Manitoba fish dominate national prize winners in 1956 contest
Manitoba fishermen swept 81 of 104 prizes in Hunting and Fishing in Canada’s 1956 champion fish contest. Winners included top spots for grayling at South Knife River, great northern pike at Lac du Bonnet, and leading showings in wall eye and great northern pike classes. Officials credit abundant provincial waters and call Manitoba “the nation’s biggest” fishing region.
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Manitoba
Canada
Hunting and Fishing In
National Wildlife Magazine
South Knife River
Athat Clasa
Lac du Bonnet
Lac Catherine
Perase Lake
Clearwater Lake
God's Lake
Lake Aimee
Gurney Evans
Double universities needed for Canada’s youth demand
The Financial Post warns that in twenty years Canada will require at least a doubled number of young people entering universities with capacity to benefit. To meet this, a new university each year for 20 years or expand existing ones is necessary, based on population and current youth university participation.
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The
Financial Post
Oldest Federal Constitution in the United States
The United States Constitution is described as the nation’s oldest federal charter still in effect. It established a framework of government with separation of powers, a system of checks and balances, and fundamental protections for citizens that shaped U.S. governance since 1789.
Eldon Anderson Named Supervisor of Publicity for Co-op Union
Eldon Anderson of Regina has been appointed Supervisor of Publicity and Information for the Co-operative Union of Saskatchewan, announced by Wm. Hamilton, Executive Secretary. A 1950 University of Saskatchewan agriculture graduate, Anderson has been editor for the Information Branch of the provincial Travel and Information Department and previously an agricultural reporter with the Western Producer. He has held co‑op roles as pool committee chair and Student Co‑op president, and will report to the union executive.
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Eldon Anderson
Regina
Co-operative Union of Saskatchewan
Wm. Hamilton
Anderson
School of Agriculture
University of Saskatchewan
Provincial Department of Travel and Information
Cadillac
Saskatchewan
Serv
Hamilton
Tala Poston
Saskatchewan’s University Origins and Early Growth
The article chronicling the early history of the University of Saskatchewan, tracing steps from its Anglican roots at Prince Albert to a Dominion Charter in 1883, the 1903 Northwest Territories debate led by F. W. Haultain, and the 1907 Saskatchewan bill establishing a state university with a governor’s board, gender equity in education, and nonsectarian moral regulations. It notes funding, publication of the history, and key figures Carlyle King and A. S. Morton.
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Saskatchewan
University of Saskatchewan
Carlyle King
A.S. Morton
University of Toronto Press
Prince Albert
University College of Emmanuel
University At
Universality College of Emmanuel
Board of Education of
Northwest Territories
James Brown
Territorial Legislative Assembly
Dominion
Regina
F. W. Haultain
Legislative Assembly
Haultain
Alberta
University of Western Canada
Western Canada College
Territories
Northwest
Walter Scott
James A. Calder
W. R. Motherwell
Agriculture
J. H. Lamont
Senate
Canada
Frederick Haultain
U. of S
Alberta Holds Canada’s Largest Natural Gas Reserve
Alberta ends 1958 with proven gas reserves totaling 23 trillion cubic feet, the largest known storehouse in Canada. Dr A E Richards of the Agriculture Department joins a delegation to Australia negotiating a new trade agreement led by J H English, with C A Annis M J Dunbabin and R B Nickson as fellow members from Finance and Trade departments.
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Alberta
Canada
Australia
A. E. Richards
Department of Agriculture
J. H. English
Department of Trade and Commerce
C. A. Annis
Department of Finance
M. J. Dunbabin
R. B. Nickson
Excursion Fares Extended by CNR to Saskatoon
Canadian National Railways announces three month extension of one day excursion fares to Saskatoon from central and northern Saskatchewan. Round trips priced at regular one way coach fare plus ten percent, valid Thursdays April 2 to June 25. Tickets limited to sale date and return by midnight from Saskatoon. Sales at Prince Albert North Battleford Kindersley Melville and all intermediate points.
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Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Canadian National Railways
Prince Albert
North Battleford
Kindersley
Melville
Canadian industry spends 7.8 billion on new machinery
In the three years 1956 to 1958 inclusive industry in Canada spent 7.8 billion dollars on new machinery and equipment.
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Canada
Old papers reveal 1907 Winnipeg prices and fashions
A homeowner found torn pages from a June 1907 Winnipeg Evening Telegram showing a Port Arthur dock strike seeking 25 cents an hour, Saskatchewan crop growth, and prices like $6.50 for overcoats and 2 cents for corsets. Also notes on dairy butter at 14 cents per pound and eggs at 19 cents per dozen, with stylish hats and sacklike outfits described for men and children.
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Port Arthur
Saskatchewan
Winnipeg Free Press
Bob Cornell
Cramery
Canal deepening to 25 feet aids Seaway freighters
The Welland Canal will be deepened from 23 to 25 feet to serve ocean going freighters using the St. Lawrence Seaway. The Canadian Sault Ste. Marie water depth is just over 18 feet.
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St. Lawrence Seaway
Welland Canal
Ellen Neel, 5th Gen Totem Carver of Kwakiutl
Ellen Neel, a fifth generation totem carver from the Kwakiutl of Alert Bay, keeps alive a native North American art tradition in British Columbia. Her work continues a distinguished family lineage in Indigenous carving and cultural heritage.
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Ellen Neel
Alert Bay Area
B.C
Neel
Queen Elizabeth
Bob Mope
Canada
Moscow
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Manitoba Fish
SPR
Peter Kroeker
Hague
Sask
Fort Osborne Barracks
Winnipeg
Kroeker
12 Works Company
Royal Canadian Engineers
Dundurn
CNR
Eric Rodenbush
Winnipeg Evening Telegram
Herald
Oxbow
Basel
Household Arts Department
Department P.P.L
Front Street W
Toronto
National Film Board of Canada
Gar Lunney
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