The Senior Paper

Scary experience has stayed with him

By Gene Chura – Moose Jaw, Sask. The longest, most frightening, and also the most lonesome four days and four nights of my life, happened in August 1938. To this day, I vividly remember every [more...]

Wheel fell off early into airplane ride

By Wayne Stockton – Regina, Sask. Back in 1948, airplanes were still quite a novelty in small town Saskatchewan. That summer, a fellow piloting an Aeronca Champion from Saskatoon to Winnipeg decided to make a [more...]

Foreclosed-on farmers refused to leave

By Scotty Wells – Scarborough, Ont. I was born on a rented farm six miles southeast of Rapid City, Man., in 1930. In [more...]

Excerpts from a soldier’s correspondence

By Ethel (Spillett) Anderson – Calgary, Alta. The following are excerpts from letters and diaries written by my father, Sgt. E.J. Spillett, [more...]

Horse led her through brutal snowstorm

By Marina Antonenko – Saskatoon, Sask. It was a fine fall morning. We’d decided to process some turkeys and take them from the farm into Saskatoon to sell the next day. We had raised over [more…]

Nell and Doll were our favourite team

By Lloyd Kitching – Carman, Man. My brother and I were just teenagers when our father died. Along with mother, we took over the operation of our small mixed farm. We had no tractor and [more…]

Grandpa’s tornado advice is still remembered

Widow sang duets with ‘smart little critter’

Young couple’s date included zoo escape

Scary experience has stayed with him

Wheel fell off early into airplane ride

Foreclosed-on farmers refused to leave

Excerpts from a soldier’s correspondence

Archive Search

How Poetic – Original Poetry

Soldier To Veteran

Life on the farm

Horse led her through brutal snowstorm

Nell and Doll were our favourite team