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… and have just celebrated my 89th birthday. I have two daughters and one son and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. My husband …
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… tied around it. Then she would drag the box to her mother's bunk. At one point during the journey, the passengers were instructed to put on …
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February 11, 2023 to April 23, 2023 Credit: City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 867A During the First World War, national security fears and wartime prejudice drove the policy of internment, which lasted until 1920. During this time, Canada interned 8,579 people identified as “enemy aliens”, …
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… former NHL star defenceman P.K Subban, tells the story of how he found community as a newcomer to Canada. Karl Subban had just immigrated with his family from …
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… 25, 1920. He enlisted in the army in 1939 at the age of 19. He was one of the original members of the West Nova Scotia Regiment. His …
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… of his languages. Michael left Denmark with his family and arrived in Canada in late June of 1951 while the epidemic was raging. Not long … he contracted it. “The summer of ’51 was devastating,” Michael wrote. “Canada had not experienced what it was like to live through a … no vaccines to combat this deadly virus. “80,000 Canadians became ill, one quarter died of respiratory failure. Three months after leaving …
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… Ireland, on loan to us from the Canadian Museum of History. And it’s one of the most beautiful ship’s bells I’ve seen in my career as a …
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… Theodore passed away in 1979 from Cancer. Our two sons had graduated, one in teaching, and the other in Engineering which he was gratified to … times travelling with them through the Rockies. I worked making telephones and inspecting dials for about twenty years. Having done so has made it much easier for income. I still travel down Eastern …
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… I remember…the time my second brother arrived…I had scarlet fever. I can remember a crib in the kitchen and my brother was in it…our whole house was quarantined and I can remember that. A big red sign on the door, "Quarantine." It was … her more notorious childhood escapades in the neighbourhood. “We had one little house down the street that had a hedge all around it, and we …
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… as a family to Rama, Saskatchewan to start their new life. With the money they had, they were able to buy a small farm. As the three sons … June 1937, Jack and his younger brother rode the freight trains (no money for seats) and landed in Sudbury, Ontario. It was there that both … means to get an education, it was important that his two children did. One of his greatest joys was watching his children graduate and enjoy …