Caribou Migration Lost In Saskatchewan Slaughter
Scattered bones dot Martin Lake near Uranium City as a 10 000 to 15 000 head caribou herd crosses Lake Athabaska. Indians mainly Chipewyans hunted along the route, leaving carcasses and meat caches while biologists warn of population decline. Officials discuss organized hunt options to limit future losses.
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Martin Lake
Uranium City
Sask
Uranium Road
Fission Avenue
Deas Fogg
Northland News
Norma Jenpeson
Jock McKeekan
Uranium Era
Greda
Harold Feild
Saskatchewan Department of Natural Resources
Lake Athabaska
Stony Rapids
Sond du Lac
Reid
Regina
The 1957 Hurricanes Teach New Weather Lessons
Weather experts describe the 1957 crop of hurricanes as a field for growing knowledge. Laboratory mini hurricanes reveal cyclonic behavior. the Weather Bureau aims to predict storm activity up to 30 days ahead. Hurricanes start quietly, grow rapidly, wander, and can reach 50 mph inland. The eye center shows 28 point something inches pressure, with right-hand wind bias and flood-causing surges up to two to three feet.
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United States Weather Bureau
National Geographic Society
Atlantic
Caribbean Sea
Gulf of Mexico
Earth
Sharp cutback seen in winter's lumber operation
Sharp reductions hit winter bush work in lumber, with Park Brothers mill in Spirit River closing this year and others cutting bush crews or planning none. Grande Prairie Lumber reports a 50 percent cutback, reflecting low prices, a strong dollar, and slim margins across Peace River country.
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Park Brothers Lumber
Spirit River
Peoria
Grande Prairie Laimber
E. Ayre
Peace River
Herald-Tribune
Grande Prairie
Alta
Town Completes 10 Foot Diameter Well Plan
Weekes Board of Trade announces a new 10 foot by 48 inch well nearing completion to ease a critical water shortage. Health department reports satisfactory samples, board expects adequate year round supply. A four man committee will canvass town to raise funds for initial costs and road improvements. Digging relied on volunteer effort.
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Weekes Board of Trade
Health Department
Sanitation Division
Alberta weekly paper contest winners announced
Winners in an Alberta competition among weekly newspapers were announced by Canadian Utilities Calgary Power and Northland Utilities. Prizes were awarded across circulation categories for contributions to community welfare with entries from Peace River Record Gazette Lacombe Globe Brooks Bulletin St Paul Journal Ponoka Herald Bonnyville Tribune Claresholm Local Press Provost News.
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Alberta
Canadian Utilities, Ltd
Calgary Power Ltd
Northland Utilities Ltd
Chamber of Commerce
Peace River Record Gazette
Lacombe Globe
The
Brooks Bulletin
St. Paul Journal
Ponoka Herald
Bonnyville Tribune
Claresholm Local Press
Provost News
TB death rate falls in Canada from 1946 to 1956
Between 1946 and 1956 the TB death rate in Canada dropped from 47.2 to 7.8 per 100000. Despite the improvement, there were still more than 1,200 deaths from tuberculosis.
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Canada
Insects Attack Rape Crops Prompt Saskatoon Replies
In a House of Commons exchange MP Bryce pressed for steps against insects attacking rape plants. Minister D S Harkness announced ongoing research at two western Canada labs, with Bran don transferring to Winnipeg. Bertha army worm, red backed cutworm, beet webworm and red turnip beetle form key concerns. Aerial DDT control is in use and broader pest forecasting, extension work, and future insecticide trials continue across Saskatchewan and Alberta.
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House of Commons
N& Harkness
Department of Agriculture
Scottie Bryce, M.P
Selkirk
Saskatoon
The
Man
D. S. Harkness
Science Service
Canada
Brandon
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Miller announces partial capital grants toward school costs
Manitoba education minister W C Miller announced at the Greater Winnipeg Region trustees meeting that retroactive to January 1, 1957, the province would pay 20 percent of annual district budgets for retirement of capital debt on school buildings, with a per classroom cap of 15000 dollars. The deduction applies in future budgets.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba School Trustees’ Association
W. C. Miller
Bulding
St. James Collegiate
Kfiifer
St. James, Man
RECORD DEFICIT HITS CANADA FOREIGN TRADE IN 1957
Canada posted a foreign trade deficit of 574 million dollars for the January to June period of 1957, a record for half a year. The six months’ shortfall marks the worst such deficit in the nation’s history for any six month span.
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Canada
Striped visitors unwelcome in Foam Lake Saskatchewan
Skunks invade Foam Lake and surrounding district with unusually high numbers over the past two weeks. Farmers report multiple sightings including five in a yard near a granary and a skunk seen while a resident entered a garage. Some animals have taken winter quarters under home verandas and re-entered by digging openings.
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Foam Lake
Sask
A. T. Hart
John McLean
Crochet scarf pattern 7194 offered by Household Arts
The note promotes pattern 7194 for a pine apple scarf in 28 inch length and asks thirty five cents for the pattern plus tips readers to mail name and address to Toronto Department. It also advertises two free patterns from the Alice Brooks Needlecraft Book for 1957 and offers various crochet knitting embroidery and crafts designs with a 25 cent price for the book.
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Sc Household Arts Department
Department P.P.L
Front Street
Toronto
Alice Brooks
Increased Volume for Churchill Port Sees Record Grain Exports
Churchill Port reports record season with 16.58 million bushels of wheat shipped by 46 ships, up from last year, plus substantial imports and new traffic. Campbell Malcolm presented figures at the Hudson Bay Route Association meeting in Saskatoon, noting larger freighters, tank farm growth, and plans to push exports to 20 million bushels next season.
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Churchill
Hudson Bay Route Association
Saskatoon
Campbell Malcolm
National Harbours Board
Ottawa
Montreal
Liverpool
England
Canadian Wheat Board
Head of the Lakes
Central America
Prairie Points
U.S
Canada
Malcolm
Association
Hudson Bay
Tax Said Unfair The Canadian Arts Council Seeks Tax Relief
The Canadian Arts Council will seek relief from entertainment taxes in four provinces. President John Parkin spoke at the annual meeting. Carman Guild of the National Ballet Guild of Canada cited losses from touring due to taxes in Quebec, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. The group argues Canada uniquely subjects cultural organizations to this tax.
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Canadian Arts Council
John Parkin
Carman Guild
National Ballet Guild of Canada
Canada
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Population rise and historic parking tickets in Canada
As of September 1 1957 Canada's population was estimated at 16 745 000, up 552 000 in the last year and 2 177 000 over five years. Police parking tickets began in Toronto in 1907, marking an early enforcement milestone.
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Canada
Toronto
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SAT
Scarth Street
Estonia
Estonia Hotel
Bryce
M.P
Miller
Mice Brooks
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