Canada Faces Labour Shortage Amid Industrial Boom
Canada’s unprecedented growth has produced a severe labour shortage across skilled and unskilled roles in urban, forest, farm, and prairie industries. Government and industry study training gaps, especially in math and science, and plan coordinated reforms in schools, private schools, and vocational programs with provincial and federal cooperation.
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Canada
Prairies
Europe
United States
Ottawa
Ontario
Learn to Relax and Reduce Stress
Most people do not relax sufficiently and live at high tension. Chronic stress can cause strain, high blood pressure, heart muscle issues, indigestion, or fatigue. Fatigue is avoided by living normally, eating wisely, taking time to relax, and getting sufficient rest.
Kangaroo Rat Colony Found in Saskatchewan Desert Dunes
Dr. Robert W. Nero of the Saskatchewan Museum of Natural History and museum staff reported discovering active colonies of Kangaroo Rats in the Great Sand Hills southwest of Sceptre Saskatchewan during a September expedition. Eight rats were captured two nights, five alive, with several burrows noted, signaling the area’s desert-like conditions.
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Robert W. Nero
Richard Fyfe
Sceptre
Sask
Saskatchewan
Desert
Saskatchewan Museum of Natural
Nero
Prelate
Frank Bushell
Portreeve
Fyfe
Buschell
Bushell
The Hang of Things explains choosing wall fasteners
A Star Expansion booklet titled The Hang of Things offers homemakers a simple, three-step guide to selecting and installing the right fasteners. It details wall types, weights, and a drilling chart with illustrated instructions, available free of charge from Star Expansion in New York.
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Star Expansion
Liberty Street
New York
N.Y
Housewife Reports Front Door Opened Theft of Wristwatch
A housewife told police that while working in the rear of her home with the front door open, an intruder entered and stole a wristwatch and two items from a table in the front room.
New 9-millimetre Patchett gun eyed for Canadian Army
Senior officers viewed a Connaught Ranges demo of the Patchett 9 mm sub machine gun. Officials say it could replace the Sten, offering light weight, compactness, and quick mastery in eight lessons. The weapon handles single and automatic fire up to 200 yards and fits existing C1 bayonet gear for close combat.
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Connaught
Pensions Follow Pensioners Across Borders and Time
The article argues that British old age pensions continue to be paid globally until death, suggesting Canadian pensions should follow the same principle of contribution. It notes that light color is determined by wavelength.
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Tasmania
Peru
Yukon
Easy thrifty three patch quilt and pillows pattern 7003
Household Arts Department in Toronto offers Pattern 7003 with charts and directions for a three patch quilt. Send twenty five cents to obtain the pattern and browse dozens of other hand work designs including two free patterns from the 1956 Alice Brooks Needlecraft book.
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Alice Brooks
Parachutist Arrested for Reckless Driving Bail Posted
A parachutist was arrested for reckless driving and released after a friend posted bail. In California a calf was named Elvis Presley because the owner says the animal has bawled since birth. A political observer began watching Hawaiian hula dancers, told to monitor a grass roots movement. The adage about keeping up with the Joneses reflects a desire for prestige amid uncertain times.
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California
Elvis Presley
Side Notes on Cars Laws and Whistles From The Side Column
Brooklyn expatriate Pete McEvoy still drives a 1928 Cadillac after 15 Brooklyn to Los Angeles trips with no traffic tickets in 43 years of driving. The saying life of Reilly is linked to hotel keeper O Reilly, not Reilly, per song. Women’s views on domination vary, yet many want partnership and decisions from their men. A quiz fact ranks the Chinese army first with five million, the Soviet four million, and the U S under two million. Whistles as etiquette are debated, while left handed first basemen are argued over for base throws and steadiness.
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Pete McEvoy
Brooklyn
California
Pete
Los Angeles
Reilly
O'Reilly
United States
Pattern Order Form From Toronto Dept.
Anne Adams Pattern Dept is collecting name address and pattern number. The note lists 60 Front Street West Toronto and instructs to write plainly the sender’s name address and the pattern number.
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Anne Adams
Department P.P
Front Street W
Toronto
Novel table and bunny chairs for kids or decor
Novel table and bunny chairs described for children's dining and play areas. solid three quarter inch stock used with pattern tracing on wood to guide shade and color placement. See sketch for pattern numbers and enclose 35c for each pattern ordered.
Realistic wood decoys pattern for sportsmen
They describe life size, waterproof painted decoys that are easy to craft from simple wood sections. Pattern 404 provides actual-size guides and step by step instructions, mailed for 35 cents as part of five patterns in the Sportsman's Packet for $1.50. Order to Home Workshop Patterns, 4433 West Lud Avenue, Vancouver, B C.
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Department P.P.L
West Lud Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
Manitoba highway program progress under tough weather
Premier Douglas Campbell highlighted Manitoba's highway program showing progress despite harsh weather. By Sept 24 reports cited 75 active projects, 60 percent of 353 miles graded, 478 gravelled, 31 of 46 miles of concrete completed, and three-quarters of 166 miles of blacktop, some four-laned.
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Manitoba
Douglas Campbell
Road Toll Rising in Saskatchewan as Deaths Mount
Saskatchewan faces a grim road toll with over 60 deaths by August end in 1956. Over the past decade nearly 1,000 lives have been lost on its streets and highways, and officials warn another 1,000 could die by 1964 if trends persist.
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Saskatchewan
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