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Marjorie Nichols
Marjorie Ann Nichols (1943, Red Deer, Alberta - December 29, 1991, Red Deer, Alberta) was a Canadian political journalist and author. In 1967, at the age of 23, Nichols became the youngest reporter in the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery, Ottawa Press Gallery. In her youth, she was also a nationally-ranked speed skater. Biography Nichols was born in Red Deer, Alberta and initially raised on an Alberta farm.UncreditedProfile of Marjorie Nichols. Encyclopedia of British Columbia. Retrieved 2012-07-31. Nichols' childhood was spent in Red Deer, Alberta, where she graduated from Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School in 1962.UncreditedProfile of Marjorie Nichols Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School--Hall of Fame Inductees, 1992. Retrieved 2012-07-28. In 1992, Nichols was posthumously inducted into the school's Hall of Fame, contemporaneously with fellow graduates Roland Michener (former Governor General of Canada) and James L. Foster (former Member of the Alberta Legislativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Deer, Alberta
Red Deer is a city in Alberta, Canada, located midway on the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor. Red Deer serves central Alberta, and key industries include health care, retail trade, construction, oil and gas, hospitality, manufacturing and education. It is surrounded by Red Deer County and borders on Lacombe County. The city is located in aspen parkland, a region of rolling hills, alongside the Red Deer River. History The area was inhabited by First Nations including the Blackfoot, Plains Cree and Stoney before the arrival of European fur traders in the late eighteenth century. A First Nations trail ran from the Montana Territory across the Bow River near present-day Calgary and on to Fort Edmonton, later known as the Calgary and Edmonton Trail. The trail crossed the Red Deer River at a wide, stony shallows. The "Old Red Deer Crossing" is upstream from the present-day city. Cree people called the river , which means "Elk River." European arrivals sometimes called North America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
