Category: Geraldton
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1940 TRUCKING FROM ST. BONIFACE TO GERALDTON
Truck Takes Load From St. Boniface to Mining Center (Special to the Times-Journal)(1) GERALDTON, Mar. 1. ̶ A new record for the highway to Geraldton was set with the arrival of John Reuter here last night. (2) Mr. Reuter, who is president of a manufacturing company of that name, brought in over 2800 pounds of…
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1947 MURDER IN GERALDTON : Part 3 of 3
Reviewed by Don Crosby, a journalist in Durham, Ontario. Dead and Alive, a novel by Jane Bow, published in 1993. This novel is based on the trial records of Rodger Pearse Brown, who in1971 gave himself up to Vancouver police authorities because of hispossible involvement in the unsolved murder of a cab driver outside ofGeraldton, Ontario,…
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1947 MURDER IN GERALDTON : Part 2 of 3
This story appeared in The Winnipeg Tribune, Wednesday, April 23, 1947. The Geraldton Times Star did not cover this story. (Continued in Part 3)
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1947 MURDER IN GERALDTON : Part 1 of 3
This story is posted in Canadian Taxi Driver Homicides: Albert Richer (taxi-library.org). ALBERT RICHER, GERALDTON, ONTARIO / APRIL 20, 1947 Albert Richer, 22, was shot to death seven miles from Geraldton on the evening Sunday, April 20, 1947, after picking up a man from a hotel taxi stand. He had been hired by Gerald Lemontaine,…
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1943 CROSS-CANADA HIGHWAY
from The Fort William Daily Times-Journal, December 18, 1943 Geraldton-Hearst Highway Scenic Drive You can cross Canada by automobile today. For the first time in the country’s history, a motorist can start in Vancouver and drive to Halifax on all-Canadian soil. That’s what completion of a stretch of 150 miles of road between Hearst…
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