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New Westminster history comes alive in a 1925 newspaper


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Back in the day newspapers would bind individual issues into volumes. Libraries would then have shelves of them that you could peruse.
Then along came microfilm, which made copies that were smaller and took up far less space. This led libraries to get rid of their bound volumes the only place that seems to have a big collection of old daily newspapers on newsprint is the Legislative Library in Victoria.
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The latest wrinkle is that microfilm for some papers has been digitized by companies like Newspapers.com. This is a Godsend for researchers, because it’s far easier to search through papers online than on microfilm, which is a bit of a pain. You can also do a word search, which is amazing. ....

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Former RAC President Hopwood, VE7RD, SK


01/11/2021
Former Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) President John Farrell “Hoppy” Hopwood, VE7RD, of North Vancouver, British Columbia, died on December 8. He was 91. Hopwood was instrumental in the founding of RAC and was inducted in 2015 as a member of the Canadian Amateur Radio Hall of Fame.
Hopwood spent his career in telecommunications, once working as a telegraph lineman. In 1971, he formed a Systems Coordination Centre (SCC) to help British Columbia Telephone Company and other large business users to install new telecom networks, and he managed the SCC until he retired in 1992.
Licensed in 1955, Hopwood was an early member of the Canadian Radio Relay League (CRRL), the Canadian Amateur Radio Federation (CARF), and ARRL. As Vice President of CARF, Hopwood encouraged the CARF and CRRL boards to resume talks to consider creating one national society. ....

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