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  • Private Harker F. Coutts
    … oldest child in a farming family. He enlisted in Gore Bay on the last day of 1915 at 16 yrs. of age. …
  • Artist-in-Residence 2023 - shalan joudry
    … 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 …
  • Caranguejeira Pioneers
    … 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 …
  • Alfred and Liselotte Kraus
    … 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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    … exhibitions to personal commemorations to free admission on Canada Day, your support is crucial. Passages shows why.  The Winter 2026 …
  • Capt. J. R. Iain MacArthur
    … It was so crowded I never did find my assigned lifeboat during the 7 day trip! Another memory was that I was appointed Duty Officer three … 1945, I returned to Canada on the hospital ship Letitia. I was 26 at the time. This was a memorable trip in several respects. The ship …
  • Ruby Leeson Kaspard
    Henry M. Kaspard and I were married October 1, 1945 and shortly after, he returned home to Toronto, Canada. I followed in June 1946 on the Lady Nelson. I could not believe how well we were fed aboard the ship, and how white the bread was. I met lots of friends on the ship and we were all hoping for …
  • John Brian Sharples
    … slid from side to side as the boat lurched on its way! We spent a day or two in Newfoundland while the freight was unloaded and I recall …
  • The Henk Beuker Family
    The family was sponsored by Dan Blender, a gardener in Craven, Saskatchewan. The trip to Saskatchewan by train took several says- arriving on July 1, 1952. It had rained for days in the Regina area and the roads were covered to a slimy soft muck, in which we got stuck. Having relatives who preceded …
  • Jean Bowman Courchaine
    Jean Bowman Courchaine …

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