THE MOST RECENT STATISTICS place the annual total of new outpatients in Ontario psychiatric hospitals at 9,600. Of these an astonishing 4,000 are under the age of sixteen. Commenting on the reasons for this, Dr. Elliott Markson. a psychiatrist who deals with sexual deviates, had this to say:
SCREEN GEMS, INC., a subsidiary of Columbia pictures, is the biggest foreign operator in Canadian television. It produces a little more than ten hours of Canadian-originated television each week and it has more shows here on the air, on the networks and in syndication — which means being shown for the second time as reruns — than its own employees can tot up.By RICHARD GEHMAN25 min
This is how the peaceful adventure of searching for wild mushrooms, and the subtle pleasure of eating them afterward, became a ruling passion of Sheila Burnford’s life. It could happen to you
IN A FEW DAYS, when the snow is gone from the rugged wilderness bordering the Alaska Highway, RCMP officers and tracking dogs will resume a search for clues in the latest mystery of the Yukon. This is the disappearance of Henri Meriguet, a northland adventure with overtones of Robert Service.By IAN MacALPINE11 min
A portrait of the stock exchange president who gets the business partly by giving the business to whatever he disagrees with — especially Social CreditBy JANICE TYRWHITT11 min
SOME OF THE MEN who race standardbrcd horses at the fat. tailored raceways of Montreal and Toronto refuse to compete now at the inland villages where harness racing began and where many of the colts still run their maiden races. The rural tracks were built for the sport of farmers, vets and hotel owners who wanted to race their own horses.By HARRY BRUCE11 min
I am worried about Canadian unity — there is something wrong somewhere between the Atlantic and Pacific Regions. John Fisher, 1949 I am not naïve. I know something is wrong somewhere. One of our prime jobs during the centennial will be to promote Canadian unity.
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