Greyling Draw Anglers To Northern Manitoba Sport
Arctic greyling lure anglers to Northern Manitoba described as a fighting silver fish. Access is difficult by road and rail. most use charter planes with some canoe shuttles. Government tourism notes growing sport, urges advance planning for camping and guiding. Chief Justice E A McPherson recalls changes in duck hunting on Manitoba delta, noting fewer ducks but hunting remains lively, with openings and limits discussed.
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Dave Stock
Winnipeg
Hudson Bay
Arctic Ocean
Manitoba
Bureau of Travel and Publicity
Grevyling
Bureau
E. A. McPherson
Funny and Otherwise Funny and Otherwise
A collection of old jokes and witticisms about daily life marriage and mishaps. The pieces play on modest misunderstandings kitchen mischief driving lessons and family chaos with a punch line at each turn.
Early Tomato Developed at Lead, Alberta Station
The Dominion Experimental Station at Leitheridge Alberta reports a new early ripening tomato strain. Researchers aim to improve the variety for a potential commercial canning industry in southern Alberta and expand local agricultural opportunities.
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Letheridge
Alta
Dominion Experimental Station
Harvest Goes On In World's Trouble Spots
Harvest continues globally as farmers work despite conflict. In Korea rice harvest resumes under peaceable skies after three years of war. In Israel a bond funded experiment produced Virginia tobacco leaves yielding 12 percent, praised as superior. In Trieste the powder keg sizzles as Zone A withdrawal looms while Italy’s grape harvest proceeds with young girls selling fruit in nearby towns.
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Korea
Israel
Trieste
Zone A
Italy
Beaver Coat Prices Seen Dropping After Liberalized Trapping
In Prince Albert Sask a price dip for beaver coats is forecast as Canada’s beaver population suffers a disease. Saskatchewan conservation board reverses protection, allowing heavier quotas for northern traplines. Trappers councils will set harvest limits, with last season totaling 23 000 pelts and more expected this winter.
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Prince Albert
Milady
Canada
Particu
Larly
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Conservation Board
Pattern Request Offer from Prairie Publishers
A promotional solicitation invites readers to send twenty five cents in coins to the Household Arts Department at Prairie Publishers Limited in Toronto for ten complete patterns from the Alice Brooks Needlecraft Book. The offer promises additional patterns and ideas for gifts, home accessories, toys and fashions.
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Household Arts Department
Prairie Publishers Limited
Front Street W
Toronto
Alice Brooks
Manitoba Polio Outbreak Tops North America
Winnipeg report shows Manitoba leading North America in polio cases for 1953 with 2258 total infections and 81 deaths. Deputy health minister Dr. M R Elliott told the Winnipeg polio prevention committee that about one in 330 Manitobans has contracted polio, with 62 percent of cases resulting in some paralysis and only six weeks without new cases this year.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
North America
M. R. Elliott
Sugar Speeds Pigs Growth in 122 Days
Vancouver. Dr. Alex Wood of the University of British Columbia reports that adding pure cane sugar to pig diets can halve the time to reach about 200 pounds, shortening growth to as few as 122 days.
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Vancouver
Alex Wood
Animal Nutrition Laboratory
University of British Columbia
Redfish Run Report From Nelson Streams October
A better than average run of redfish was reported in October in the streams emptying into Kootenay lake.
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Nelson, B.C
Kootenay Lake
Do Monkeys Share Food When Group Members Are Ill
Observations show monkeys possess social instincts. when a member falls ill others forego dainties to support the sick. This behavior indicates group care patterns and communal aid within primate societies.
Alberta bids for 1958 Ski Olympics in Banff
Alberta plans to host the 1958 Olympic skiing meet in Banff. The Alberta Amateur Skiing Association has filed with FIS and officials say a decision is near. Banff was chosen as the sole Canadian site capable of a four way FIS meet. If approved Alberta will back the bid with $20,000 support.
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Banff
Alberta Amateur Skiing Association
Federation International de Ski
Alberta
Sweden
Lake Louise Tops North American Tourist Draw
Harry Dooley, owner of Chicago Grey Line and president of the Grey Line association, states Lake Louise is North America's number one tourist attraction. The co operative of travel companies spans Canada and the United States.
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North America
Lake Louise
Harry Dooley
Chicago Grey Line
Grey Line Association
Canada
United States
Saskatchewan Highway No 1 Nears Completion
Regina report states the Trans-Canada Highway through Saskatchewan should be finished from the Manitoba border to Regina by year end 1954. The last unpaved segment runs 43 miles from Whitewood to Manitoba with the bulk of work from Swift Current to the Alberta border via Maple Creek.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Whitewood
Swift Current
Maple Creek
Alberta
The King Snakes Immune to Venom of Many Snakes
The king snakes, a constrictor, are immune to the venom of many poisonous snakes. This adaptation allows them to prey on venomous species and survive encounters that would kill other snakes.
Manitoba Tourism Promoters Back Promotion Efforts
W B Fraser urged Fort Garry Kiwanis Club to boost Manitoba attractions saying visitors rise yearly as promotion pays. Returns on taxpayer funds reach 300 percent on one item. $350,000 in gasoline tax paid by tourists in 1952. Tourism draws on publicity programs and surveys show over half of visitors come due to Manitoba publicity. Untapped areas include Whiteshell Forest Reserve with 1300 cottages and 40 tourist camps. promotion has spurred roads and wealth to Flin Flon The Pas and God's Lake area with sportsmen and August excursions.
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Manitoba
W. B. Fraser
Bureau of Travel and Publicity
Fort Garry
Whiteshell
Flin Flon
Pas
God's Lake
Churchill
Selkirk
Calgary Records Record Tourist Season Driven by Stampede
Calgary logged 17,920 visitors to the Tourist Information Bureau in the first eight months, beating 1952 annual figures. The Calgary Stampede dominated, with July 9 the busiest day and 365 visitors at 810 Centre Street. By end of August, 51,800 maps and literature were distributed.
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Calgary Tourist Information Bureau
Calgary
Tourist Information Bureau
Centre Street
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Ottawa
June Caliwood
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Aia Canada
Peggy
Chuck Thurston
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Mother
George
Seoul-Munsan
Montana
Tzara
Saskatchewan No. 1
Travel Bureau
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Scott
Rada
Orm
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