Saskatchewan Arts Board Fuels Province's Cultural Growth
Since 1949 the Saskatchewan Arts Board has promoted fine arts across the province. It funds concerts and annual exhibits, offers bursaries, and runs the two week Valley Centre program at Fort Qu Appelle, teaching drama writing pottery and more to develop local talent.
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Iife
Saskatchewa
Saskatchewan Arts Board
Julliard
New York
Sorbonne
Paris
England
London Academy
Arts Board
Fort Qu'Appelle
Vailey Centre
Home Workshop Patterns in Vancouver
A notice from Department P.P.L. lists patterns available at 4488 West Ltd Ave Vancouver. No further details provided.
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Department P.P.L
West Ltd
Vancouver
Old Age Security Pension Fund Revenue and Payments
In the year ending March 31, 1962 payments to the pension fund totalled 649 million dollars with 259 million from personal income tax 100 million from corporate tax and 290 million from sales tax. For the current year revenues are estimated at 672 million and pension payments at 736 million.
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Old Age Security Pension Fund
French scientists keep year round weather station in Greenland
French researchers operate a full year weather station atop the Greenland icecap collecting climate data. The installation monitors temperature wind and atmospheric conditions to aid long term meteorological research.
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Greenland
QUICK CANADIAN Quiz Answers and Questions Summary
Canadian quiz item lists Confederation entry years for Manitoba Prince Edward Island Quebec Newfoundland with 1870 1873 1867 1949, asks largest islands location in Arctic Ocean, cigarette package Ottawa tax at 19 cents, top wage industry primary iron and steel, 1931 Canada 70+ population 650000 and 1931 total about 1 000 000.
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Manitoba
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Newfoundland
Canada
Pacific
Atlantic
Arctic Ocean
Ottawa
Odd Bequests And Witty Will Provisions
A collection of curious wills is recounted including a widow receiver of one shilling for tram fare to a place to drown herself. Another will left four million to a son in a three line document. A ladder rung will left a hundred dollars. A Panama Canal Zone governor disinherited a sister for backing Navy. Heine left his estate to his wife on the condition she remarry. An ad copy exasperation ends with cant stand exaggeration.
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Bob Sylvester
Panama Canal Zone
Navy
Heinrich Heine
Nova Scotia’s 1758 Assembly Forms Canada’s First Parliament
Halifax hosted Canada’s first parliamentary government as a 22 member elected Assembly convened in 1758 marking the birth of Nova Scotia’s parliamentary system.
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Nova Scotia
Canada
Halifax
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