1950-1959

Manitoba — 1957

Rivers, Manitoba, became the central receiving station for messages from Caye (east of MacGregor, Manitoba) to Uno (near Birtle, Manitoba), with the installation of telephone-teletype facilities here.

1957

A ski hill operated just south of the base in the valley of the Little Saskatchewan.

Canada — June 10, 1957

John Diefenbaker becomes the only Conservative Party leader between 1930 and 1979 to win a Canadian federal election. He governed until 1963.

Canada — December 10, 1957

Lester Pearson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for organizing the United Nations Emergency Force to resolve the Suez Canal Crisis. The ceremony took place at the University of Oslo, Norway.