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… the Women's Auxiliary to the Navy League Seamen's Club. Sadly, the day after the Japanese surrendered, 15 August 1945, our mother died and …
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… time I first stepped on the train at Halifax Pier until the present day. I still remember that wonderful train journey through Nova Scotia, …
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… 3 Arrived in Canada as a 3 year old. Travelled with my mother Antonia di Poce Cappuccitti and my older sister Santina Tersigni, she was 9 at the time. We were going to Toronto to meet my father … Well it worked out for me. I grew up in Toronto as a stalwart Canadian, a Maple Leafs fan and a career Public Servant. I was able to …
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… Thy Anne Chu Quang is from Vietnam and now lives in Montreal. She's a project coordinator for the Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach. … with the French Solidarity Priority Fund and the French Agency for Development. Return to Soft Landing Soft Landing is a project curated … environmentalism, science, and community activism. The project is funded by the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 …
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… oldest child in a farming family. He enlisted in Gore Bay on the last day of 1915 at 16 yrs. of age. …
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… taste and bright colour, the sumac plant is used as a medicine, spice, dye, and more. Weaving together the voices of two women – one from the …
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… past the residency period but in the early spring of 2024 a large audience was thrilled by a special sneak-peek into the creative process … explained, “The new movement work, Dancing Kmɨtkinu, explores and embodies the words, images, and important messages of the poem, and …
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… Six young men from a village in Portugal called Caranguejeira decided to embark to a distant and unknown land called Canada with the … except working on the fields for family survival. They were brave to come especially when they first arrived and could not understand anyone …
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… boarded the Arosa Kulm on December 8, 1953. After a very rough twelve day voyage they landed in Halifax on December 20, 1953. They continued … he continued as an independent contractor. The testament to his work can be seen in many projects throughout Calgary and around the Province … in Coquitlam, BC with her husband Brian and daughter Kassandra. Today Alfred and Liselotte still live in Calgary, travelling and enjoying …
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