By Syl Kulyk – Saskatoon, Sask. Growing up on a farm 10 miles west of Wakaw, Sask. in the district called Sokal had its advantages and disadvantages. We learned to [continue…]
By Clifford Scott – White Rock, B.C. In 1949-1950 I worked at the ABC Coal Mine in Drumheller, Alta. They had about 100 men working in the mine. They had a [continue…]
By Carol (Swain) Crane – Medicine Hat, Alta. This morning as I was standing in front of my adjustable ironing board with my heat-regulated steam iron pressing the few articles of [continue…]
By Mathew Wozniak – Grande Prairie, Alta. From the first settlers until WWII, all land clearing was done with a grub hoe and axe. You would dig the dirt out [continue…]
By Harold Thom – Nakusp, B.C. I found two baby snowy owls beneath a big tree in our pasture. I was 13 and living on a farm near Paddockwood, Sask. [continue…]
All that’s left is the memories of the elevators at Lacombe, Alta. This photo was taken a few days before they were torn down. Photo submitted by Cliff Swarbrick of [continue…]
By Evelyn (Houghton) Blais – Kamloops, B.C. I had six sisters and of the six, there are only two of us left, Clara and myself. Because there were no boys in [continue…]
By Gusty Chartrand – Regina, Sask. This is Class E of the first 12-week Summer Normal School Session held at Lakeview School in Regina. It ran from July 2 to Sept. [continue…]
By Art Chamberland – Pincher Creek, Alta. I was born in 1926 to Marian and George Chamberland, and raised by Mr. and Mrs. Art Leduc. My mother passed away when [continue…]
By Barbara (Irwin) Prystupa – Langley, B.C. We lived on a farm eight miles north of Borden, Sask. One fall day in 1948, my father was in town, either with a [continue…]
By Anne (Kurkowsky) Cohoon – Wilberforce, Ont. My brother, Michael Kurkowsky, was a soldier. He was born on a farm north of the village of Hyas in east-central Saskatchewan, and attended [continue…]
Leona (Friske) Mohr – New Hamburg, Ont. Ingredients: 1 (10 ounce) can mushroom soup 1 cup milk 6 medium potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced 1⁄2 medium onion, thinly sliced salt and [continue…]
By Frank Sopracolle – Goodsoil, Sask. Early in 1930, immigration arrangements were nearing completion for the undertaking of a lifetime. Our family trip to Canada started in mid-March with a [continue…]
By Barb Cornelsen – St. Catharines, Ont. St. Catharines is situated on Lake Ontario and when I was a child, we’d go down to Port Dalhousie to the park for [continue…]
By Clara Schur – Endeavour, Sask. In the spring, mother and her youngsters went combing the woods for turkey nests. The turkeys were free roaming and the nests were hard [continue…]
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