By Garth Combs – Airdrie, Alta. I was born on Sept. 10, 1922 at Deloraine, Man., and joined the Royal Winnipeg Rifles Regiment on Jan. 6, 1942. I was a rifleman in 7th Platoon of ‘A’ [more…]
By Lorraine (DeBruyne) Weise – Gibbons, Alta. Private Thomas Ernest Hone (1896-1917) was killed in action during WWI. Thomas Hone was an uncle of my late husband, Allan Weise. Thomas was the brother of Allan’s [more…]
By Grace (Huckabay) Haugen – Sundre, Alta. On the homestead at Meadow Lake, Sask., where my parents lived for 20 years, in the Dunfield school district, we had horses, cows, pigs, a dog, and cat. [more…]
By Dorothy McLeod – Saskatoon, Sask. My husband, Keith, was the third eldest in a family of 13 children, two of whom died in infancy. At a very early age, he went to work and [more…]
By Lorna (Rogers) Finstad – Armstrong, B.C. Harry Milan Finstad served active duty from July 1941 to Feb. 11, 1946 in England, Burma, and India. During WWII, hundreds of young women and men left their families and [more…]
By Yvette Desnoyers Hayes – Fruitvale, B.C. My father, Eugene Desnoyers, was born Sept. 2, 1898. He lied about his age so he could get into the Canadian army. At 17, he could easily pass as [more…]
By Leo Grudinski – Lethbridge, Alta. WWII ended in Europe May 8, 1945 and was commonly known as VE (Victory in Europe) Day. At that time, I was serving in the Canadian Navy aboard a [more…]
By Jacqueline Price – Black Diamond, Alta. When I saw the photo of the old building at Domremy, Sask. in the February 2012 issue, I immediately began to think of my childhood years spent in [more…]
By Dorothy (Miller) Hunsley – Mississauga, Ont. We drove west one summer when our daughter was about three years old. After two days driving to get out of Ontario, the questions came fast and furious [more…]
1925 Model-T Ford owned by Charles Turner of Killarney, Man., when he was 18 years old. It had 450/75-21 tires. His dad owned a 1918 Model-T. The famous automobile was introduced in October 1908 and [more…]
The old Preston schoolhouse is located a few miles from the town of Ridgedale in northeast Saskatchewan. Pictured are Betty’s sister, Bernice Peacock and brother, George Darbyshire, who attended the old school. – Picture from Betty [more…]
By Lynn Redeburg – Weyburn, Sask. This is about the importance of churches in our lives. My two sisters and I all met our husbands through the church. My oldest sister met her husband because [more…]
By Sig Ottenbreit – Kelowna, B.C. I started teaching in a one-room school in Saskatchewan on Aug. 12, 1946. Now, over 65 years I still go into a one-room classroom here in Kelowna, B.C. as [more…]
By Bette Banks – Sutton West, Ont. Our Grade 8 class of Queen Mary Public School in Prince Albert, Sask. were on our annual picnic. We had all biked across the North Saskatchewan River to the [more…]
Hockey season in 1947 at Lintlaw, Sask. These kids were headed on an exciting train ride of six miles for a game against Okla, Sk. Front left: Shirley Evans; Morley Crabbe; Jerry Trobach; Bill Evans; [more…]
Get a load of this tractor in the box of a truck from 1938! Can anyone identify the make and model of the motorcycle? The photo was taken in Hittendal, Minnesota in 1912. What would [more…]
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 load of grain or picking [more…]
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. 14, 1942. This class was comprised [more…]
By Gordon Phillips – Surrey, B.C. One year my younger brother, Bob, and I received a little red wagon for our birthdays which occurred about two weeks apart in the same month. In fact, all [more…]
Snapshots of Regina in 1919 from former soldier, Alfred Meek of Shaunavon, Sask. Top photo: Regina Town Hall where he was discharged; middle: the view from the barracks, looking toward the elevators; bottom: a yacht [more…]
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