RCAF Tracks Satellites With 30,000 Jet Camera
RCAF technicians near Cold Lake Alberta operate a three ton Baker-Nunn camera valued at $320,000 to photograph satellites for NASA and SPACATS. The system, housed in a retractable building, aids NORAD and Smithsonian in tracking space debris and orbital positions, linking data from 19 global cameras.
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RCAF
Cold Leake
Alberta
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Nubrad Space Detection and Tracking System
Spacats
Canada
Smithsonian Institute’s
Astrophysical Laboratory
North American Air Defence Headquarters
Australia
Chile
California
Florida
Iran
Haweali
India
Japan
New Mexico
Norway
South Africa
Spain
Johnston Island
Pacific
Earth
Space
Baker Nunn Camera Installed At Primrose Lake Range
Canada takes over a Baker Nunn satellite tracking camera from the United States at Primrose Lake Evaluation Range near Cold Lake Alberta. The camera tracks satellites and space debris for NORAD SPADATS, aiding orbital measurements and gravity studies with precise timing and a 20 inch Schmidt system.
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Canada
RCAF
Primrose Lake
Cold Lake
Alberta
United States
Baker
Dr. Nunn
Baker- Nunn
Smithsonian Astrophysical Laboratory
Bedford
Massachusetts
Norad Space Detection and Tracking System
Spadats
Meat Ball Brew Shipments Aiding Algerian Refugees
Canadian Lutherans shipped 18 000 pounds of tinned Meat Ball Brew to Algeria recently. A shipment of 500 000 pounds of skim milk was also sent this year. The League has shipped materials valued in excess of $150 000 to Algerian refugees in recent months.
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Algeria
League
Unemployment Insurance Claims Rise in July
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports 219000 claimants for unemployment insurance on July 31, up from 2310 a year earlier. The average weekly payment edged up to 23.37 from 22.98.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Colored glass and weather effects noted
Ordinary window glass appears faintly greenish when held to light due to trace iron content. Hair growth is faster in warm weather and slower in cold weather, reflecting seasonal variation.
CN Moves Grain in Hopper Cars
Canadian National will use 500 enterprise cars to haul grain from the prairies to seaport elevators. The open top cars, usually for gravel, gain plywood roofs to transport grain, with grain entering via four roof hatches and unloading through eight bottom hopper doors. In the bottom photo, H. D. Cowan, Laverne Bales, and C. H. Steele observe the loading of grain into a car at Winnipeg.
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Canadian National Railways
Prairies
Seaport
Enterprise
H. D. Cowan
Prairie Region
Laverne Bales
C. H. Steele
Winnipeg
Editorials These Are Not The Views Of The Editor
A brief editorial note clarifies that the following opinions do not reflect the newspaper's official stance. It signals an opinion column or reader commentary distinct from the editor's position.
Mental health drive backs research in Saskatchewan
Mental illness is framed as a treatable disease overlapping with physical illness. Saskatchewan CMHA backs psychiatric research and pledges 100000 for a new research building in Saskatoon with provincial and federal cooperation. The CMHA division urges public support and an annual fundraising drive this November.
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Saskatchewan
Canadian Mental Health Association
Saskatoon
CMHA
Government department of happiness proposed in Ontario
The Ontario education minister announced a youth department to teach youth to be publicly useful and privately happy. The piece critiques governmental claims of legislating prosperity and questions the feasibility and wisdom of a happiness department. It cautions that public officials often overreach and notes the risk of power conceit in office.
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Ontario
Aladdin
Gears aren't meshing in Canadian view of life
The Milton Canadian Champion laments a national disconnect as wheat surplus, government storage, and a longshoremen strike expose flaws. It argues Canadians focus on own interests, demand government fixes, and risk neglecting cooperation and broader national aims while signaling a troubling self centered view.
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Russia
International Longshoreman's Association
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Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineer School
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Milton
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