“ tossing | into the col av

Pos Such as who wrote the first
-. “letter from the New World to.
. the. Old?. ‘Where was North |
‘America’s: first commercial .
. oil well? And which was. ‘its.
first golf club? © an

ae few. ‘entirely dnsverds ‘facts a
8 heriage conscionn | ‘Canadien

i The answers 3 to these and a
’ whole raft of similar . -ques--
tions (similar in that they're.
totally. unrelated to -one_
another, or to. anything else
_ for that. matter) are’ some-
thing: every good. ‘Canadian
°. should © know. -

. ego—which _ has -

from .

FIRST ON THE BLOCK

For. ‘starters there’ Ss: the

: question of | ‘seniority and
here it’s. good: to remember -
that we have a. definite, iif.
rather narrow, edge over our |
. nextdoor neighbors. .

Samuel de. Champlain es-
. tablished the first Canadian ‘
- settlement at Port. Royal in’
1605, which gives us an
_ official history | two
longer = ‘than, that of our —
- cousins below the border (the
| first ' Permanent white settle.

years

The ‘North: Shore” S$ ‘con- ia
- tribution to the Captain Cook.

Bicentennial and the Van-

couver Sea Festival winds up .

Sunday after a further four

days of. celebrations high- —
lighted by a giant salmon

-barbecue and beer: (yes,

beer!) garden.

Other events include tours
of the Lower Lonsdale area,
ship tours of .HMNZS

WAIKATO, the visiting New.

Zealand navy frigate, cricket,
an open-air dance and a
major band concert.

The giant
sponsored by the Capilano
Mall Merchants’
tion, North Vancouver Lions

Club, the Squamish Indian

Band and North Vancouver
City—takes place Friday and
Saturday, July 28-29, on the

Illegal backyard fires are
causing concern to the West
Vancouver Fire Depart-
ment. The burning of hedge
clippings, leaves and other
garden trash is prohibited in
the municipality between
May 15 and September 15,

Two further ‘cases have
been detected -- and the
property-owners in question
warned -- during the past ! few
days.

< ’ :
bebe Me . .! tested 7 a 7 .

“They: are.
; guaranteed to have a sooth-

ing effect during this: holiday ment
month on . our. Canadian.
- Suffered .

. Fathers - didn’t. teach: Mass-
- quite a few. bruises: recently”

oe achussets until 1620).
assorted ‘politicians, |

economists and other prof- —
| -essional doomsayers.

invention,»
opment and sport. -

$1 as glass.
each evening:

Associa. .

Backyard

6, Suly 2 26, 1978 - - North Shore News.

After Britain’ ‘we "re. also:

oe the senior member. of. the ©
- Commonwealth and, by: pop: -
ulation, the fourth: largest.
-By> area we're: the. second”
biggest: country in the world |

after the U.S.S.R.. Purely in.

‘terms. of. vital statistics we .
have a highly » empectable

pedigree.

During ‘373-year

history: “we? ve. "also. ‘notched:
up quite a respectable. list. of >
world ‘‘firsts’’ as well asa
‘few interest ‘ing’ world records

—particularly i in' the fields of .
industrial eet

Alexander Graham Bell

northeast  eotner: of ‘the

Capilano Mall. parking lot .

from 4 p.m. to midnight each
day, 7

Salmon, salad ‘and roll

dinner © prepared | by = the
Squamish Indian Band will |

be $3.50:a plate, with beer at
The festivities

open-air dance to music by
the Gordie Evans (ex-Carson
Graham) band.

‘The full schedule of events
for the four remaining days i is

- ' as follows: ..
barbecue— |.

THURSDAY, JULY 27

10 a.m. and 2:30 ‘pam.:

ESCORTED TOURS of ‘‘The: —

Horne Mill.’’ Assemble at

Presentation House, 204
. West. 4th Street, North
Vancouver.

include an:

- world’s:, first. electric. ‘street
-car..system: And: in. 1892. ~
- Canada served the’ world its.
‘first electrically cooked meal —

contribution - to the wo
prepared - on. ale.

“the Windsor |
‘Ottawa,
“contraption. invented by 0 one
: Thomas Ahearn. .

Hotel,

Marconi, . you'll “recall,

_ chose St. John’ 'S Newfound-
~“Yand, ‘asthe receiving point —
for the first: ever Transatlan- _
“tie: wireless message in 1901. af
And in: ‘1921 Canada’s | Sir
Frederick Banting: achieved | “oldest: team in the NHL—th

* Montreal - ‘Canadiens, ‘foun-
ded in 1910. ‘And just as.

naturally it was a Canadian—.

Foster. Hewitt, then .a Tor-
: onto Star: F reporter-—who did

os = 0

“one of the greatest medical

‘breakthroughs of the century
~~ when he discovered insulin—_

‘for which’ he won the Nobel
‘Prize two years. Jater. Paaae

FRIDAY, JULY 28

1-4 p.m.: SHIP TOURS -

_ HMNZS WAIKATO - Sea-

Bus Dock, North Vancouver.

. 4 pom.-midnight:
MON BARBECUE/BEER
GARDEN - Capilano Mall -
Marine Drive.

9 p.m.-midnight:
AIR DANCE - Capilano Mall
- Gordie’ Evans Band |
admission free.

SATURDAY, JULY 29.

1-4 p.m.: SHIP TOURS -

HMNZS WAIKATO - North

Van SeaBus dock.

2-4: p.m.: BAND CON-
CERT - By 63 piece Kitsilano
Boys Band Alumni - North
Van SeaBus site, |

urners beware!

“They apparently weren't: .. .

‘aware of the bylaw,”
Captain Gerry Harrington of

the WVFD. “Quite a lot of

residents don’t seem to be.”

The Fire Department, he
explained, has a good
chance of spotting illegal
backyard fires because fire
trucks are regularly driving
around the municipality
checking hydrants and street
addresses and carrying out

_ other routine inspections.

gaid f{..

em ‘Ontario threw a "barnes ob
an one night in a fox re ark eyes /

Fleming, the ‘Canadian eng-
ineer who helped build the ©
CPR, invented the standard
“world time. system. we know ».
-". today, based © on..24 » “time ~_o!
in- zones around the.

Three years. later St. ‘Cath-
-erines, Ont., ‘introduced the.

“the: world’s _ ister ak silver. ©

globe. oe

hockey. It’s believed to have
been...
- around 1855. by. the soldiery,.
“but
certain : whether ‘the. historic

; Halifax or Kingston.

“MATCH -

” SAL.

West 4th Street. .
OPEN —

Marine Drive.

“AIR DANCE - Capilano Mall

"your neighbour.

-jtions: in. Newfoundland and 7
ee | ay een

vated and that, Sir: Richard. ‘Whit. :
3: bourne opened ‘the: ‘first law

e 1615. There, too, they built
rth "the ‘first:Church of England |
S years i in North America. 105° a

_ “Finally you'll be. ‘glad. too
. know that we'have produced
-in’-more -recent. times.the |
- world’s s largest’ ‘squash—353 |
oe -» pounds, | -grown at. Roland,
2 Man; in’ 41971 - (for: ‘which

2 OE r Can ar: information | Tm: ‘indebted to
wee os o ‘unique ‘achievements. could “The Canuck Book by ‘Ian -
He missed the fox but. hit | undoubtedly | goon ‘and. on if Walker: and. Keith Bellows). a
“Space. permitted. But, ‘merci-

n fully. aly four fa -there’ s. room.
a i i

. AL of. which, I hope,: will |
ae helt put you into a happy —
holiday. mood: to match: the |

of Cobal Ss. " greates

ne a es on the a 7 NALLY, THAT SQUASH! "sunshine. If only the politic-
_ map. — os On aE ee es ians,. the economists: and the
epaper columnists would.
‘ORIGINAL HOCKEY NUTS off our, _ backs, | we.
“Canada’s s mon nun

sport, of. course,

‘played. originally:

‘nobody. ‘seems — quite’

first: game took” Place at

"Naturally, we. ‘boast |

2 p.m.: CRICKET
North Shore
cricket club vs. crew of
HMNZS WAIKATO - _Nor- a:
gate Park. = 7

2:30-4:30. p.m: “HERI

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tours: of ‘Lower. Lonsdale.

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