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      Cpl M.C. Atkinson is listed as Lindsay boy serving Overseas in Business Girls' List - Warder, October 1944....

      Gnr. E. H. Bailey listed as Lindsay Boy serving overseas in the Business Girls’ Club list of October 1944.

      G. Bannon was among the many veterans of this district who registered at the Reception and Reunion that was held in Lindsay on Saturday 19 January 1946. G. Bannon’s home is at Haliburton, Ontario.

      Article about early settlers' life based on an interview with Miss Laura Secord Clarke, a granddaughter of the famous Laura Secord. Full Title: Granddaughter Recalls Stirring Pioneer Days of Celebrate Ancestress—"One of Those Women Who Make Life Worth Living"—Indians Afraid of Smallpox.

 Huggins, Jean A. E. (1895-1989), Niagara Falls Evening Review (Niagara Falls, Ontario. Canada19141005), 23 Apr 1964     Two articles about preparation and introduction of a wax figure of Laura Secord to Louis Tussaud Wax Museum in Niagara Falls. Another on the same topic: Wit Wonder Wisdom by WYN.

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      Pte. Cliff Coulter, Bobcaygeon, arrived home from Overseas in July, 1945.

      Sgt. Crofton (MM) of Lindsay returned to Canada after Overseas service aboard the “Mauretania” docking at Halifax, approximately January 2, 1946.

      In the late 1940's Blind River had several taxi companies including Star Taxi, Deluxe, Central and a few more. Unlike today, drivers often had to dodge not just people and other vehicles but sometimes cows, or chickens.

      While the source of this article is unknown, it deals with the conflict between sportsmen and loggers using privately owned logging roads. In order to access many of the best areas for hunting and fishing sportsmen often use private roads created for and by the logging companies. This can create ...

      This article appears to be the third in a series of articles discussing the effect of the ups and downs of the lumber industry on the town of Blind River. This piece covers a period from 1929 to 1958.

      This article from January 1981 covers some of the opposition to the building of a Uranium Trioxide Refinery near Blind River by Eldorado Nuclear. Local residents had taken their concerns to the Atomic Energy Control Board in hopes of stopping the project.

      This story from the Sault Star outlines how outside anti-nuclear protesters became involved in the Eldorado debate around the Blind River area and attempted to turn local citizens against the project using any means possible.

      An article that discusses what effects the boom in Elliott Lake would have on Blind River and what the construction of Eldorado Nuclear would do for the small town of Blind River.

      The controversy was constant in the days prior to the building of Eldorado in Blind River. Many concerned citizens for and against attended meetings with members of the AECB to discuss the pros and cons the plant might present. This article discusses one such meeting convened by the Blind River ...

      Articles appeared daily with no shortage of fodder regarding the construction of the Eldorado plant in Blind River. One of its biggest supporters were the residents of the Chiblow Mississauga Indian band seeing jobs and opportunity. On the other hand some local citizens continued to rally against it.