Articles
Coming to Canada brought a year of surprises
By Osvalda Franklin – Dryden, Ont. My family and I came to Canada from Italy in April 1950. This began a time of discoveries for me – some pleasant and some not so much. For the [more…]
Springtime brought pain relief and bird nests
By Hilda Born – Abbotsford, B.C. I grew up in the village of Blumenort, south of Swift Current, Sask., during the Depression. The long cold winters often gave me chilblains because I didn’t have good [more...]
You can take the girl out of the country…
By Fay Morningstar – Stoney Creek, Ont. I sometimes find it difficult to know if I’m a country girl or a city girl. My birth certificate says I was born in Saskatchewan, so I must [more...]
Young couple’s date included zoo escape
By Irene (Epp) Klassen – Calgary, Alta. It was 1949, my last year of nurses’ training, and John and I had just [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 [more...]
