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A major 1957 addition to Can- ada's fleet was the aircraft car-

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Icebreaker: In

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M VTREAL tCPl—A fleet of

"‘_ Iistx icebreakers is to operate on the St. Lawrence River this win- -lter. a department of transport of-

ficial said Wednesday. Although the fleet has been in-

ticreascd by two —— the Labardor; ’and the new Montcalm — equip-

ment is still insufficient to keep‘

‘ open the channel between Que-

bec City and Montreal, the offi-i cial said. 3

The minimum requirements to maintain an open channel would be four tcssels —two like the 800 Ilttl's’(‘p()\Af3l‘ l)‘lberville and‘ two likc the new 4000 horse- power Miintcalii

]_ » Attempts during the last two {seasons have failed partly due to ;extrcme cold weather. the offi- Jcial said. 3

Plans are to permit Lake St.‘ Peter to freeze over early, liold- ing the ice back while the chan—~

nel heme” Quebec md Tron master of the 5th Charlottetown. Rivieres is kept ope i

n. The d'lberville, the Suarel and

the Ernest Lapointe are to make; the February driver upriver to , , , Momretm while the N_B_ Mcbean tho Lharlottetown Scouters (¢IUb.§

is to be stationed at Sydney,

in January. Following post-com- ker anti-submarine aircraft and am ‘he M°"'°‘"" ‘‘ 9"‘

missioning trials. the carrier in 3 h 1 f’ me. .h' h { ‘ September embuked the -I-mc_ P“ e‘ 5’ ‘E " V‘ ‘C °”“I, The Labrador. acquired from

rier Bonaventure. commissioned

Farm Lands Threatened By Sprawling Growth Of Cities

By JONATHAN COLE Canadian Press Staff Writer VANCOUVER (CPD —- The in-_ creasing prfllems of feeding a swiftly - grovina popu giving headaches to British Col-I iimbia‘s economists and agricul-3 tural planners. t

The province has never been able to take care of its food needs from domestic suppliesi with any particular comfort.| Now. the experts say. a pinceri movement threatens to close in‘ on B. .'s food-producing areas’ and make them more insignifi-I

cant . The most obvious side of the| pincers is the population in-; crease. Estimates of the B.C. TE-l search council are that the pre- nt population of 1,300,000 will double within 20 years. The prov- ince already imports most of its

meat requirements. Such a popu-l '

lation increase would require the import of several foods in which the province now is seIf-suffi- ricnt.

CHANGED FROM FARMS

The second part of the plncers Is reduction of agricultural land. llC.'s farming acreage, a scant three per cent of the province's 2.'l4.000.000 acres. is bcing re- riiiccd through diversion of land to other uses.

Urgency of the problem was drawn to the attention of the Gor- don commission on Canada‘s ccoiiomic prospects by Prof. W.

vcrsity of Alberta. Now. B.C.'s planiicrs are trying to work out a solution.

Tum McDonald. secretary of the B.C. division of the Commu- nity Planning Association. blames the reduction of farming land on subdivision for urban de- velopment. mai y in the two richest areas in the province the Fraser and Okanagan val-‘ Icys. I

The rich dairy lands of the the Fraser now produces 47.8 per cent of B.C.'s total agricultural output. The Okanagan. famous for its fruits. produces about 17 per cent.

SUBDIVIDERS BUSY

Professors Drummond and Mackenzie estimated that some. H.000 acres have already liecni lost to farming in the Fraser val-1 Icy. They indicated that another] 40.000 acres of the valleys 436,-‘ 000 acres of arable land might be transferred to other uses in‘ the next 25 years.

"Farmers have no incentive to’ stay on the land." says Mr. Mc- Donald. "High taxes put an un- warranted burden on them and they're ready to listen to attrac- Ll\'O subdivision offers."

J. W. Wilson? executive dll‘l‘C-‘ for of the lower mainland re-‘ nional planning board. says hisl L‘l‘0up has tried to overcome this! by encouraging subdividers to use unproductive land in the Fraser valley for urban develop- iiicnt. but without success.

Sl'GGESTli‘.D REMEDIES Mr. McDonald says these stepsl

would help toward a solution: I. A system of agricultural son-

isi: to stabilize land uses and en-

land taxation.

3 Acquisition by rural munici- palities of strategically located land. which could be leased for

farming. 1. Servicing of lands unfit for nrzrloulture by those municipal-

4! itics to attract subdividers and.‘ :Icvelopers away from farmingtl. a d L

n . » 5. Establishment by the provin- -

cial government of a supra-mun- t<‘iPal authority to supervise such planning.

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~ the moment of being released tavern in this Derbyshire mhiing Vegetables. Ind Exports from the Bonaventure‘s catapult village because of lack of space launching system. I

he!‘ “yin! ¢0mP0n9nt- An all-‘the navy and still undergoing re- weather aircraft, the Tracker is fitting, Wt“ Operate in thl GU" fitted with a variety of electronic devices for the detection of sub- marines and with the most mod-

of St. Lawrence in the spring.

One of these aircraft is shown at i School meals will be served at a

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1 Prince Home For Holidays

LONDON (Reuters: ~ Prince Charles. nine-year-old heir to the throne. came home to Bucking- ham Palace Wednesday for the Christmas holidays after his first term at Cbearn School in Berk- by heavy pre-holiday traffic jams.

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The Queen and Pnace Philip kept the evening clear of official] r engagements so they could spend

time with their son

But they and his sister. Prin- cess Anne, had to wait as hour extra for the young prince. whose chauffeur-driven car was delayed

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