By John Fefchak – Virden, Man. At the 15 Wing Military Museum at CFB Moose Jaw, there’s an exhibit that symbolizes the sacrifices of our Air Force personnel. In the darkened room, there is a small [more…]
By Irene Armitage – Hamiota, Man. My parents were born in Cornwall, England, and married in 1920. Dad was a tin miner before the First World War, but mines were closing and there was no [more…]
By Patty Haun Roos – Victoria, B.C. My grandma always talked about her younger brother Rudy and how his plane was shot down by the Germans in WWII. She said that was the day her whole [more…]
By Bernie Dawson – Saskatoon, Sask. When I was growing up, I never really became too involved or thought too much about Nov. 11. The veterans I knew wouldn’t talk about the war. While you knew [more…]
By James McWilliams – Surrey, B.C. I grew up in Moose Jaw until I joined the Canadian Army the day after my 18th birthday. After years as a soldier, then a student at three universities, a [more…]
By Jeanette Armella – Prince George, B.C. In January 2017, after feeding fat and bread to my birds – ravens, magpies, and eagles – I looked up the road to the corner and saw a [more…]
By Tom Creighton – Winnipeg, Man. My grandkids call me Papa. I’m celebrating my 80th birthday this year by completing a “virtual walk across Canada” – from Vancouver to Halifax – with the goal of raising [more…]
By Ralph Barker – North Battleford, Sask. In 1945, my father, John (Jack) Barker of Sandwith, Sask., found and bought an W4 International gas tractor and an eight-foot one-way discer. He arranged to have them [more…]
By Gavin Wood – Regina, Sask. Sgt. Archibald Wilson was born on Feb. 12, 1892 in Wilten, Stirling, Scotland. He came to Canada in the early 1900s along with several siblings and eventually they took [more…]
By Ruby Smith – Victoria, B.C. I sit in my back yard and enjoy all the things around me. All the beautiful flowers, the fruit trees, the apples and blueberries. How Elmer loved those trees. It’s [more…]
By George Rose – Calgary, Alta. Being a train engineer was a cinch compared to being a fireman during the steam engine days. My train, on which I was the fireman, had arrived at Fox Valley, [more…]
By Doris (Russell) Anderson – Grenfell, Sask. I’ll never forget my first and only Halloween prowl. I was a student at a country high school in central Saskatchewan and a classmate coerced four of us [more…]
By Gerald Richards – Brandon, Man. After Christmas at Grandma’s, or the Christmas concert at the village hall, or one of the many house or card parties we attended – after we had said our [more…]
By Anna Cooper – Macklin, Sask. When my mother became very ill during her sixth pregnancy and was hospitalized in the late 1930s, never to be released, hardship fell upon our family. Dad was devastated and [more…]
By Franklin Vick – Prince Albert, Sask. The Great Depression of the 1930s brought difficult economic times upon the families in our community. Money was an extremely scarce commodity. It was a time of hand-me-down clothes, [more…]
By Phil Leidl – Kelowna, B.C. I was seven years old, growing up in Leipzig, Sask., when the military put out a call for animal bones. It was WWII and the bones were being collected [more…]
By Wes Lonoway – McTaggart, Sask. My nostalgic trip began after a summer family barbecue. You know what it’s like after a meal with family. Some of the children are running off their newfound energy. [more…]
By Margaret Albers – Weyburn, Sask. As I get older, my thoughts go back to the first years ofd married life in the Garville School District near Bengough, Sask. We spent the first year living in [more…]
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…]
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…]
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