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SAB R-A20235 (2)

The Shaws of Bladworth celebrate Grey Cup
Vancouver, 1966

SAB S-B5811, Orginally published in the Western Producer

Official opening
Gardiner Dam, 1967

SAB, Gov't of SK Photographic Services, 67-594-01

Trenching for the gas line
Rouleau, 1967

SAB, Gov't of SK Photographic Services, 68-467-53

Combining
southern Saskatchewan, 1968

 

  

1965

  • Saskatchewan celebrates its Diamond Jubilee.
  • The Northgate Mall opens in Regina. It is the first enclosed shopping mall in the province.
  • The Western College of Veterinary Medicine opens at the University of Saskatchewan. The College serves the four western provinces.

1966

  • The Saskatchewan Roughriders win their first Grey Cup. It will be 1989 before they win again.


1967

  • Canada’s Centennial prompts celebrations around the province and across the nation. Museums are built, local history books are written, and hockey rinks are erected.
  • The dam constructed by the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration on the South Saskatchewan River is dedicated, realizing a dream first proposed over 100 years earlier by Captain John Palliser. The dam is named after James G. (Jimmy) Gardiner, former Saskatchewan Liberal premier and federal minister of agriculture; the park is named for Tommy Douglas, long-time Saskatchewan premier and federal leader of the New Democratic Party; and the lake bears the name of former prime minister John Diefenbaker.

1968

  • The Prince Albert Pulp Mill, jointly owned by the provincial government and private industry, opens near Prince Albert. It is Saskatchewan’s largest industrial employer.
  • The Centennial Auditorium, a centennial project begun a year earlier, opens in Saskatoon.

1969

  • Saskatchewan adopts a provincial flag. Over 4000 designs are submitted to the province’s flag contest.

1970

  • The Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts, begun as a Canadian Centennial project, opens in Regina.
  • Commercial production of lentils in western Canada begins when 600 hectares are seeded in west-central Saskatchewan.

1971

  • Regina hosts the first Canadian Western Agribition. It will become North America’s largest annual livestock show.
  • The Canada Winter Games are held in Saskatoon. Skiing competitions take place on man-made Mount Blackstrap near Dundurn.
  • Saskatchewan hosts Homecoming ‘71, welcoming former residents home to the province. The Snowbirds, Canada’s new air acrobatic team based in Moose Jaw, give their first public performance at the Saskatchewan Homecoming Air Show.

1972

  • The Saskatchewan Land Bank Commission is created to purchase land and lease it back to young farmers. The object is to enable young people to get into farming without undertaking heavy capital investment. But, there is opposition to the government becoming a major land owner and in 1982 the Land Bank will be abolished.
  • The Federation of Saskatchewan Indians establishes the Saskatchewan Indian Cultural College as a teaching institution.

1973

  • Saskatchewan hospitals restrict smoking to designated areas. This is one of the first steps to reduce smoking in public places.

1974

  • The province introduces a plan to give free dental care to children ages three to 12.
  • The Regina Campus of the University of Saskatchewan becomes a separate institution, the University of Regina. Its roots go back to 1911 when Regina College was founded by the Methodist Church of Canada. John Archer is named the first president of the university.

 
   

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