Word: valleyfield
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...Opened in 1959 by President Eisenhower, who hailed it as an economic boon for the region, the seaway links the Atlantic Ocean, the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario to the rest of the Great Lakes. The seaway experienced a first catastrophe last year, when a lift bridge at Valleyfield, Que., jammed. That caused an 18-day shutdown and cost shippers more than $40 million in lost business. At an Ottawa press conference last week, William O'Neil, the president of the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority, dismissed suggestions that his facility may be falling apart. Said he: "We have...
...Royal Canadian Navy solemnly passed a word of warning to bearded sailors and sailors who had thought of growing beards. The Navy's Newfoundland Command, concluding a post-mortem on the sinking of the frigate Valleyfield, found that a man overboard can be fatally choked by a heavy beard full of oil and salt water...
...Pope appointed Bishop Raymond Marie Rouleau of Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada, to be Archbishop of Quebec...
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