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...Newfoundland's west coast, silvery Atlantic salmon were running in a score of rivers. The big ones picked the lordly Humber. Last week, U.S. sportsmen were heading in to try the Humber's limpid pools. On the more popular of Newfoundland's 108 major salmon rivers, cabins were booked solid. (Cost: $25 a day for board, room, canoe and guide...
...women who come for the summer fishing, or for the fall hunting (partridge, duck, caribou, moose), Newfoundland has long been an unspoiled sportland. This year-Newfoundland's first as a Canadian province-thousands of tourists who want neither to fish nor hunt will view the magnificent scenery of the island (42,734 sq. mi.) and get a glimpse of the picturesque life of its people...
...When Newfoundland became Canada's tenth province 2½^ months ago, U.S. airlines feared that things would be changed at Newfoundland's Gander airport. There, under the "Bermuda Agreement" with Great Britain (TIME, Feb. 11, 1946), the airlines had been able to: 1) refuel for their transatlantic flights, and 2) pick up and discharge passengers (traffic rights). The agreement ended when Newfoundland joined the Dominion, since Canada had never granted traffic privileges to U.S. lines. Thus she had a strong card to play for more air rights from...
...Canada that the Fathers of Confederation had planned would finally be rounded out this week. Neighboring Newfoundland, which had gone its insular, independent way since John Cabot discovered it in 1497, was joining up as a tenth province. In St. John's and in Ottawa, ceremonies would mark...
...Would the U.S. radar network be extended around Canada's Arctic? St. Laurent was worried about the cost-he had seen some plans for electronic expenditures so vast that they would leave no money for anything else. He promised that his government would respect U.S. leases on three Newfoundland bases when that island joins Canada on March 31. PM St. Laurent hoped that the U.S. would in turn respect Canada's rights, treating her "on a plane of equality...