Articles
‘Porky’ shared his home with me
By Harold Thom – Nakusp, B.C. I spent the winter of 1948-49 working in a logging camp near The Pas, Man. It must have been the coldest darn place on earth, but I was 17 [more…]
Brothers endured harsh mining conditions
By Edith (Dolly) (Milne) McEwen – Lloydminster, Alta. Three of my brothers worked underground at a mine at Pinto, just south of Bienfait, Sask., during the 1930s. Pinto, which no longer exists, had a small [more...]
Dad thought I’d been attacked by bear
By Edwin Bronsch – High River, Alta. At the age of 18, the stage of life when a teenager thinks himself invincible, I was riding horseback to take dad’s cattle to the summer pasture, about four [more...]
Mom worked up courage to peek out window
By John Glawson – Nanton, Alta. My grandfather never owned a car. He had an old buggy and his horses. If he had [more...]
He found a novel use for brand new product
By Russ Stewart – Victoria, B.C. At 15, I was the “boy of all work” in the pharmacy in my hometown in [more...]
