk Enterprise
Saskatoon
Raymond Horrell
Ray
Reston
Pipestone
Development of Hudson Bay Route Progress and Churchill Port Outlook
The Hudson Bay Route has advanced since World War II with Churchill Port expanding as a tourist draw and shipping hub. Since 1931 excursions. by 1951 Sir Clement Jones highlighted ship spacing as the main constraint, with five ships planned for peak season and ongoing efforts to improve cargo flow and timeline for arrivals.
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Hudson Bay
Churchill
Prairies
Saskatchewan
Fort Prince of Wales
Clement Jones
C. B
Commonwealth Shipping Committee
Manioba
Canadian National Railways
Sir Clement Tones
SS. Warkworth
Pas
Sir Clement Jones
Cape Chidley
Churchill facilities highlighted to attract import business
W J Hansen argues that only raising awareness of Churchill facilities to business men remains. decis ion on routing should be left to the prospective importer as reported in The North Battleford Optimist News.
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Churchill
North Battleford
Optimist News
New Canada Bank Notes Debut In 1954 Design Change
Graham Towers announces Canada’s new bank notes dated 1954 featuring Queen Elizabeth II on the right side of the face panel to reduce wear. The backs will show photographic Canadian countryside scenes and new safer color methods. Distribution begins as old notes are withdrawn with full exchange after September.
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Graham Towers
Bank of Canada
Canada
Canadian
Towers
Ress
Arious
What Farm Mechanization Has Meant To Canada 1952
The article notes Canada’s farm mechanization rising with postwar machinery use. It cites total farm machinery sales from 1936 to 1982, highlights shifts from land and buildings to implements, and shows regional and provincial patterns led by Ontario and Saskatchewan. It also tracks increases in tractors, automobiles, trucks, and electrical motors per 100 farms from 1931 to 1951.
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Canada
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Shaw
R. C. Gilstorm
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Quebec
Maritimes
Prairie Provinces
More Jobs Assured If Forests Are Saved
The Canadian Forestry Association urges cutting timberland fires to protect 372,300 full time forest jobs and a billion-dollar wood-using economy. It cites 5,000 fires yearly, 4,250 caused by reckless humans, threatening loss of thousands of square miles of timber and future supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aureway Canada
Canadian Forestry Association
Canada
Narrow Escape On River Dam Spillway
Grandview men A Huff man and John Walker rode a pleasure boat on the Valley river when a stall near the waterworks dam spillway sent the craft backward over a 16 foot sluice. They swam to shore after the vessel submerged in the scare.
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Grandview
A. Huffman
John Walker
Also Mentioned on This Page
RED River Carts
Imperial
Imperials
Imperial OL Limited
Drewrys
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