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Family ‘fun’ had berry-picking and froggy funerals

By Ione Skafte – Lethbridge, Alta. At least twice a year, we traveled from Lethbridge to Speers, Sask., to visit my husband’s family. We usually did this in the summer. We’d spend a couple of [more...]

Being a war ‘groom’ was the right decision

By Mary Lloynd – Abbotsford, B.C. Royal Air Force (RAF) serviceman, Henry Lloynd had to come all the way to Canada to discover his future and it would be me, way back when I was Mary [more...]

A quick turn on skates and I heard a crack

By Dorothy (Corey) Nichol-Hack – Oliver, B.C. I will remember my 13th birthday forever. It was the year mom bought me a [more...]

To bee or not to bee was the question on a hot August day!

By Ernie Reimer – Fort St. John, B.C. I was hobby farmer, sure. An apiarist? No way. I tried to be though and [more...]

Family farmers fond of Ford

By Art Klassen – Portage la Prairie, Man. A photo of a Fordson tractor in The Senior Paper reminded me of our Fordson tractors. In the early 1920s, my parents were living with their parents [more…]

Depression-era experiences imprinted on the senses

By Franklin Vick – Prince Albert, Sask. The Great Depression of the 1930s brought difficult economic times upon the families in our community. Money was an extremely scarce commodity. It was a time of hand-me-down clothes, [more…]

Rambunctious kids found new teacher tough but fair

Widow sang duets with ‘smart little critter’

She was mistaken for one of her students

Family ‘fun’ had berry-picking and froggy funerals

Being a war ‘groom’ was the right decision

A quick turn on skates and I heard a crack

To bee or not to bee was the question on a hot August day!

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