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CANADA
WEEKLY
style awards
11-year old ski enthusiast is one of
first 12 recipients of the Lifestyle
id given for the promotion of posi-
health lifestyle in Canadian commu-
·S.
lerman Smith-Johannsen, Piedmont,
bec, a retired engineer, has been acti-
involved for many years in develop-
cross-country skiing as a mass sport in
uda and the United States. Ile has
out cross-country ski trails in Quebec
consulted in setting up trails in other
ons of Canada.
he Lifestyle Award program is part
peration Lifestyle, a public education
paign developed by the Department
ational Health and Welfare to encour-
Canadians to assume greater responsi-
y for their own health.
ince the program was first announced
January, Canadians have been encour-
. to nominate individuals who have
sed to raise the level of health aware-
in their community.
an-Marie Mouchet, a priest and
er from Whitehorse, Yukon Terri-
is the initiator of a ski program for
children in Old Crow. Father Mou-
s Territorial Experimental Ski Train-
Program (TEST) has gained national
international recognition.
¡la Rose Dickey, of West Vancouver,
sh Columbia, has been recognized for
eadership in programs of community
ences for retarded children and
's, and in programs of volunteer
ing and development.
ert Knibbs, or "Mr. Sport", of Bow
3, Alberta, has been coaching and
loting sports and recreation in his
munity from the "peewee" stage to
rs for 30 years. He was actively in-
'd in the 1975 Canada Winter Games
has been elected to the Alberta
's Hall of Fame for outstanding
e and achievement in amateur sport.
uben Burns, a treaty Indian from
:e Albert, Saskatchewan, has worked
good health lifestyles among his
e for the past 15 years, and has
the respect and confidence of
leaders and health professionals
honesty and forthright concern.
rie Salway, of Neepawa, Manitoba,
ed in the development of family
Jucation in schools and women's
tes, led in the establishment of a
unity association
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"Jackrabbit" Smith-Johannsen, 101 years old, is congratulated on receiving his Lifestyle
Award by former Health and Welfare Minister Marc Lalonde and the present Health and
Welfare Minister Monique Begin.
handicapped as well as the development
of a sheltered workshop.
Charles Rhéaume, a polio victim from
Ottawa, Ontario has been active in the
rehabilitation of alcoholics and the estab-
lishment of a halfway house. He has also
been involved in promoting the visual arts
for handicapped artists and has founded
an association for French-speaking handi-
capped people in Ontario.
Rosanne Laflamme of Quebec City,
Quebec, lost both legs and an arm as the
result of a childhood accident. In 1975
she won gold, silver and bronze medals at
the Olympics for the Handicapped in
St. Etienne, France. She has also written
an autobiography to encourage other
handicapped people and is actively in-
volved in promoting the cause of the
disabled.
Kathryn Barnes of Moncton, New
Brunswick, is a founding member of the
Moncton Non-Smokers Association and
active on the New Brunswick Council of
Smoking and Health. Working closely
with city police and volunteer agencies,
she has recently helped organize a "Block
Parent" program for the Moncton area.
Adrian Pearson, a resident of Stellar-
ton, Nova Scotia, was nominated by St.
John Ambulance for outstanding service
in instructing first aid. Mr. Pearson has
also rendered long service to the commu-
nity as a scoutmaster and as an air cadet
leader and instructor.
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, has
given outstanding leadership to scouts
and other youth organizations in P.E.I.
for 40 years. He has given valuable sup-
port to the Canadian and World Jambo-
rees of Scouting, devoting two years to
planning the 1977 Jamboree in P.E.I.
Charles Andrew of Northwest River
(Labrador), Newfoundland, after over-
coming a personal battle with alcoholism,
has spent the last four years working with
young people, initiating an innovative
program to combat alcoholism in his
community.
The secret of Entebbe
The following item is reprinted from
Foreign Report, August 24, 1977, a pub-
lication of the Economist Newspaper Ltd.,
London.
A corner of the veil of secrecy that has
obscured one of Israel's most valued mili-
tary assets was lifted this week when an
electronics engineer living quietly in
Toronto was honoured by the State of
Israel. His name is Sidney Hurwich. All
that could be learned officially was that
his invention had been used in the Israeli
raid at Entebbe last year.
Foreign Report can now reveal that
Hurwich's brainchild may have led the
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not only Ugandan radar, but the radar of
countries that Israeli planes crossed en
route. This explains why Israeli planes
were able to reach Entebbe undetected.
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The device sends out electronic rays to
alter the natural composition of the
magnetic fields and centres of gravity of
weapons, instrument dials and mechanical
devices. It sounds impossible, but Hurwich
himself says that this is less an invention
than "a different application of an old
and basic principle of electronics".
Canadian beginnings
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His invention appears to have grown out
of a modest battery-run instrument that
he developed eight years ago to help the
Canadian police to foil bank robberies.
In 1969, he invited Canadian policemen
to a viewing. With the instrument con-
cealed in the same room, he invited them
to try to lift bags of money. The bags ap-
peared to be riveted to the ground, and
moreover, the police gun triggers jammed
and their watches stopped. A year later.
Hurwich got the idea that his ray could
save lives by stopping the timing mecha-
nisms. He offered it to Israel.
When Israeli representatives came to
see him, he told them that he was unable
to press ahead with the rescarch to de-
velop his invention himself, since he had
just received open-heart surgery. But he
was convinced that his invention could be
advanced and made powerful enough to
neutralise complete weapons systems over
large areas. On the Hurwich principle,
there was no reason why the new beams
could not reach and disable tanks, ground-
to-ground missiles and complete radar
systems, or even objects in the atmosphere.
The beams could also be tacked together
to form a screen that would make whole
zones safe from bombs or missiles.
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The Israelis will not divulge what tests
have been run, or how the Hurwich ray
has been developed. The first inkling of
its existence was obtained after the
Entebbe operation, by military experts
curious to find out how the Israeli planes
were able to fly to their destination with-
out a single radar instrument in the
Middle East and Africa being alerted, and
why, as they approached Entebbe airfield,
electricity was mysteriously cut and the
control tower stopped functioning. In-
deed, the operators of Entebbe control
tower were the first to be punished by
Idi Amin after the Israeli mission suc-
ceeded: he had them executed after they
defied belief by pleading that all their
detection, reception and transmission
instruments had locked "as though by
magic".
Gabonese President visits
The President of the Gabonese Republic,
El Hadj Omar Bongo, visited Canada from
October 20 to 23, accompanied by his
wife.
On October 21, the President signed an
agreement in principle with Export De-
velopment Corporation chairman and pre-
sident John A. MacDonald to establish a
$150-million line-of-credit with Gabon.
Further discussions will be held soon be-
tween officials of both countries to deter-
mine the type of goods and services that
can be transacted under the line-of-credit
pact, which first must be ratified by the
EDC board of directors.
During his stay in Ottawa, the Gabo-
nese head of state, who is also the Presi-
dent of the Organization for African
unity, held discussions with various Can-
adian authorities, on the subject of Can-
ada-Gabon relations, stressing the com-
mercial and the francophone aspects, and
the broader questions of economics and
international politics.
Paddle your own canoe
The estimated travelling time between
Vancouver and Montreal is two years -
by canoe, that is. Jerry LaChappelle, 34,
of Montreal, and his cousin, Denis Bilo-
deau, 22, of Quebec City, have under-
taken a 24,100-mile Odyssey, paddling
along the Pacific coast, circling Cape
Horn and returning via the Atlantic and
the St. Lawrence River. The pair set out
from Vancouver in July and, by the end
of September, had travelled 2,100 miles
to Long Beach, California.
"Everybody says it's impossible," said
LaChappelle, "nothing's impossible." Al-
though the canoeists will be entering the
territorial waters of 11 South American
countries during the trip, they are not
concerned about possible attempts by
these countries to halt their voyage. They
plan to get by with a "grass-roots" diplo-
mais, or rather, with sansmanship. "I
don't carry arms. I don't care about poli-
tics and I don't discuss religion." states
LaChappelle, "I'm Canadian."
International energy res
ments signed
Canada signed three new e
agreements with member
Energy Agency (IEA) cou
on October 6.(See Canada \
No. 38. September 21.)
Energy Minister Alastair
chaired a ministerial IEA r
the agreements on hydro;
fusion research. This will t
number of agreements in
participates.
The co-operative resea:
on hydrogen, carried o:
auspices, will assess the ro
as an energy source and
The agreement was also s
sentatives of Noranda Min
the Electrolyser Corporati
nies active in research in
extracting hydrogen from
trolytic procedures, and th
vate companies to particiţ
research and development
ther joint studies are exp
tiated in the coming monti
NRC wind turbine
The National Research Cc
cipate in the other two ag:
by Mr. Gillespie, by inves
vironmental and meteorc
of converting wind energ
and evaluating computer
selection of wind turbine s
NRC's vertical axis
erected in the Magdalen I
co-operation of Hydro Qu
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has been operating sin
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With a capacity of 230 kil
largest vertical axis wind t
NRC will also co-ordin
pation of Canadian scienti
of and access to a lar
tested device which wi.
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volves the study of pla
actions and is expected
formation on the develop
ials capable of withstandi
forces and very high tem
ring in future fusion powe
Canada recently joine
jects on coal research a.
conservation, nuclear safe
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