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… Sketch of the Woodside Tavern by Mary Louise Doyle. Dartmouth’s Woodside Tavern is a simple building in the parking lot … of brick in a sea of asphalt and parked cars. With dartboards, pool tables, and long tables lined with rows of wooden chairs, it claims to be … band Skullocybin. The front entrance is wallpapered with posters from past gigs, attesting to the number and variety of acts the bar has …
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… Interpreter Time 0:00:59 Transcript: So I painted a mural of Quebec City. As the ship was leaving, the Empress of Ireland was getting ready … to sail away. This might have been the last sight that people were seeing. So it’s a recognizable silhouette of Quebec City, with the hills going up and then you see the fortress, the …
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… We in the worst years had a hunger where many people died. I saw some sitting against the wall but you passed on your way. One afternoon on the 27th of May I sat on a terrace - a real European event, when a young military person … I remember well how 2 friends came in company of the Ambassador had come aboard. My name was called to come to the reception. To my …
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… for my mother and younger siblings. The conditions motivated me to set sail on the Saturnia for Canada, in search of “pane e lavoro” (bread and work). I arrived in … Tribunal because all along my passion was for worker’s rights. On the side, I was also the host of “Labour News” on Rogers Cable TV and also, …
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… in memory of my parents, Gustav and Agata Kleinas, with gratitude for the sacrifice they made to bring their family to this wonderful country … on the Groote Beer for nine days. On May 7, 1956 we landed in Quebec City. We had a few hours to shop before we boarded the train to Toronto and were happy to see French signs, but when we went inside the stores, no one understood …
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… JOHAN DEVOLD KOPPERNAES I had the good Fortune to meet Johan on his first day in Canada in the spring … Johan under his control over night. He made Johan an offer; either come home with him for the night or spend the night locked up in a room …
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… Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps June 1940 to July 1945 To my Mother, Diane in memory of our favorite man "Charlie Brown". This is the … in March 1941 and was only 4 months old when Papa left for Europe and she would be 4 years old when he returned. During the early years of …
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… I am a War Bride. My country, Holland, was invaded in May 1940 by the Germans. For five years it was horrible. There was so much sadness … out of the village in November 1945. I then had to wait for my turn to come to Canada. I left Holland in August, 1946 after a lot of waiting … and small children. The train was off to Montreal. That is where I said goodbye to my friends from Holland; they were going to Southern …
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… Time 0:03:56 Transcript My maternal grandfather, Charles Midgley was born in York, England in 1882. By age 20 he had become the head gardener for a big estate. At the same time his desire …
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… me a job. Three months later, I was in the restaurant working when the commandant and two other men came to take me away. I asked them in … of them answered, we were told you are a soldier. They thought all people from south kivu in the areas of Mulenge in Congo were criminals. I said no but they didn’t believe me. I …