La Ronge Fish Stories Grow Into Saskatchewan Legend
La Ronge in northern Saskatchewan has transformed from a shack settlement to a 700 person resort powered by legendary fishing tales. The town attracts anglers from Canada and the U S with lake trout pickerel and northern pike drawing large crowds, boats equipped for long days of fishing and even plane charters to reach distant waters. The region hosts over 10 000 lakes and a seasonal pattern from May to November, with notable catches including record lake trout and reports of extraordinary jackfish. The provincial plans to extend the all weather highway aim to ease access while average party costs hover around 16 to 17 dollars per man per day. Indian guides preserve traditional fish preparation methods.
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Lac la Ronge
Prince Albert
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United States
Saskatchewan
RCMP
Stony Rapids
Reindeer Lake
Manitoba
Natural Resources Department
Department of Highways
Nemeiben Lake
Steveston Salmons Town Booms Amid Rich Run
Salmon town Steveston on the Pacific coast thrives as the Adams river run swells. Fishermen and canneries drive busy docks while 2,000 women process fish, and locals note the town’s strategic Fraser and Gulf coast location. Recent cross-border harvest tops 10.5 million dollars for fishermen.
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Steveston
B.C
Pacific Ocean
Prairies
Adams River
Fraser
Gulf of Georgia
Gulf
Jack Leslie
Canada
United States
Canada Outpaces U.S. in Postwar Economic Growth
Government analysts report Canada’s postwar output rose 34 percent from 1946 to 1953 while the United States rose 29 percent. From mid-1953 to Q1 this year Canada slipped 2 percent versus a 4 percent drop in the U.S. Consumer spending and real income also stayed stronger in Canada.
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U.S
Financial Post
Canada-U.s
Canada
Modern home workshop patterns for storage unit and cabinet
A Vancouver pattern service advertises Pattern 299 for a storage unit and 300 for a music cabinet at 35c each, with designs for ivy motifs, Victorian inspired shelves, and brackets. The notes include scale drawings, material cutting guides for a full length bed cover, and an optional Jig Saw Packet for $1.50.
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Department
P.P.L
Home Workshop Pattern Service
West Fifth Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
Record Oil Well Drilling Totals in Western Canada
Surveys show Manitoba Saskatchewan drilled 1 963 344 feet and 383 wells in H1 1954 with 189 new oil wells and 10 gas wells. Saskatchewan led with 293 wells including 149 field development and 144 wildcats producing 118 oil wells and 10 gas wells. Manitoba drilled 100 wells with 29 wildcats and 71 development holes yielding 71 new producers. light gravity oil found in Frobisher area by Canadian Gulf Oil and Canadian Devonian Petroleums.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Frobisher
Canadian Gulf Oil Company
Canadian Devonian Petroleums, Ltd
Domestic Crisis Reveals Bread That Won't Slice
A 13 year old locally handles lunch for herself and younger brother. Father purchases unsliced bread and leaves for work amid pride and worry. Noon telephone reports the bread is all stuck together. The girl and younger brother improvise with a Scout knife while the father ponders adulthood and a neighbor retells a mop hair joke.
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Father
Poor pickings at Empire Games in Vancouver
Police chiefs across Canada cooperated to curb pickpockets during the British Empire Games in Vancouver. Chief Mulligan reported they received photographs of known experts before the games and conducted rounds the day before the events. No complaints were logged during the week of competition.
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Vancouver
Canada
Mulligan
Canadians Lead in Textile Use and Garment Care
Canadians are among the world's best-bred people, using textiles at about three times the world average. The statement highlights high rates of textile usage and care among the Canadian population compared with global norms.
Urge motorists to be on alert for children
The reopening of schools brings back youngsters on streets and highways prompting drivers to be extra cautious. The Safety Council promotes curb drill for beginner students and urges parents to guide routes and patrol point crossings to form safe habits. More than 40 percent of fatal accidents to ages five to fourteen involve vehicles, underscoring vigilance near schools and homes.
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the Safety Council
ASC
Best Lighted Stadium at Clarke Stadium Edmonton Canada
Clarke Stadium in Edmonton has been equipped with lighting towers said to be the highest in Canada and among the best in North America, promising superb floodlighting for sports events. A new grandstand raises seating by 5,500 to a total of 20,667.
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Edmonton
Clarke Stadium
Canada
Muskox Calves Seek New Home in United States
A shaggy trio of muskox calves, the only ones in captivity, were airlifted from Edmonton to Montreal then to Huntington Centre, Vermont, in a project by the Vermont Animal Research Foundation to study musk oxen in captivity for the first time. The calves arrived from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, aboard an RCAF plane as part of their journey to a farm in the United States.
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Edmonton
RCAF
United States
Yellowknife
N.W.T
Montreal
Huntington Centre
Vermont Animal Research Foundation
Umbrellas and Muskoxes Bookend Arctic Expedition Tales
The BBC Rome correspondent chronicled Italian umbrella makers from Monte Mottarone shaping a nation’s craft, while John Teal led a muskox expedition south of the Arctic Circle. The team captured calves without harming parents, transported calves via planes and canoes, and plan a 20 year study on breeding and muskox wool quality. A Siamese cat is white at birth.
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BBC
Rome
Christopher Serpell
Italy
Monte Mottarone
Lake Maggiore
France
Monte Montfarone
John Teal
Huntingdon Centre
Arctic Circle
Harry Taylor
Yellowknife
Teal
Air Force
Montreal
Vermont
Saskatchewan plans vast village for aged care in Regina
Welfare Minister J H Sturdy announced a major eight block park land project in Regina to house 100 double duplex units for married seniors and hostels for singles with meals. The program includes nursing homes. a $1 million facility opened at Melfort and over 600 bed builds planned in Regina and Saskatoon, funded by the province.
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Saskatchewan
J. H. Sturdy
Regina
Sturdy
Douglas
Melfort
Saskatoon
Yorkton
Swift Current
See Better Learn Better Week Focuses On School Eye Health
A Canadian regional feature notes that about four in ten children suffer visual problems impacting school performance. It critiques Snellen charts as inadequate and highlights poor lighting and environment at home and school as factors. Optometrists urge parents and teachers to pursue eye health during See Better Learn Better Week September 13 18 sponsored by Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba associations.
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Snellen
Abe
Optometric Associations
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Mallard courts cement lawn statue at Albany home
In Albany New York a wild mallard drake has fallen in love with a cement duck garden ornament at the summer home of Mr and Mrs Al Sklar The bird even cuddles beside the statue at night The Sklars report Also a pink grasshopper found in Windsor Ontario by five year old Kenneth Markham is kept under glass A squirrel returns a stolen wrist watch to its owner in Kirkland Lake Ontario after dropping it during a chase with a man swinging an axe
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Helderberg Lake
al Sklar
Albany
N.Y
Kenneth Markham
Windsor
Ont
Alex Langhuf
Kirkland Lake
Alex
Alberta's teacher outlook brighter for new term
Edmonton report shows Alberta’s school population rising by about 4 500 to an estimated 198 000 pupils returning to classrooms at the start of the term. Education minister Aalborg says the situation looks brighter though full details arrive after opening.
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Edmonton
Alberta
H.W. Swift
A. O. Aalborg
Native Fauna Loss Looms Over Hawaii and New Zealand
The Hawaiian islands and New Zealand have lost a great portion of their native fauna due to introduced pressures and ecological change, highlighting a fragile biodiversity in both regions and raising concerns for conservation efforts.
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Hawaiian Islands
New Zealand
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