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Dances often went until early morning

By Stan Peterson – Cabri, Sask. We used to have fun dances at Venlo School near to the town of Abbey, Sask. I remember these times and the good crowds we used to get. The admission [more...]

‘I pawed great handfuls of packed gumbo mud’

By J. Alvin Speers – Calgary, Alta. During the summer of 1959, my dad accompanied me on a holiday trip return to the West. Single at the time, I was living at my parents’ home [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 [more...]

Thousands flocked to Canada after WWI

By Mary (Potorieko) Yawney – Raymond, Alta. My father was born in Ukraine in 1888. He was called to the army when [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…]

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…]

The entire family piled into dad’s pickup truck

Widow sang duets with ‘smart little critter’

Local farmers smelled easy money

Dances often went until early morning

‘I pawed great handfuls of packed gumbo mud’

Dad thought I’d been attacked by bear

Thousands flocked to Canada after WWI

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