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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 he was 22, and served to the end of the First World War. [continue…]

Former sweethearts marry 62 years later

By Skip Fennessy – Fort Steele, B.C. Our story began in 1953 when two young ladies from White Fox, Sask., Ann Pawluck and Hazel Moonie, arrived in Cranbrook, B.C. They both found work at the St. Eugene [continue…]

How many share a love for a special tree?

By Magdelina (Yungwirth) Bernier – St. Louis, Sask. I wish I could still climb trees like I used to as a child. My brother, Tony, and I had this one wonderful tree that grew along a [continue…]

Dad taught all of us kids how to dance

By Millie (Carlson) Bruce – Matheson Island, Man. I can’t help but think that people in the 1930s and ’40s must have been happy to find humour whenever and wherever they could in such hard times. [continue…]

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Family did most of their travelling by train

By June (Wacks) Patrick – Bowden, Alta. I was raised in Wilkie, Sask. It was a booming railroad town many years ago. My father was a conductor with the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). We didn’t have a [continue…]

So much happened at the kitchen table

By Agnes York – Saskatoon, Sask. While having a dishwasher is considered standard equipment in kitchens these days, the house I grew up didn’t even have a kitchen sink! We didn’t have indoor plumbing at all. [continue…]

Heavenly smell fill the air at Christmas

By Gladys Ridley – Edmonton, Alta. With Christmas just around the corner, I think back to my childhood and the Christmases spent growing up on a farm near Dunstable, Alta. My loving parents made Christmas [continue…]

We went by way of closed-in sleigh

By Gladys McCarthy – Tisdale, Sask. I really enjoy The Senior Paper! Many of the stories remind me of life as it was years ago. One such story was from a reader who did not like [continue…]

Turkey cooked with a side of humble pie

By Lillian Rempel – Summerland, B.C. As a lively teenager, I was raised on a picturesque farm in Northern Alberta. The joy of my life was the hours I spent riding bareback on my spirited [continue…]

Did Santa not get their change of address?

By Mary (Thompson) Savage – Terrace, B.C. Our family moved from Northern Ontario to Orillia during the summertime. My older brother, Bill, was in Grade 4 at Westward School. My younger two brothers, David and George, [continue…]

Sisters shared a pair of boys skates

By P. Gail Harrod – Ottawa, Ont. In the late 1940s in Regina, Sask., my parents tried to provide us with every experience they could. One winter day, dad brought home a pair of secondhand [continue…]

Parents brought Ukrainian customs to Canada

By Naden Hewko – Macklin, Sask. My parents immigrated to Canada from Ukraine in the late 1920s, bringing their ethnic customs with them. We especially loved the Holy Supper shared the evening before Christmas Day. [continue…]

Catalogue toy pages were a dream world for kids

By Menno Fast – Winkler, Man. My best Christmas was in 1942 when I was 10 years old. We had a wonderful program in the two-room Passchendale School I attended for eight years, near Hague, [continue…]

Mom worked up courage to peek out window

By John Glawson – Nanton, Alta. My grandfather never owned a car. He had an old buggy and his horses. If he had to go long distances, he would get the bus. He owned land off [continue…]

War’s outbreak saw mother left to raise six in a one-room house

By Angele Dalby – Penticton, B.C. When the Second World War began, the young men and women who were conscripted or volunteered went off to war. After a short training session they were shipped overseas [continue…]

92-year-old wonders, “will I ever be okay again?”

By Therese Pelletier – Kelvington, Sask. Aug. 30, 2022 – Lisette arrived from Armstrong, B.C. She hadn’t come home for two years because of the virus everywhere. Annette offered to make a potluck supper in her [continue…]

Father forced to leave his girls behind

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 [continue…]

Fond memories from antique shop find

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. [continue…]

We fed WWII soldiers home on leave

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 [continue…]

Special night was most magical

By Ann (Lysak) Stoute – Brampton, Ont. When I was about seven years old on our farm in Hazel Dell, Sask., Christmas Eve was the most magical night of the year. Outside the air was cold and [continue…]

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