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We are sharing the stories that appeared on the front page of the Northland Post 50 years ago.

We are sharing the stories that appeared on the front page of the Northland Post 50 years ago.

We are sharing the stories that appeared on the front page of the Northland Post 50 years ago.

Article content We are sharing the stories that appeared on the front page of the Northland Post 50 years ago. Senior citizens’ units attract 325 applications Town clerk Larry Adshead reported to council that there are already 325 applicants for the long-awaited senior citizens’ units to be built on the corner of Thirteenth Avenue and Fifth Street. The building is to begin the last week in May and be completed by July 30. Although this timing caused raised eyebrows among members, Mr. Larry Adshead claimed this was the agreement between the Ontario Housing Corporation and the Headw...

Article content 2021 marks the 111 anniversary of the incorporation of the Town of Cochrane. While anyone who knows about the history of the community knows the first 50 years were the development, the rebuilding from fires, the modernization of infrastructure, typhoid, the construction of war time homes, and the growing pains of a community. Few people remain to remember those times, but some may have memories of more recent times. We are sharing the the stories that appeared on the front page of the Northland Post 50 years ago. Stories like these from the Jan 7, 1971 issue. We apologize, b...