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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 06, 1963
Page
5
Peach trees attract friendly insects such as lady beetles and lacewings which battle mites aphids and pests of the Oriental fruit moth. The trees secrete a nectar like food from leaf glands to feed these beneficial insects, helping them stay in orchards during pest lulls.
The province of British Columbia has seen population growth from 179000 to 1696000 this century. Data shows rapid expansion across urban and rural areas with significant migration and development shaping economic and demographic trends.
Madeleine Levason reports on a Canadian invention the Tul automatic life jacket a 15 ounce compact device worn as a necklace. When deployed it inflates to a backfloating life jacket turning the wearer face up even if unconscious and requires no bulky gear. Government orders already placed. The jacket is led by company president Mrs. Marion Baker.
From 1951 to 1961 the cost of operating the CBC rose from nine and a half million dollars to one hundred seven million dollars, reflecting a rapid growth in expenses and scale of the national broadcaster.
S Chambers, general manager of Canadian National Hotels, announced last week that arrangements have been completed whereby CPR will withdraw from participation in the management and operation of the CN owned Hotel Vancouver. Since 1939 the hotel has been operated jointly by the two railways. Canadian National will begin a major modernization and rehabilitation program to improve the hotel's competitive position.
In 1962 Canada completed 126,682 new housing units, raising the ten year total to 1,196,000. The milestone reflects sustained housing expansion across the decade.
Resigned war minister John Profumo is to be cut from a morale film titled This is Our Life. Tony Randall to lead MGM’s The Seven Faces of Dr Lao with George Pal. film to shoot in Hollywood. Carol Burnett expects her first child delaying Broadway plans and a CBS series. The L shaped Room won praise at San Sebastian with Leslie Caron receiving a British Film Academy award.
A report by Roland Hennessey shows 123 disabled people and 79 dependents in Saskatchewan moved from a $99,000 annual cost to taxpayers to earning over $197,000. The group, aged mainly 20 to 40, includes 87 urban residents and 50 with neuro psychiatric conditions, with education and occupation histories detailed, and 53 dependents on relatives or public assistance.
Some 39,500 cattle including 19,000 breeding cows were allocated this year to 2,335 patrons for grazing in 31 provincial community pastures in Saskatchewan. To date 36,000 cattle including 17,500 breeding cows have been delivered, with the rest arriving soon. last year 28,461 cattle grazed in 26 pastures. Grass conditions varied by region with south delays due to abundant feed and north delays from slow growth. Pontrilas pasture in northeast Saskatchewan reported good grass by mid June.
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