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‘Lukichuck’ stuffed kids into a burlap sack

By Bill Eddy – Okanagan Falls, B.C. I live in a townhouse complex and a neighbour maintains a vegetable garden at the end of our property. He is generous with his greens. We all need them. [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...]

Boy helped drive cattle herd on small pony

By Russell Sparrow – Brandon, Man. Circumstances arose in the fall of 1937 and we had to move from Harding Man., to [more...]

Kids used extra socks to make skates fit

By George Findlay – Calgary, Alta. Saturday morning was practice time for the the Lemberg, Sask., Junior Hockey Team in 1938. Occasionally [more...]

Harrowing hailstorm leaves him with lasting memories

By Vic Henry – Salmon Arm, B.C. I was about eight years old in 1930 and I remember we had a really good crop to bring in on our farm near Coronation, Alta. It was [more…]

I learned new words during my short farming career

By Herb (Buster) Brown – Pinawa, Man. I had a short, but very enjoyable, farming career. In 1945, farm help was scarce. I was asked to drive a tractor on a farm west of Holland, [more…]

Dad thought I’d been attacked by bear

Widow sang duets with ‘smart little critter’

A quick turn on skates and I heard a crack

‘Lukichuck’ stuffed kids into a burlap sack

Being a war ‘groom’ was the right decision

Boy helped drive cattle herd on small pony

Kids used extra socks to make skates fit

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