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Contest
Winners
March
2005 Contest
December
2004 Contest
Seniors' Month Contest
Senior Scope 2nd Birthday Contest
2004
Father's Day 2004 Contest
March/April 2004 Contest
January/February 2004 Contest
December 2003 Contest
November 2003 Contest
October 2003 Contest
September 2003 Contest
August
2003 Contest
June/July
2003 1st Birthday Contest
May 2003
Contest
April
2003 Contest
March 2003
Contest
February 2003 Contest
January 2003 Contest
December 2002 Contest
November 2002 Contest
October 2002 Contest
September 2002 Contest
August 2002 Contest
July 2002 Contest
March
2005 Contest
March 28, 2005• V3-N18
Congratulations,
Larry Le Sage
 LARRY
LE SAGE, from Stony Mountain, Manitoba, correctly answered
“Clowder”
to the question, “What is the correct collective noun
for a group of cats?”
A kindle
is a group of kittens and those answers would have been acceptable,
as well.
Larry's
prizes: Passes
to see "The
Wailin' Jennys" April
16/05 (Schedule
change - not March 19/05)
at the William Glesby Centre in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba;
No
Sugar Daddy.com gift
basket of diabetic-friendly and low-carb products;
Pizza
Den (more
than pizza) gift
certificate to be used in Stonewall, Manitoba.
December
2004 Contest
December 20, 2004 • V3-N13
Congratulations,
Christel Freis!
 CHRISTEL
FREIS, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, correctly answered “April
3, 2005” to the question, “What day in April, 2005,
do our clocks switch to Daylight Savings?”
Her prizes
totalled approximately $178.00!
They are:
Four passes to see Jerusalem Ridge on February 5 at
the William Glesby Centre in Portage la Prairie. (value $104)
“Canada’s favorite bluegrass band, Jerusalem Ridge,
offers a unique blend of bluegrass, country swing, and acoustic
gospel music, inevitably laced with its members’ genuine
gift for improv entertaining.”
A gourmet
“Honey Butter” gift basket (value $25) comprised
of all Manitoba-produced items including the new gourmet Honey
Butter spread in regular and strawberry flavours from Wittmann
Foods International based in Winnipeg with an outlet at
The Forks Market. Stop by, try a sample of gourmet honey butter
and discover a variety of Manitoba-made products.
A traditional
Christmas Stollen (Loaf) from Eckhart’s Delights
(value $29) made in Winnipeg with quality, authentic ingredients
by award-winning cake & pastry chef, Eckhart Wegner.
Pizza
Den gift certificate (value $20) for fine dining in Stonewall,
Manitoba. Enjoy a wide selection of entrees and salads...
not JUST pizza! It’s worth a short drive north of
Winnipeg, west off Hwy. #7 on Hwy #67.
Seniors'
Month Contest
October 11, 2004 • V3-N8
Congratulations,
David Pollock!
 DAVID
POLLOCK, of Winnipeg, correctly answered "October 1st"
to our contest quiz, “What day was Seniors’ &
Elders’ Day?”
David’s
total prize value was approx. $135.00:
A Gift Certificate for a Custom Made Teardrop Mirror from
Doctor Glass & Mirrors (value $30-$40); NoSugarDaddy.com:
gift basket of diabetic-friendly and low-carb products and
t-shirt (value $30-$40), Two passes to see the Rowdymen, Sat.,
Oct. 23 at the William
Glesby Centre in Portage la Prairie (value $50), CD
of original cowboy poetry: 180 Years of Sage Comments and
Buckbrush Logic (value $17) by poets -
Dick Winters, Ed Brown, and Lee Bellows.
Senior
Scope "2nd Birthday Celebration" 2004 Contest!
August 16 • V3-N4
Congratulations,
Verna Kowalchuk!
 Congratulations
to Verna Kowalchuk of Winnipeg for winning our 2nd Birthday
contest.
She correctly
answered, “Susan Thompson” as Winnipeg’s first
woman Mayor when we drew her name.
Her prizes
include include passes to Rainbow Stage’s production,
“The King And I”, passes for the “Winnipeg
Ghost Tours”, “Kinotakara
Toxin Absorbent Patches”, (box of 10).
Each patch (one to be worn on each foot) will begin to draw
toxins directly from your system while you sleep. 100% Natural
product, Ed Brown’s
“Most of My Best Friends are Still Cowboys” CD
(Cowboy poet & singer/songwriter), and a Gift Certificate
for McLeod House Tearoom & Gift Shop in Stonewall,
MB. (Total value approximately $250).
"Father's
Day" 2004 Contest!
July 5 • V3-N1
Congratulations,
Florence Young!
 The
winner of our Father’s Day contest
is Florence Young of Winnipeg. Congratulations, Florence!
Florence
won a total prize value of approximately $175.00. The Links
at Quarry Oaks, near Steinbach, MB, provided two passes
for golf and carts valued at $104. The Golfer’s Shop,
1-1575 Regent Ave. W., Wpg. provided a Reflex double mercerized
cotton golf shirt & golf towel valued at $45. Sorrento’s
with two locations—Quality Inn, 635 Pembina Hwy and
529 Ellice Ave., Wpg—provided a $25 gift certificate.
Thank you to all the prize sponsors.
First
Trains
The initial
quiz was, “Why, for a good hundred years, were train
boxcars all the same rust-brown colour?” It was a
tough question and not easily researched so we changed the
question to, “What was the first train to cross Canada?”
Submitted answers to either question was fully accepted.
The
reason boxcars were rust-brown is that the paint—a natural
red iron oxide mixed with linseed oil—was affordable
to produce, ingredients were readily available and it was
good protection for the wood boxcars. Until the 1940s,
most boxcars were wood. When diesel was introduced to power
the engines, the boxcar colours started to change. Now the
boxcars are made of steel and chemical pigments are much cheaper
than natural ones.
The first
train to cross Canada? Wagon trains. Before the railway, fur
traders and settlers of the Canadian west often travelled
in “bull trains”. These consisted of three massive
wagons pulled by teams of 8 to 12 oxen and often travelled
with up to 10 outfits. Wagon trains travelling west from Winnipeg
generally travelled in Red River carts that were much lighter.
The first
public railway in Canada was the Champlain and Saint Lawrence
Railroad which opened in 1836. The rails were wooden with
iron straps and ran between La Prairie and St-Jean, Quebec.
The
first train travelled across Canada from Montreal to Vancouver
on the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1886. Construction
of the railway began in 1880. It took 12,000 men, 5,000 horses,
and
300 dog-sled teams to build this railway.
Thank
you to all who entered our contest!
March/April
2004 Contest!
Congratulations,
Jean Burns of Winnipeg!
Jean entered
our contest, “Leapin’ Lizzards!” The trivia
question was, “Why do we have a leap year every four
years?"
Her prizes
included two passes to see the Fabulous Ink Spots on
Saturday, May 8 at the Masonic Temple at 420 Corydon at Osborne
valued at $72, a Gift Certificate for the Pancake House
at The Forks valued up to $20.00, and an interior/exterior
car wash at Jet Car Wash at 532 St. James Street in Winnipeg,
while you wait. Total value of prize: approx: $105.00
Why
do we have a leap year every four years?
Well,
it’s like this:
Leapin'
Lizzards !
It takes approximately 365 days to rotate through the four
seasons, what we call a year. More accurately, it takes 365.25
days for this to occur.
In leap
years, a part of the Gregorian| calendar, February has an
extra day, 29 to be exact.
If we
didn’t have leap years we would get about six hours behind
every year.
Even more
precisely, it takes the Earth slightly less than 365.25 days
to travel around the Sun, the equivalent of four seasons or
one year.
To compensate
for this, we skip the leap year three times every 400 years.
Leap years don’t occur on century years that are devisable
by 100 but not 400. To sum it up, century years such as the
year 2000 had a 29-day February because it was devisable by
400 evenly. But those, such as 1800 or 1900, that are devisable
by 100 evenly but not 400 are not leap years.
This is
not totally foolproof. With all these attempts to keep on
track, in 3,200 years we’ll still be about a day out.
So there
it is.
January/February
2004 Contest!
March 15• V2-N16
Congratulations,
Nellie Pura!
 Nellie
Pura of West Kildonan in Winnipeg has won a prize package
valued at approximately $150.00. The prizes include passes
valued at $44 to a Manitoba Moose game at the Winnipeg
Arena; a gift certificate valued at $25 for Floral Sensations,
Fresh & Silk Flowers at 678 McPhillips Street; gift
certificates
valued at $25 for the Elephant & Castle Pub & Restaurant
at 350 St. Mary Avenue; a Jet Car Wash interior/exterior
vehicle cleaning valued at approximately $14 located
at 532 St. James Street; a Therapeutic Flax Warmer
(339-0310 - St. Andrews) which doubles as an Ice Pack valued
at $20; and The Original Dryer Balls for your
clothes dryer by Dryer Smart (255-9319) valued at $25.
Oh,
Canada!
Our Contest
Corner trivia question for January/February, 2004, tested
our readership’s knowledge of our national anthem. And
shame on us!
Very few
entrants knew the answer without the aid of the internet or
other sources. The question was, “What year did ‘O
Canada’ officially become the national anthem?”
According
to various sources, the year was 1980.
In 1880, ‘O Canada’ was commissioned by the Société
Saint-Jean-Baptiste - the Quebec City branch, as a French-Canadian
national anthem. In 1967, making ‘O Canada’ official
was introduced into legislation by the Pearson government.
It took one hundred years after the first time it was sung
in 1880 on Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day for it to become official
just in time for the Canada Day celebrations in 1980.
Calixa
Lavallée, among the leading musical figures in Québec
at that time, was invited to compose the music. It is said
that Lavallée asked Adolphe-Basile Routhier to come
up with French lyrics to accompany his music. Adolphe-Basile
Routhier, later knighted as ‘Sir Adolphe’, was a
Quebec City judge, an author, a co-founder of the Royal Society
of Canada and the president of the Quebec City Société
Saint-Jean-Baptiste.
Several
English versions appeared over the years, but Robert Stanley
Weir’s version became the public’s favourite. Weir
was a lawyer in Montreal, a legislator and an author himself.
Final
changes to the English version were recommended in 1968 by
a Special Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Commons.
The French lyrics have never been altered to this day.
English
lyrics:
O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide,
O Canada! We stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada! we stand on guard for thee
(repeat)
French lyrics:
O Canada,
terre de nos aïeux,
Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux.
Car ton bras sait porter l'épée,
Il sait porter la croix.
Ton histoire est une épopée
Des plus brillants exploits.
Et ta valeur, de foi trempée,
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits
(repeat)
December
2003 Contest!
January 26 • V2-N13
Congratulations,
Wilf Ursel!
 Our
December, 2003 Contest Corner winner is Wilf Ursel of Winnipeg.
He correctly answered “Yes” to the quiz, “Is
the CN Tower the world’s tallest free-standing structure?”
His prizes
totalled $124.00 which included a $25 Gift Certificate
to the Elephant & Castle Pub & Restaurant at 350
St. Mary Ave., Downtown Winnipeg, 2 passes to see some Manitoba
Moose action at the Winnipeg Arena, and a Jet Car Wash
located at 532 St. James Street just south off Portage Avenue.
Also, Ion Health provided a KDF Shower Filter (retailing
at $40) that eliminates chlorine and many other contaminants
from your shower water. Duane Froese, owner of Ion Health
located in Landmark, Manitoba, can be reached toll free at
1-877-999-4667.
Thank
you
to all who participated in the “Who’s
reading ‘The Scope’ survey”. We’ve
had requests for recipes, horoscopes, a pen pal section, and
more. Overall, most were happy with ‘The Scope’
the way it is but we will always strive to make it better!
Our winner
for the draw of this contest was Wally Romaniuk of Winnipeg.
He won a $40 Gift Certificate to the Royal Crown Revolving
Restaurant for participating in our “Who’s reading
‘The Scope’ survey.”
Thank
you to all who participate in our contests and surveys. We
hope to give you even more chances to win more prizes in the
upcoming months.
Tall
Tales
 It
is no tale. The CN Tower (Canadian National Tower) is the
world's tallest free-standing structure.
We used
the term, "free-standing" to include both towers
and buildings. Although towers have observation decks or restaurants,
they don't have floors going all the way up opposed to buildings
which do. Buildings are designed for residential, business
or manufacturing purposes.
The height
of towers doesn't include antennas or flagpoles but does include
spires, the tapered portion at the top of the structure.
The CN
Tower, completed in 1975 is 553 metres (1,815 ft) tall. Next
in line is the Ostankino Tower in Moscow, Russia, which stands
537 metres (1,762 ft) tall. Third tallest is a building called
the Taipei 101 in Taipei, Taiwan rising to a height of 508
metres (1,667 ft).
The CN Tower holds the "tallest" title for now.
The Center of India Tower is in the proposal stage for construction
in Katangi, India. In 2008, this tower may claim victory over
the CN Tower with a record breaking height of 677 metres (2,222
ft).
Although
the proposed, new World Trade Center buildings promise to
be among the tallest, the plans are not final.
November
2003 Contest!
December 15• V2-N12
Congratulations,
Irene Beaudin!
 Irene
Beaudin of the Garden City area in Winnipeg correctly answered
our Contest Corner question, “What year did the Great
Depression actually begin?” The Great Depression, pegged
“The Dirty Thirties” actually began in 1929 and
lasted until 1939.
Irene
had entered several of our contests and her persistence finally
paid off.
We presented
Irene with a $30 Gift Certificate to The Original Pancake
House at The Forks, a “holidaygiftbaskets.ca”
treasure chest of Healing Waters products valued at $41
and two passes to see the Manitoba Moose in action at the
Winnipeg Arena January 23rd valued at $44 with a
total value in prizes of $115.00!
CONGRATULATIONS,
IRENE!
October
2003 Contest!
December 1 • V2-N11
Congratulations,
Nori Ritchie!
 Nori
was away in Florida when we picked her as a winner. She came
home to a surprise in her e-mail messages, one from Senior
Scope. Nori correctly answered, "Canada" to the
quiz, "What Country were the first surviving quintuplets
born?" when we drew her name.
Nori was
presented with Gift Certificates (valued at $40) to My Place
Pie Place located at 103-912 Portage Avenue, two tickets to
see the Manitoba Moose hockey game at the Winnipeg Arena,
and a complimentary Jet Car Wash at 532 St. James St., valued
at approximately $14.00. Her total value of prizes was about
$100.
The Dionne
quintuplets were born in Corbeil, Ontario near Callendar,
Ontario.
September
2003 Contest!
October 20• V2-N8
Armande
McKenna is our September 2003 Contest Winner! Congratulations!
 Armanda
had the correct answer, "Penicillin," when we drew
her name for this contest. The question was, "What
did Alexander Fleming Discover?" Her prizes? A
$110 value! Armande received $30
in Gift Certificates to Zesto's Subs & Wraps at 570 Portage
Avenue in Winnipeg, $20 worth (approx. value) of Ice Cream
products at Baskin Robbins in Portage Place, a musical Compact
Disk (CD) for the well-known Manitoba group, Southglen Fiddlers
(valued at $15) and a "Bird Song with Ambient Sound"
5 CD set—a compilation of bird song recordings made by
Catherine Thexton (a former Senior Scope spotlight) in the
Balmoral, Manitoba, area.
Armande
is very deserving of these prizes as she gives back to her
community. Armande recently has started volunteering at Age
& Opportunity participating in the home visits to seniors
program.
We commend
you on that, Armande.
We hope
you enjoy your prizes!
August
2003 Contest!
September 8 • V2-N4
Congratulations,
Joe Durupt!
 We
have a winner for our August Contest! Congratulations to Joe
Durupt of St. Vital in Winnipeg. He is the lucky recipient
of a pair of tickets, valued at
$60, to Prairie Theatre Exchange's presentation of "blue/orange".
Joe gets to enjoy a
Thursday Theme Night Dinner for Two, valued at $25, in the
beautiful Terrace Dining Room at Assiniboia Downs,
as well.
Joe correctly
answered "1950", when his name was drawn, to the
Contest Corner trivia, "Prior to the 1997 flood,
what year did another major flood take place prompting the
construction of the Winnipeg Floodway?" A photo
is not available at this time, but we will be sure you get
to see our lucky winner in the near future!
Thanks
to Marie-Paule Dumesnil who provided the following information,
we know that Premier Dufferin Roblin envisioned a floodway
to protect Winnipeg by diverting the Red River around the
city because of the flood of 1950. Construction of this 47.3
kilometre ditch began in 1962 and was completed in 1968 when
the gates were raised—in time to be used in 1969. It
had been used 18 times since 1968 up to 1997.
June/July
2003 1st Birthday Contest!
August 11 • V2-N3
Congratulations,
Wendy Korzeniowska!
 Congratulations
to the winner of our "1st Birthday" Contest. Wendy
Korzeniowska of Stonewall, Manitoba, correctly answered, "Jack
Nicholson" to the Contest Corner trivia question when
we drew her name. CONGRATULATIONS, WENDY! We hope you enjoy
your prizes worth over $350.00!
We mentioned
Canadian-born actors and an actress in our quiz. They were
Donald Sutherland, John Candy, Dan Aykroyd, and Catherine
O'Hara. The one listed with these who was not Canadian-born
was Jack Nicholson.
Other
actors/actresses and television personalities are Alex Trebek
of "Jeopardy", actor Jason Priestly of "90210"
Series, actor Jim Carey, actor Keanu Reeves, actor Leslie
Nielson, actor Mathew Perry of "Friends", actor
Michael J. Fox, actress Pamela Anderson of "Baywatch",
actor and host William Shatner and countless others in show
business.
Wendy's
prizes were: ($350.00 Value):
1.
4 passes to Rainbow Stage's
production of "Joseph And
The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" in
Kildonan Park, Wpg., for July 29 or Aug. 1-8, 2003
(value $134.00).
2.
A Massage by Rain Ackerman
R.M.T., 1062 Portage Avenue @ Dominion, Wpg.,
Phone: 774-5521 (value $60.00).
3.
Lunch for two at Hyra Chef
located at the Assiniboine Golf Club, 2045 Ness
Avenue, Wpg., Phone: 988-9317 (value $20.00).
4.
Four - 50%-Off Discounts on regular
green fee rates at Assiniboine Golf Club, 2045 Ness Avenue,
Wpg., Phone: 988-9312.
5.
Flowers from Just
the Perfect Place, 84 Hespeler Avenue,
Wpg., Phone: 667-7117(value $30.00).
6.
Herbal & Nutritional Consulting & Ear
Candling by The Herbal Market, Herbal and Nutritional
Consulting.
• 172 St. Anne's Road, Wpg
Phone: (204) 254-4403
• 1215-C Henderson Hwy., Wpg
Phone: (204) 339-5919
• 1700
Corydon Ave., Wpg
O/A Herbally Yours
Phone: (204) 489-0226
(value $80.00).
May
2003 Contest
June 9• V1-N47
Congratulations,
Marie-Paule Dumesnil!
 Congratulations
to Marie-Paule Dumesnil, a Sister in St. Boniface of Winnipeg!
She correctly answered, "1980" to the quiz, "What
year did the Terry Fox cross-Canada Marathon of Hope, to raise
money for cancer research, take place?" Marie-Paule has
been presented with 4 passes on the Prairie Dog Central Vintage
train, valued at $72 courtesy of The Vintage Locomotive Society
Inc. Marie-Paule is a perfect recipient of this prize as she
has participated every year in the Terry Fox run despite any
ailment she may have been suffering including knee surgery.
Marathon
of Hope
In 1980,
Winnipeg-born Terry Fox started his Marathon of Hope run in
St. John's, Newfoundland with only one leg, the other being
lost to cancer. The run was called off in September when cancer
struck again. Terry succumbed to his cancer June 28, 1981.
To date, over $300 million has been raised and the tradition
lives on every year in 60 countries. Appropriately, a mountain
in British Columbia was named after Terry in his honour for
his majestic efforts and goals.
April
2003 Contest
May 5 • V1-N42
Congratulations,
Edith Arnold!
 Senior
Scope is pleased to congratulate Edith Arnold of Tuxedo in
Winnipeg, our winner to our April Contest Corner trivia. She
correctly answered "Coca Cola" on her entry to the
question, "What was invented first? Pepsi Cola or Coca
Cola?"
Edith
was presented with two tickets courtesy of the Winnipeg Symphony
Orchestra for the last concert of the season, "Bursting
with Brahms" on May 23rd at the Centennial Concert Hall,
at 8 p.m.
The concert,
being conducted by Andrey Boreyko, remembers music's most
famous German bachelor, Johannes Brahms. Featuring the vocal
talents of soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian, baritone Brett Polegato
and the Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir performing Brahms' own
choral masterpiece Ein Deutches Requiem (A German Requiem).
Coca
Cola vs Pepsi Cola
Coca
Cola
Both
Coca Cola and Pepsi were invented near the end of the 19th
Century by pharmacists. Coca Cola, however, invented by Doctor
John Pemberton from Atlanta, Georgia, was invented before
Pepsi in 1886. This drink was first concocted in Pemberton's
backyard in a three-legged brass kettle. The name "Coca
Cola" was suggested by Pemberton's bookkeeper Frank Robinson
who scripted the name also into the famous logo that exists
today.
The soft
drink, marketed as a tonic, was first sold to the public at
the soda fountain in Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta on May 8,
1886. (Other sources claimed that Coca Cola was a popular
headache remedy.) Coca Cola contained extracts of cocaine
and kola nut, which is rich in caffeine, until 1905. With
the help of another pharmacist, Asa Griggs Candler, syrup
sales increased by 4000% by 1900 and was available throughout
the United States and Canada.
Today,
more than one billion Coca Cola product drinks a day are consumed.
Pepsi
Cola
Pepsi
Cola was invented in 1898 by pharmacist Caleb Bradham of New
Bern, North Carolina. He served this drink that he created
himself from a soda fountain in his drugstore to his customers.
Initially this drink was named, "Brad's drink" and
consisted of carbonated water, sugar, vanilla, rare oils,
pepsin and cola nuts.
(Other
sources say that Pepsi was a popular stomach ailment remedy.)
"Pepsi
Cola" replaced "Brad's drink" and was trademarked
on June 16, 1903.
Pepsi
Cola went bankrupt in 1923 after seventeen years of success
due to a gamble on the stock market when sugar prices dropped
against Bradham's expectations that they would rise.
The president,
Charles G. Guth, of the Loft Candy Company bought Pepsi Cola
in 1931 and reformulated the Pepsi soft drink.
Promotion
was essential and in 1940, Pepsi Cola made history by broadcasting
its first radio advertising jingle called, "Nickel Nickel"
nationally.
Nickel
Nickel became a hit record and was recorded into 55 languages.
Diet Pepsi
was introduced in 1964.
Source:
http://inventors.about.com
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Coke
Slogans
1886
- Drink Coca-Cola
1908 - Sparkling - Harmless as Water, and Crisp as Frost
1926 - Stop at the Red Sign
1954 - For People on the Go
1971 - I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke (song)
1990 - Can't Beat the Real Thing
Pepsi
Slogans
1903
- Exhilarating, Invigorating, Aids Digestion
1919
- Pepsi-Cola - It Makes You Scintillate
1934 - Refreshing and Healthful
1961 - Now It's Pepsi, For Those Who Think Young
1993 - Be Young, Have Fun, Drink Pepsi
For
more Cola reading and to listen to some of the recorded
commercials, visit the Cola Wars website: www.geocities.com/colacentury/
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March
2003 Contest
March 10 • V1-N35
Congratulations,
Liliane Irby!
 Liliane
Irby of the North End in Winnipeg is the winner of our March
Contest Corner. The quiz was, "What year did the longest
and deadliest heat wave in Canada occur where temperatures
reached 44”C in Manitoba and Ontario claiming 1,180 lives?"
She was presented gift certificates valuing a total of $40
from the Casinos of Winnipeg for two to ride the Millennium
Express and to eat at either the Royal Palms Restaurant at
Club Regent or Michele's at McPhillips Street Station.
Hot
Spell
The deadliest
heat wave on record for Canada occurred from July 5 to July
17, 1936. Thermometers recorded readings exceeding 44°C
(111.2°F) in Manitoba and Ontario.
During
this stretch of unbearable heat, 1,180 Canadians perished,
most being infants and the elderly. This included 400 drownings
of people desperately trying to escape the heat.
So intense
was the heat that steel rail lines and bridge girders curled
and distorted their shapes, while highways and sidewalks buckled.
Crops succumbed to the heat and fruit baked right on the trees.
Some of
our contest entrants' recollections of the heatwave included
a wedding day on July 11th, a newspaper reporter frying an
egg on the sidewalk at Portage and Main in Winnipeg, horses
wearing straw hats, young friends collapsing and dying, etc.,
etc. It must have been devastating. Let the younger generation
try to comprehend this as, of course, there were no air conditioners.
Although
this was the deadliest heatwave on record, the hottest day—45°C
(113°F)—was recorded on July 5, 1937, at Midale and
Yellowgrass, Saskatchewan.
Information
compiled from the Environment Canada website.
February
2003 Contest
March 10 • V1-N35
Congratulations,
Shirley Schoyen!
 Shirley
Schoyen of River Heights is our Contest Corner winner for
February, 2003. She was presented a $40 Gift Certificate for
Golden Wear Clothing located at 1833 Portage Avenue in Winnipeg.
Shirley
correctly answered that the lowest temperature was officially
measured and recorded in Snag, Yukon Territory on February
3, 1947. Temperatures plummeted to -81.4°F (-63°C)
on that record-setting morning. Canadian Weather Service headquarters
in Toronto certified this temperature to be official three
months later after extensive testing of the actual thermometer
used in Snag.
SNAG,
Yukon Territory: Colder than Cold
Snag,
with a population in 1947 of eight to ten locals, plus 15-20
airport personnel who lived at the airport barracks, is located
in the southwestern corner of Canada's Yukon Territory.
Snag was
said to be named so during the Klondike Gold Rush because
Snag Creek was laden with submerged tree trunks that often
"snagged" boats in shallow waters.
Built
during World War II was a military airfield, about six kilometres
south of the village, which was built to provide weather observations
and an emergency landing strip for the Royal Canadian Air
Force, the US Army Air Corps and civilian air traffic.
Snag is
located in a valley where the mountains form a barrier along
the coast blocking the milder Pacific air making it vulnerable
to cold frigid air masses of the western arctic.
Just after
7 am on February 3rd, 1947, the weather officer-in-charge
Gordon M. Toole observed that the alcohol-based thermometer
reading (incidently, mercury freezes at -39°F) was below
the lowest mark on the thermometer (-80°F), which was
later confirmed as -81.4°F (-63°C), a record that
still stands today for North America.
Toole
recounted how his breath froze instantly, falling as a white
powder to the ground. He mentioned dangers of inhaling too
deeply for fear of freezing or scalding one's lungs. Now that's
cold!
British
Columbia, Northwest Territories and Alaska also reported record
cold temperatures in January & February, 1947.
Only northeastern
Siberia, interior Greenland and Antarctica have recorded lower
temperatures than Snag.
Source:
Weather Doctor Almanac 2002 website
January
2003 Contest
February 17 • V1-N32
Congratulations,
Serge Boucher!
 Congratulations
to our Contest Corner winner, Serge Boucher of Elgin Street
in Winnipeg. He correctly answered our January contest quiz,
that the original bear named "Winnie" after the
City of Winnipeg, was in fact a girl. For a prize he received
a $40 Gift Certificate for 'Just The Perfect Place - For Flowers,
Gifts & Art' at 84 Hespeler Ave. in Winnipeg. Just in time
for Valentine's Day!
The
Scoop on Pooh
During
WWI, Lieutenant Harry Colebourn of Winnipeg bought the orphaned
cub in White River, Ontario, enroute to eastern Canada and
then Europe.
In 1919,
Colebourn, now a Captain, gave the cub to the London Zoo when
his Brigade was posted to France for battle. Winnie became
a popular attraction at the zoo especially for Christopher
Robin, son of author A.A. Milne. Christopher Robin visited
Winnie often and even spent time in her cage. Milne was then
inspired to write a series of books about, 'Winnie the Pooh'.
The name Pooh originally belonged to a swan in the introduction
of Milne's 'When We Were Very Young'. Winnie lived until 1934.
Since
1992, a bronze sculpture created by the late William Epp,
depicting a military officer in full First World War uniform
holding a standing bear cub by its forepaws, stands at Winnipeg's
Assiniboine Park Zoo.
And that's
the scoop on Pooh.
December
2002 Contest
January 13 • V1-N27
Congratulations,
Eddy Toffan!
 We
want to congratulate Eddy Toffan of Winnipeg for winning our
Contest Corner trivia. When we drew his name he correctly
answered "Expo 67" to the question: Canada celebrated
its one hundredth birthday in 1967—considered one of
the greatest birthday parties in history—with what event
that took place in Montreal?
Eddy won a Gift Certificate valued at $40.00 from Medicine
Rock Cafe in St. Francis Xavier. Eddy had the correct answer,
"Expo 67," when we drew his name.
Expo
67 - Man and his World
Expo 67
was one of the most successful international exhibitions of
the 20th Century which took place in Montral, Canada.
It is
said that Expo 67 almost didn't happen. U.S.S.R.'s application
to the International Exhibitions Bureau in Paris to hold the
exhibition was accepted over Canada's, but excessive costs
forced Moscow to withdraw their bid. U.S.S.R. was marking
their 50th anniversary of Communism. Canada re-applied and
was accepted.
With resistance
by almost everyone, Montréal Mayor, Jean Drapeau's
idea of enlarging Ile Ste Hélène, an island
park in the St. Lawrence River, and adding another island
for the fair site was put into action. Engineers proceeded
to haul 25 million tons of earth into the river.
Expo 67's
official title was, "Man and his World." According
to the fair guides, "It will tell the story of man's
exploration of the physical world, his drive to discover,
understand and produce; of how he assimilates, organizes and
uses his knowledge to improve his lot and how, as a social
being, he has sought and still seeks to live in peace and
harmony with his fellow man."
Historically,
the St. Lawrence River was a significant trade route and access
point for early immigrants thus symbolizing the link between
Canada and the rest of the world. This made the choice of
the islands in the St. Lawrence River even more significant.
Expo 67,
a smashing success, changed the world's view of Canada plus
our own view of ourselves.
Pride
and appreciation for our talents and accomplishments were
felt by all in unison.
November
2002 Contest
December 9 • V1-N23
Congratulations,
Lena Burton!
 Lena
Burton, of St. Boniface, was the winner of our Canada Pension
Plan Contest Corner trivia. When we drew her name she correctly
answered, "1966" to the question, "What year
did the Canada Pension Plan come into effect?" Lena received
a $40 Gift Certificate from Foster's Shoes.
Canada
Pension Plan
Canada's
public pensions date back 75 years ago. In 1927, the Old Age
Pensions Act was established. The age requirement was 70 years
and you couldnÕt have an annual income exceeding $365. In
1952, Canada's first 'universal pension program' called, "Old
Age Security (OAS)" was introduced for men and women
70 years or older. It was supplemented by the Old Age Assistance
Act for seniors 65-69 years of age. In 1966, the Canada Pension
Plan (CPP) and the Quebec Pension Plan (QPP) were introduced
and offered retirement, survivor, disability and death benefits.
The Guaranteed Income Supplement was introduced initially
as a temporary program for low-income seniors and became permanent
by 1971.
To accommodate
a need for stable pension programs for Canada's seniors, programs
will continue to improve.
Information
on pensions was obtained from the Human Resources Development
Canada website @ www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca
October
2002 Contest
November 11 • V1-N19
Congratulations,
Jenny Middleton!
 Jenny
Middleton of the North End in Winnipeg is the winner of our
Contest Corner Winnipeg History Contest. She correctly answered
"1919" for the year of the Winnipeg General Strike
when we drew her name. She received a gift certificate for
Massage Therapy from Rain Ackerman, R.M.T. - a $65.00 value.
The
1919 Winnipeg General Strike
One year
after the end of the Great War came the Winnipeg General Strike.
May 1,
1919, metal workers of Vulcan Iron Works, Manitoba Bridge
and Iron, and the Dominion Bridge and Iron companies went
on strike. With these firms refusing to bargain simultaneously,
the building trades struck the same day.
Trade
unionists voted where 11,112 were in favour and only 524 against.
The general strike began on May 15 and soon after, the mail,
telephone, streetcar, telegraph, and milk delivery were cut
off. The police, technically on strike, remained on duty.
A committee
of upper-middle and middle-class volunteers began to police
the city. Federal troops at Fort Osborne were on standby.
Detachments of the Royal North-West Mounted Police (now the
RCMP) moved in. On June 9, the Winnipeg police force was dismissed
and the volunteers took over.
On June
17, strike leaders were arrested. A demonstration in Winnipeg's
Market Square on June 21 ended the strike resulting in the
death of one man from Mounties firing at the strikers. There
were countless injuries of others. One man died later of gangrene.
The strike triggered the modern Canadian Labour movement and
the revelation remains that general strikes do not work. There
have been no general strikes in Canda since 1919.
September
2002 Contest
October 14 • V1-N15
Congratulations,
Irene Grabowski!
 Irene
Grabowski from the Maples is the winner of our September Contest
Corner Toonie quiz. She was presented $40 worth of gift certificates
for Cookatoo's Restaurant & Lounge at 1069 Sargent Avenue
in Winnipeg. Thank you to all who entered our contest.
Two
much Toonie
This two
dollar coin was designed by Brent Townsend, an accomplished
wildlife and landscape artist. The coin was first introduced
on February 19, 1996 to replace the two dollar bank note.
The two dollar coin features a distinctive bi-metallic coin
locking mechanism patented by the Royal Canadian Mint. The
outer ring of the two dollar coin is nickel and the inner
core is aluminum bronze (92% copper, 6% aluminum, 2% nickel).
August
2002 Contest
September 9 • V1-N10
Congratulations,
Elizabeth Peters!
 Elizabeth,
103 years, is the winner of our Seniors & Pets photo contest.
She is awarded a Gift Certificate of $40 from Animal Hospital
of Manitoba.
Pet
Contest - Runners Up
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| 2.
Madeline Miazga and Winona Lund of Wpg (not sure in what
order) with their pet dog whose name was not provided
but is darling just the same. |
3.
Pat Goodman and her dog Buffy looking fashionable sporting
a scarf. -Wpg. |
July
2002 Contest
August 12 • V1-N6
Congratulations,
Charles McKay!
 Charles
McKay of Appleton Estates at 133 Niakwa Road answered our
July Contest Corner trivia correctly. The question was, "What
was the name of 'Maclean's' magazine before it was changed
to 'Macleans' in 1911? The answer is, "Busy Man's magazine."
Charles
was treated with a $40.00 Gift Certificate for Churchill's
Restaurant in the Ramada Marlborough Hotel at 331 Smith Street.
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