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… into Halifax Harbour. Since I travelled alone with the children, I had to keep them with me all of the time. They would have loved to stay on deck to see how the ship was moored to the quay, but I could not leave them there by themselves while I was dealing with all the luggage. There were hundreds of people …
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… applications were received and in 14 days the number of applications had risen to over 211,000 which were about half the number of eligible children. Less than a month later, the … I took an application form home and told my mother that I wanted to go to Canada, to which she agreed because of the impending dangers. …
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… a Danish citizen this rule passed on to his children and on to us. I had never met my parents till I came to Canada. My father was employed … months after I was born and my father remarried a lady from Italy also employed with an Italian countess who visited Denmark when Queen … mother's passing till my brother told me on route aboard the ship and showed me photographs of her. Due to my age at that time it was not a …
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… Hugh Blair …
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… old that we left San Vittore del Lazio, a small town some 150 km south of Rome. We left our aunt’s house very early in the morning to go to Naples where the ship Queen Frederica would take the family to … mill just on the outskirt of the town from my uncle’s car and thinking "will I ever see this again?" My parents were in their early forties. I …
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… old that we left San Vittore del Lazio, a small town some 150 km south of Rome. We left our aunt’s house very early in the morning to go to Naples where the ship Queen Frederica would take the family to … mill just on the outskirt of the town from my uncle’s car and thinking "will I ever see this again?" My parents were in their early forties. I …
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… The migration of the New England Planters was the first significant migration to the Atlantic colonies in British North America. In … New Brunswick, between 1759 and 1768. They left a legacy that can be found in the social, religious, and political life of Atlantic Canada. Did You Know? 8,000 New Englanders came to present-day Nova …
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… by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 19, 2020) Introduction After the Second World War, … As a result of events occurring before 1 January 1951 and owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, … liberalized Canadian immigration policy with the introduction of Order-in-Council P.C. 1967-1616. Commonly referred to as the points …
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… restaurants in small towns that Ann Hui discovered dishes like chop suey, or moo goo gai pan, or sweet and sour chicken balls. Hui had … As Hui explains, most of the food served in what she calls “chop suey” Chinese restaurants originated in North America at the end of the … a series of Globe and Mail articles, and ultimately, the book Chop Suey Nation. Ann Hui's cross-country road trip took her all the way to …
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… restaurants in small towns that Ann Hui discovered dishes like chop suey, or moo goo gai pan, or sweet and sour chicken balls. Hui had … As Hui explains, most of the food served in what she calls “chop suey” Chinese restaurants originated in North America at the end of the … a series of Globe and Mail articles, and ultimately, the book Chop Suey Nation. Ann Hui's cross-country road trip took her all the way to …