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Ice castle Richard Ouellette 13 and an unidentified friend slide down the icy ramparts of the Pig Island ice castle on 0t tawas Rideau Canal Tues day The castle was built by the Canadian Art Laboratory earlier this winter Although winter still has grip on the nations capital ice skating is as good as ever on the canal due to extremely poor ice conditions and the National Capital Commission which manages the canal has clos ed it to skaters CP Photo Buenos Aires has flavor of Europe BUENOS AIRES Reuter If you want to take walk through several European capi tals on the same day come to Argentina For in Buenos Aires you can enjoy the styles and colors of Paris and Rome hear the chimes of Big Ben and take coffee and cakes in Berlin or Vienna tea shopall during an afternoon stroll This is the most European city in Latin America in physi cal appearance architecture way of life and racial makeup Some 10 million of Argentinas 27 million people live here many having little contact with or apparent interest in the rest of the vast country Buenos Aires sprawls along the shore of the River Plate es tuary surrounded by the fea tureless expanse of the Pampas and looking toward Europe The city absorbed large doses of European culture from the old Spanish colonialists and later from the many Italian British and German im migrants who made it their home The European city most often evoked by scenes here is Paris The Avenida de Mayo run ning from the Casa Rosada government house to the Con gress building in the heart of Buenos Aires is uncannily Parisian with its busy avement cafes and small otels The outdoor cafe life contin ues on the Avenue of the Ninth of July named to com memorate the declaration of Argentine independence from Spain in 1816 reputed to be the widest street in the world In the smart presidential dis trict of the Barrio Norte tree lined streets of apartment blocks could have been lifted straight from Paris while lit tle further from the centre elegant houses with marble floored foyers looking onto landscaped parks or squares with sculptured fountains are reminiscent of residential Rome In the commercial centre of the city terraces of flatfronted shop buildings the windows of the upper floors protected against the fierce summer sun by green shutters and small faded awnings could be taken from almost any Italian town At the core of the shopping and entertainment centre of town in the pedestrian pre cincts of Florida and Lavalle cafe life is German in style if Latin in temperament Here in glassfronted estab lishments where you can both see and be seen crossrsection of Buenos Aires society drinks coffee or beer and devours mas sive sandwiches or ice cream as break from windowshopping orjust strolling about For the really European minded there is dwindling number of superb confiterias tea shops on the German or Austrian modelwhere under high vaulted ceilings and amid marble columns waiters trans port trays croaning with pas tries and serve coffee or tea from silver pots this week Quarter Pounder with cheese with each purchase of any product pictured below The next few weeks are McDonalds weeks at Loblaws This week just buy any one of the products shown below and for only 19 Loblaws will give you passport worth free Quarter Pounder with cheese redeemable at participating McDonalds restaurants anywhere in Ontario Buy two products shown below and for get two passports Quarter Pounder with cheese offer expires at Loblaws Tuesday March 1977 but your passports are redeemable at McDonalds until Saturday April 30 1977 regular butterscotch double chocolate or mint chocolate Westons Wagon Wheels t2oz pkg rtéré instant chocolate lb tin 99 199 any package of plus many more selected items in store Shop early for best selection as quantities are limited and no rain checks will be issued for these items Watch Loblaws ads for next weeks passport to McDonalds only Loblaws lemonade grape or orange Ontario or grown flavour No grade an beef crystals potatoes frankfu rters 12 oz pkg 99 10 lb bag 99 ll tlb pkg 98 Bee Maid no twluto Neilson Home Care lcreamed rhot light bulbs chocolate honey 159 185 lb coritatner 500 grain tln The Barrie Examiner Wednesday March I977 ll apricot strawberry or baby returnable Earthborn packed 2s shampoo CocaCola 225 plastic bottle Ext852503 gggogiimes all flavours Loblaws Ice cream 157 lttre carton Lotto Canada lottery squares Imperial margarine ll pkg instant ucofiee ticket 189 It 10011ar 1000 Lobaws passporttoMcDonalds another reason why more than the price IS right