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road ban
Esp. Prairies
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a temporary prohibition against making use of unpaved roads during the wet period in spring.
Quotations
1957
Road bans were placed on the following provincial highways. . . .
1958
The roads are nicely dried up in the district, the ban is lifted and farmers, generally, are getting seed and machinery ready for a start on the land in the next few days.