When St. Paul opened the world’s first UFO landing pad [a centennial project funded completely through
local contributions], nearby High Prairie supplied a non-flying saucer, complete with three non-flying
spacemen for the occasion. Photo and caption information: Star Weekly Magazine, August 19, 1967 Edition,
p. 25, clipping provided by St. Paul Museum.
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March 2017
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Fifty years ago, towns and cities across Canada were like kids on Christmas morning as they unwrapped their glittering new civic centennial presents.
The first to be opened (actually in 1964 to celebrate the meeting of the Fathers of Confederation) was the Confederation Centre of the Arts, built in Charlottetown, PEI. For Saskatoon, Edmonton, Calgary, and Regina, it was a sparkling new performing arts centre. In Toronto, it was the St. Lawrence Centre for the
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