Manitoba Survey Team to Map North Boundary
A 22 man provincial government survey team will map the Manitoba North West Territories boundary, tackling about 100 miles from the Manitoba Saskatchewan line toward Hudson Bay. Led by A C Roberts the party will live in tents with two way radio and a Lynan Lake depot for supplies.
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Manitoba
Arctic
Gurney Evans
Mines and Natural Resources
North-West Territories
Umider
A. C. Roberts
Hudsona Bay
Manitoba-Bascatchewan
Winnipeg
Lynn Lake
H E Beresford
Mr. Beresford
Manitoba- North West Territories Boundary Commission
Hk Thistlethwaite
Ottawa
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Evans
Lynan Lake
The Man Who Would Not Advertise and Bonar Law's Birth
A satirical piece mocks a non advertiser figure and notes Canadian prime minister Bonar Law as Britain’s only PM born outside the U K. Born in New Brunswick he became prime minister in 1922 before resigning due to ill health.
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Great Britain
The
U.K
Bonar Law
Krexton
New Brunswick
Il Health
Maps
Golden Jubilee marks fifty years of Saskatchewan optometry
Saskatchewan optometrists celebrate 50 years serving residents with a Golden Jubilee convention in Regina February 15 to 19 at the Hotel Saskatchewan. Pioneer members honored, with educators sessions and banquets planned for February 16 17 18 and 19. The event draws most of the province’s 75 optometrists plus guests from other provinces and the United States.
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Saskatchewan
Regina
Hugh D. MacKenzie
Saskatchewan Optometine Association
Canadian
United States
Council of the Association
Association
Canada ties 1958 for construction award peak
In the first ten months of 1958 Canadian construction awards reached over 3 billion dollars, an all time high and higher than the total for all of 1957, signaling a robust building boom.
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Canada
GEMS OF THOUGHT ABOUT GIVING AND GIVING
A collection of antique quotations on giving and charity. Notable lines from Coolidge Churchill Emerson and others emphasize that giving enriches character more than wealth and that honor comes from what one gives.
Coroner clears Bohme in bus stop crash verdict
A New Westminster coroner's jury absolved Thomas Rolf Bohme of blame in the death of Mrs. Mary McKinnon after she was struck on the Trans-Canada Highway while alighting from a bus during a heavy snowstorm on November 14. The verdict deemed accidental death and urged crosswalks and overhead lights at all bus stops.
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New Westminster
Thomas Rolf Bohme
North Surry
Mary McKinnon
North Surrey
Consumer Spending in 1958 Estimated at 20.6 Billion
It is estimated that consumer spending in 1958 will total 20.6 billion dollars, up from 19.5 billion in 1957. The figures signal continued growth in household purchases and consumer activity.
CNR Snowplows Clear Western Lines in November
Canadian National Railways snow plows last month covered nearly 7,000 miles to keep western lines open. Heaviest work was in Manitoba with 5,673 miles, over 600 miles in British Columbia and 459 in Saskatchewan, far above 1957 figures of 304 miles.
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Canadian National Railways
Manitoba
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Trade Deficit Widens for Canada Exports Nine Months
Canada’s exports totalled 23.814 million in the first nine months, while the trade deficit reached 197 million, down from 660 million a year earlier, with supports noted.
Diefenbaker World Tour Sparks Knighthood Hopes
The Prime Minister's UK tour dazzled London crowds and critics alike, with 6000 Britons at Albert Hall giving a standing ovation. Positive reception boosts prospects of Commonwealth unity and a potential knighthood, as campaign success hinges on continued support and influence abroad.
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Louis St. Laurent
Commonwealth
Diefenbaker
Albert Hall
London
Winston Churchill
Canada
Genral
Victorian Order of Nurses serves Surrey and White Rock families
The Victoria Order of Nurses offers in home professional nursing, including baths dressings and injections, with part time visits from nurses who teach families to care for relatives. Service supports maternity care and postnatal help, available to all regardless of ability to pay, with visits arranged via a telephone call.
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Surrey
White Rock
Victorian Order of Nurses
United Good Neighbor Fund
V.O.N
Battlefords seniors home plan gains required applications
Good news arrives as the required applications are collected enabling a spring start for the Battlefords senior citizens' home. The local committee faced obstacles, but most difficult problems are now past, with community backing needed to ensure project success and timely support from organizations.
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Battlefords
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Herald
Macgregor
MacKenzie
Norman Church
J. W. K. Craig
Jerold Beckerman
J. F. Huber
D Riome
Nipawin
Saskatchewan Optometrists Association
Austin Forsyth
Saskatoon
the Times
High River
Delmerie
Times
Mary Baker Eddy
Calvin Coolidge
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
George Macdonald
Crossroads
Station D
Ultaua
CNR
Mr. Diefenbaker
the Mercury
Rodney
Ont
Cloverdale
B.C
the News-Optimist
North Battleford, Sask
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