He was broke, his borrowed factory was dubbed Dobson’s Folly and Ottawa called him crazy. But in spite of ourselves, he gave us jet leadership, and built himself an industrial empire into the bargainBy Marjorie Earl22 min
For Five seasons Tanya Moiseiwitsch has been dazzling audiences and critics with breath-taking costumes she creates for the Shakespearean festival. The only thing that bothers her is explaining how she does itBy Dorothy Sangster18 min
Harness racing, in which the horses trot or pace around the track hauling buggies called sulkies, has traditionally been regarded as the poor relation of running races, in which the horses gallop under jockeys. But by far the most successful race-horse owner in Canada, an earthy former farm boy named Elgin Armstrong, has gained his position with a stable of harness horses.By TRENT FRAYNE14 min
Running Hawk and I were finishing a game of cribbage when my little brother came with a message. “Red Wind,” said my little brother, “Constable Kilroy asks that you come quickly to assist him in tracking down a robber.” “You must tell Constable Kilroy,” I said, “that I am sick in bed with a high fever.By VERNON HOCKLEY13 min
BEST BET THE DESK SET: The chief reference librarian for a radio-TV network (Katharine Hepburn) tangles amiably with a “methods engineer” (Spencer Tracy) who installs an electronic brain to improve efficiency in her department. The Broadway comedy of two seasons ago has been turned into a somewhat draggy but pleasant movie.By CLYDE GILMOUR3 min
Viola MacMillan believes “anybody can do anything” and has mink, a mansion, a Miami apartment and mines worth $10,000,000 to prove itBy CHRISTINA McCALL12 min
In colorful contrast to the smokestacks that shout the city’s industrial might, the Royal Botanical Gardens are fast earning Hamilton another kind of renownBy FRANK CROFT12 min
A traditional, if mythical, figure used to be the silk-hatted capitalist railing against the workingman's desire for security, the rugged individualist who feared that too much security would make the workingman indifferent to the rewards of honest Christian toil.By WILLIAM MERCER10 min
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