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Father’s honesty was long remembered

By Millie Duncan – Killam, Alta. It was 1951 and at nine years old, I’d just learned in school how to write a friendly letter. I’d determined I would write to my cousin in Canora, Sask. [more...]

The piano sailed up and into the loft

By Elva Paton – Moose Jaw, Sask. The 1910s and early ‘20s had good crop conditions. Dad thought he was in good enough financial shape to build some new buildings. He’d always said that a [more...]

Big horses seemed to enjoy the break from tedium

By Peter Wall – Sicamous, B.C. We lived on a homestead near Macdowall, 30 km southwest of Prince Albert, Sask. My dad and [more...]

Family forced off farm by government at war

By Fred Tarnasky – Medicine Hat, Alta. I was born in a farmhouse in Bessarabia, Russia in 1939. My father was born in [more...]

Rode bike all over the countryside

By Dave Shore – Carrot River, Sask. It was while growing up on a farm southeast of Carrot River, Sask. in 1956-57 that I acquired my first one-speed bike. We had quite a few acres of recently [more…]

Ploughing unearthed rare archaeological find

By Marlene Eddy Gray – Abbotsford, B.C. In 1950, my parents, David and Margaret Eddy were farming a large acreage at 590 Johnston Road in Sullivan, B.C., on the northwest corner of what is now [more…]

Our local ambassador’s purr-fect parade

Widow sang duets with ‘smart little critter’

Pysanky were not for eating

Father’s honesty was long remembered

The piano sailed up and into the loft

Big horses seemed to enjoy the break from tedium

Family forced off farm by government at war

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