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… overseas, and he was stationed at a Canadian Training School in the south of England, where he served until the end of the war. While on …
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… wanted it. Since Canada offered him a great life, he had strong positive feelings about becoming a proud Canadian. Francesco and Rosina … write this today as I am overlooking Pier 21 from the Westin Hotel and sit in wonder of all the treasures and riches that came through Pier 21 … step of emigrating to Canada. I will always be grateful for their positive decision. Antonio Orlando, 2002 …
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… My mother, brothers and I immigrated to Canada in 1955, nine months after my father did. We traveled on the … during the storm, my brothers and I would sneak up on deck. We would sit on the deck chairs and ride the waves up and down. When I think … kept us in. My mother thought the Dutch money she had was not legal in Canada and spent it on ice cream for us and our friends or she would …
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… in 2006. Leo was a semi-finalist in CBC’s Next Great Prime Minister Competition. He’s also received the YMCA Peace Medal and the World … the country’s first public library since 1989. He’s also developing a community innovation center. Leo is the founder of Empowerment Squared, an organization which serves thousands of newcomer youth and families. Return to Soft Landing Soft Landing is a …
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… in 2006. Leo was a semi-finalist in CBC’s Next Great Prime Minister Competition. He’s also received the YMCA Peace Medal and the World … the country’s first public library since 1989. He’s also developing a community innovation center. Leo is the founder of Empowerment Squared, an organization which serves thousands of newcomer youth and families. Return to Soft Landing Soft Landing is a …
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… on the Pacific Northwest coast and has nourished and healed Indigenous communities living there for countless generations. This recipe for salmonberry crisps comes from land-based educator and poet 'Cúagilákv (Jess Housty), who …
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The Milcharek family arrived at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia aboard the Frederik VIII on June 27, 1930. Stefan, Rozalia, Adam and Anton Milcharek left Poland, sponsored by their daughter Sophie and her husband Anton Warelis of Ethelbert, Manitoba. They travelled by CNR train to Manitoba. Once …
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… and had a baby girl (me), he borrowed money from his mother and set off to Canada. His brothers and sisters thought he had gone mad. My …
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… the country. In 1958 he purchased a fifty-acre farm in Innisfil, just south of Barrie, ON. He soon found that it was more profitable to sell …
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… Date of Arrival: July 1946 Gwladys Rees Aikens was born in Swansea, South Wales. She was educated in Wales and received her nursing …