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To the present generation, our past is ‘just a story’

By Anne (Kurkowsky) Cohoon – Wilberforce, Ont. My brother, Michael Kurkowsky, was a soldier. He was born on a farm north of the village of Hyas in east-central Saskatchewan, and attended Lake Helen School. During the [more...]

My Guedo was well known for his garden

Morris Moldowan – Prince Albert, Sask. My mother, Pauline (Lukaschuk) Moldowan, showed me articles in the October 2011 and January 2012 issues of The Senior Paper about Harry ‘Lukichuck’s’ east end garden in Prince Albert. The correct [more...]

Her mother helped launch her ‘career’

By Carol (Swain) Crane – Medicine Hat, Alta. This morning I was standing in front of my adjustable ironing board with my heat-regulated [more...]

Heavenly smell fill the air at Christmas

By Gladys Ridley – Edmonton, Alta. With Christmas just around the corner, I think back to my childhood and the Christmases spent [more...]

Youngsters took a sleeping Titan for a ride

By Cy Lawrence – Melville, Sask. I was around 13 years old when World War II broke out. Being a farm boy, I was soon pressed into driving a stook team for our area. A [more…]

Bossy cow was no match for Rover

By Ed Kabanuk – Surrey, B.C. I’d been given the task of bringing the cows home for milking. This meant going about 3⁄4 mile to the pasture at the end of our land. It wasn’t an onerous task [more…]

Family ‘fun’ had berry-picking and froggy funerals

Widow sang duets with ‘smart little critter’

Christmas memories of a school long gone

To the present generation, our past is ‘just a story’

My Guedo was well known for his garden

Her mother helped launch her ‘career’

Heavenly smell fill the air at Christmas

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