Vegreville bricks still in use
Vegreville Alberta residents recall local brickworks active from 1906 to around World War I. Bricks from Cameron, Dobbins, and Gordon plants built public school walls, the Legion Block, McIntosh Motors, Hurlburt and Moshansky, and the Alberta Hotel. Decline came from poor clay quality and war depletion. traces remained in 1927.
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Vegreville
Alta
Cameron
CNR
Dobbins
Gillis
Charles Gordon
Cameron Brickworks
Legion
Pat Dobbins
Hurlburt and Moshansky
Merchants Bank
Bank of Montreal
Alberta Hotel
Medicine Hat
Elton Clements
Vermilion River
July crude oil output rises with new wells added
Crude oil production climbed in July to 438,371 barrels from 422,351 barrels in June. July average daily production was 14,141 barrels versus 14,078 in June. Three new wells were activated while one was abandoned, leaving 8,858 producible wells and 771 actively producing wells. Province cumulative crude oil reached 27,743,958 barrels by month end.
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C. H. Witney
Abe to Live at the Depths of the Ocean
Abe plans to reside at the ocean depths for a research project aimed at studying deep sea ecosystems. The venture will involve specialized submersibles and safety protocols to ensure protection during extended underwater habitation.
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Abe
Landscape Artist A Y Jackson Explorer of the Canadian Scene
Veteran painter A Y Jackson one of the Group of Seven, shaped Canadian art by breaking with European traditions. His long career covered the wilderness from Quebec towns to Baffin Land posts, capturing wind lashed pines, lakes, rivers, and snowed hills as symbols of the Canadian scene.
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A. Y. Jackson
Jackson
Canada
Quebec
Algoma
Ontario
Baffin Land
Rockies
Elis
Toronto
Group of Seven
Sumac
Georgian Bay
Arctic Circle
Tom Thomson
National Fit Board of Canada
Gar Lunney
Montreal
Chicago
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A.Y. Jackson
Explorer
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Douglas McConnell
Canon FL. Fife
F. J. Fife
George Watson
Arthur Moxon
Jean Murray
W. C. Murray
W. P. Thompson
Sweetsburg
Que
Lower St. Lawrence
Manotick
Ont
Pére Raquette
Father
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