By J.R. Klassen – Regina, Sask. In the late 1940s in my hometown of Aberdeen, Sask., about 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Saskatoon, it was a hot summer’s day. The annual Sports Day was in [continue…]
6 lb country-style ham whole cloves 2 tbsp honey 3 tbsp brown sugar Put ham in a large bowl, cover with water and let soak overnight. Drain ham, place in a large saucepan, and cover [continue…]
1 tsp sugar 1 cup lukewarm water 1 pkg yeast 3 cups scalded milk, cool to lukewarm 5 cups flour 6 beaten eggs 1⁄2 cup sugar 1⁄2 cup melted butter 1⁄4 cup Mazola oil 1 [continue…]
By Bertha Johnson – Red Deer, Alta. One of our District Court judges (known now as Court of Queen’s Bench), told me I had a distinction within the court system in Alberta. I was the [continue…]
By Viola (Redmann) Schottenbauer – Pierson, Man. I wandered in a tiny vale, Where stately elm trees grew, Where swallows singing in the trees Showed up against the blue. Beneath the trees the grass grew [continue…]
By Gladi McMurtry – Saskatoon, Sask. Spring is around the corner. I look out the windows at my garden with the left over look of last year. I see old dead brown plant stalks Which looked [continue…]
By Lillie Randa – Kelowna, B.C. Soon nature will awaken all around And the plants and grass will then start to grow As the moisture and sun will warm the ground For then we’ll know [continue…]
By Hazel Miskew – Viking, Alta. Never a cloudy day But the sunshine will follow, Never a shattered plan But a solution comes tomorrow. Never a windy hillside But the other side is calm, Never [continue…]
By Lawrence Zelionka, Redvers, Sask. Japan has very nearly been destroyed, By an event they could not avoid. A disastrous nine point two earthquake, That caused the entire country to shake. A tsunami followed and [continue…]
By Helen Atkinson – Leduc, Alta. When I was about eight years old, dad found a worn sleigh four-inches tall and two-feet long. A rope tied just above the two runners at one end, it [continue…]
By Harold Volen – Burnaby, B.C. The spring hockey playoffs take me back to Saskatchewan, and Weyburn in particular. We had the Beavers senior hockey team that did a good job in the 1930s. Names I [continue…]
Dancers Deidre Drews, Karen Francis, Lia Huszi-Kelln, and Samantha Knaus, all of Regina, Sask., in their traditional German dress costume during a dance demonstration for Regina’s annual Mosaic cultural festival.
Members of the Royal Canadian Legion and Ladies Auxiliary smile and wave to the crowds gathered along the street for a hometown parade in Melfort, Saskatchewan.
By Lillian (Bohnen) Rose – Calgary, Alta. My father, a carpenter by trade, with the help of my older sister, built our second house in B.C., on the only flat piece of land that we owned [continue…]
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