Manitoba CBC studies TV service expansion to northern towns
Canadian Broadcasting Corp experts met Manitoba Telephone System staff to review ways to extend television to northern Manitoba under the 15 per home policy. Ministers Carroll and Witney outlined four costed proposals, urging broader service and potential microwave links to Birch River, The Pas, and Flin Flon. The CBC executive committee, led by Alphonse Ouimet, expressed strong support for rapid technical examination.
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Manitoba Telephone System
Manitoba
Ottawa
John B. Carroll
Public Utilities
C. H. Witney
Mines and Natural Resources
CEC
Winenipeg
Brandon
Carroll
Witney
MIS
Flin Flon
CBC
Birch River
Pas
Flin
Alphonse Oulmet
81 Percent Grant Taxes Support All Government Spending in Canada
Government spending across federal, provincial, and local levels now consumes 31 percent of Canada’s total productive activity, up from 23 percent a decade ago. The rise reflects increased taxation and borrowing to cover public services and programs nationwide.
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Canada
Prairie Dayliner Ride Throughout the QuAppelle Valley
Dorothy Barker recollects a Regina to Saskatoon Dayliner trip enjoying lush cattle grazing, prairie scenery, and wildflowers. She notes Vic kery’s Gen Store, deer and bear skins on barns, and a Jasper stop with a near miss to catch the train. The journey’s goal was daylight mountain views on the west coast ride.
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Vickery’s Gen Store
Sol
Canada
Prairies
West Coast
Hunton
Alta
Jasper
Moun
Chemicals Improve Yields In Farm Weed Control
Chemical weed control of broad teared susceptible annuals in growing grain crops has yielded about 17 percent increases on average. Despite proven effectiveness of 24 D and MCP when properly used, these chemicals are not being fully exploited on most farms.
Matching set Simplicity chair patterns and table directions
Pattern notes describe making sturdy chair frames in two sizes and provide simple upholstery directions. Arm chair suggested as an occasional chair. Pattern 225 offers complete directions for the extension table. Patterns cost 40c each from Rome Workshop Patterns, P.P.L., 4439 West Sud Avenue, Vancouver, 6.
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Rome
P.P.L
West Sud Avenue
Vancouver
Royal Winter Fair tour by CPR train gains prairie farmers
The Canadian Pacific Railway runs its seventh annual Royal Winter Fair train from the western provinces November 12 13 bringing about 350 prairie farmers and stockbreeders to Toronto. The six day tour includes fair admission tickets horse show seats tours of Toronto Casa Loma two model farms Niagara Falls and an optional trip to the St Lawrence Seaway Ottawa visit. The trip is billed as the continent s only convention on wheels and an enjoyable lead in to the world s greatest show.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Toronto
Ontario
Casa Loma
Niagara Falls
Ontario Agricultural College
Ontario Veterinary College
Guelph
St. Lawrence Seaway
Ottawa
CPR
Royal Winter Fair
Mississippi River Name Origin Traced to Two Native Words
The Mississippi river name in Ontario is derived from two Indigenous terms missi meaning great and sipi meaning river. This etymology ties the waterway to a long linguistic history.
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Mississippi River
Ontario
Appointed manager for Saskatoon timber board department
G A Hudson named manager of the Pole Production Department of the Saskatchewan Timber Board announced in Prince Albert. He replaces J C Thomson who retired August 31. Hudson, assistant pole production manager since 1957, was former superintendent of Northern Wood Preserves and served in wartime at the Defence Industries cordite plant in Winnipeg. He was born in Crystal City Manitoba, is married with three children.
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G. A. Hudson
Saskatchewan Timber Board
M. Kalmakoff
Prince Albert
Mr. Hudson
J. C. Thomson
Hudson
Northern Wood Preserves (Sask.) Ltd
Defence Industries
Winnipeg
Crystal City
Manitoba
Sask
God versus public opinion in charity gambling critique
A critique argues that society mislabels popular gambling funded charity as righteous, equating public approval with divine approval. It condemns reliance on mass opinion over personal faith, citing biblical verses to assert true Christianity requires individual conviction and obedience to God rather than societal norms.
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God
Christ
Noah
Mrs
Public
Father
The Story of Bill in Maple Creek Saskatchewan
The News reports Bill a two year old buck moved from Estuary district to Cypress Hills Park after being kept as a pet. Conservation officer Don Horncastle warns against raising wildlife as pets as such animals struggle to survive and may harm neighbors when released.
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Bill
Maple Creek
Cypress Hills Park
Don Horncastle
Buck
Ferdinand
Mac) Berndt
Westerham
Horncastle
Cypress Park
Prince Philip urges Canadians to lead in health and fitness
Addressing the Canadian Medical Association, Prince Philip criticized Canadians as substandard in health and fitness and urged doctors to take personal leadership. He claimed the medical profession should promote voluntary physical development, avoid state control, and encourage local, individual-driven initiatives to improve health through exercise and sport.
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Canadian Medical Association
Prince Philip
Lighting for Study Rooms Promotes Eye Comfort
In relax rooms lighting should be soft, while reading or close work requires a bright overhead light. The whole room should be well lit to reduce frequent eye strain from constant pupil adjustments between bright and shadow, preventing eye fatigue.
Lightning Strikes Hit Empire State Building Annual Count
The Empire State Building in New York City is struck by lightning about 40 to 50 times yearly, underscoring its exposed height and location in storm-prone conditions.
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Empire State Building
New York City
Saskatchewan Producing Wells Tops Four Thousand Mark
Minister J H Brockelbank announced Saskatchewan's producing oil wells surpassed four thousand with the completion of Hudson Rocanville 14-33 in Rocanville oil field section 33 township 15 range 31 west of the 1st meridian.
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Saskatchewan
J. H. Brockelbank
Section
Township
Range
Rocanville
Earth orbits sun at average speed 1108 miles per minute
A scientific fact notes the Earth's orbital motion around the sun traveling at about 1108 miles per minute on average, illustrating the rapid celestial velocity governing our planet's path through space.
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