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1989 Jeux Canada Games Society Saskatoon Inc. No. 207594

  • SCAA-COS-0001
  • Instelling
  • July 8, 1985 - December 31, 1990

The 1989 Jeux Canada Games Society Saskatoon Inc. No. 207594 was established to plan, organize, finance, prepare for and manage the 1989 Canada Summer Games, held in Saskatoon from August 13th to August 26th, 1989. The Society was incorporated and registered under the Non-profit Corporations Act (Saskatchewan) on 8 July 1985. The work of the Games Society was accomplished through the coordinated efforts of the following: a Games President and General-Manager; a twenty-one member Board of Directors; a Management Committee consisting of the General-Manager, nine voluntary vice-presidents, and provincial and municipal government representatives which implemented the policies and guidelines of the Multi-Party Agreement of September 19,1986; and nine Games divisions, each headed by a vice-president, which were responsible for the day-to-day planning and operations of specific-interest areas. These divisions were: Administration; Ceremonies and Protocol; Complementary Activities; Facilities; Finance; Friends of the Games; Language Services; Marketing; and Sports. The chief Executive officers of the 1989 Jeux Canada Games were Tony Dagnone, Games President and Brian Hansen, General-Manager. The official bilingual name of the 1989 Canada Summer Games was established as "Jeux Canada Games" (Canada Games Council minutes, June 12-13, 1987). Verbal references to the Games in ceremonies, press releases and articles used the term "Canada Games" in English and "Jeux du Canada" in French. Generally, throughout the records,it is known as the 1989 Jeux Canada Games.The 1989 Jeux Canada Games Society had no predecessors or successor bodies. It worked closely with, but did not form part of the Canada Games Council, a federal governing body overseeing the Canada Games, which establishes eligibility rules,standards of facilities and sports to be included in the Games. The 1989 Jeux Canada Games Foundation Inc., established to administer funds remaining after the 1989 Games,through the distribution of interest accrued from the invested funds to assist in the development of amateur sport in Saskatchewan, is a separate and distinct body from the1989 Jeux Canada Games Society Saskatoon Inc.The 1989 Jeux Canada Games Society Saskatoon Inc. was struck off the Corporations' register on 31 December, 1990.

Weir, Harold McIvar, 1879-1968

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Harold McIvar Weir was born in Brantford, Ontario, November 2, 1879. He attended the University of Toronto from 1898-1901 graduating with a B.A.Sc degree. In 1901 he was employed on a location survey of the Vancouver-Victoria and Eastern Railway (Great Northern) in the Okanagan Lake area of B.C. Between 1902 and 1904 he was on the engineering staff of the Clevland Gas Light and Coke Company in Cleveland, Ohio. From 1905-1907 je was employed by the Londonderry Iron and Mining Co., in Londonderry, Nova Scotia. The summer of 1907 he spent prospecting in Northern Ontario. From 1908 to 1910 he worked for the Real del Monte Y Pachuca Mining Company in Hidalgo, Mexico on the engineering staff and then as Engineer Manager of Baron Mine. He spent the winters of 1910-1911 in South Porcupine, Ontario examining mining claims fro a Toronto syndicate. In 1911, Weir joined the staff of the City of Saskatoon Engineering Department. He served as Assistant City Engineer in charge of the Building and Plumbing Branch from 1911 to 1947 and as City Engineer from 1947 to 1952. From 1952 to 1962 he worked as a consultant to the City Engineering Department. Mr. Weir died August 11, 1968

Kenilworth Goose Project

  • Instelling
  • 1973-

The Kenilworth Goose Project is a joint program established February 15th, 1973 by Lloydminster, Vermilion, Marwayne Fish and Game Associations in order to propagate a resident Canada Goose population in Northeastern Alberta. Mr. Bill Wishart, the chief biologist of the Department of Lands and Forests and Canadian Wildlife Service, worked in cooperation with the association. Project custodians and donators of the land are Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Anson and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bowthorpe. Gerald Colton serves as Chairman, Mike Hamernyk as Co-Chairman, Al Treber as Secretary, and Stan Daniel as Secretary Assistant. In 1974 the project was awarded the Blake Memorial Trophy for the best wildlife project in the province by the Alberta Fish and Game Association.

Guy Blake Memorial Award

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Awarded to the club with the best project, e.g. Habitat improvement, B.R.W., or for preparing and delivering briefs at public hearings.

Stoney Creek S.D. #332

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The Stoney Creek S.D. #332 was started in 1904. Ben Rush, assisted by Fred Ashdown and Elmer Rush built the Stoney Creek school house at NW 29-45-18 W2nd. The first board of trustees for the school included: Ben Rush, George Scott, and John Ashdown. The Secretary-Treasurer was Herbert Mansell. Stoney Creek's first teacher was George Mackey who taught a class of sixteen students the school's opening year. The school house was a central part of the community. Often political meetings, concerts, church services, and social event were held there. In 1912 a barn was added to the school grounds and in 1938 a teacherage was built. An icehouse was in use during the school's early years, but was eventually sold in 1935. Stoney Creek school closed in 1964 and students from the district were bussed to Melfort, Saskatchewan to attend classes.

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