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Growing up in 1930s Saskatchewan with Ukrainian parents, Mary Didur started making perogies when she was five or six years old. She said, “the recipe has gone through so many changes…Each time it has changed hands, it has been improved. My mother probably got her recipe from her mother, in …
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… to marry Icelanders. When my cousin arranged a blind date for a Christmas social and I found out he was Ukrainian. I gasped! My date said, … I got up to waltz..and so began my new life. When I told my family we were dating, they were distressed. My side said, "Don`t tell me … In some aspects our cultures seemed very different. Determined to overcome these issues we worked together to create a melded family. …
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… We welcome Education Groups including: school groups, cadets, Guides and … groups and other organizations dedicated to education. Each visit includes a choice of one program . These fully facilitated … and diversity. November to April Open: Wednesday to Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. May to October Open: Seven days a week, 9:30 …
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… Raymond, with two members of the Rainbow Community Garden. Contributed by Raymond Ngarboui Raymond … hundreds of families and revitalizes a troubled downtown park. What he knew was that his favourite foods from back home were hard to access, expensive, and didn’t taste right. Raymond is one of the guests on Season Six of the Museum’s Podcast, Countless Journeys . …
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… Sketch of the Woodside Tavern by Mary Louise Doyle. Dartmouth’s Woodside Tavern is a simple building in the … chairs, it claims to be “Dartmouth’s oldest bar.” Purchased in 2017 by Hari and Junu Joshi Barakoti, a Nepalese couple who’d been living … quite different. Now, the tavern serves lunch and dinner, offers a family-friendly atmosphere , and attracts customers by bringing in bands …
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… the train made numerous stops and had long waits in nowhere. Every chance we had when the train stopped at a station, my travel … seen a house or farm, when we did see one it was a very run down shed with some barns around. Our thought was, how could anybody live … for some time, picked us up. We had a very nice welcome and a good meal. After that we all went looking for rooms to rent. We found …
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… to go on deck for fresh air to make us feel better, which was easier said than done because we were all very sea sick. As we got longer into … train and were detained for the weekend in the detention facility. This was another experience whereby the men and the women were … in Bunbury while the Senator took the rest of us to a restaurant for a meal as he thought we must be hungry. However, not being able to speak …
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… War Bride, and I were lucky enough to be able to change our cabins on the Queen Mary so that we could make the voyage together (the crew and … in Halifax after what was considered a very fast trip, Grace and I, because we had no children, had to stay aboard the "Queen" until the … day. Women and children were taken off first, and rightly so. This gave Grace and me time to enjoy the beautiful summer day, walking …
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… due to sea- sickness and one did not have to wait in long line up at meal hours, which were held in large Mess halls. In the late evening of … day. Everyone was happy the voyage was over and now reality finally set in and we all had to face the fact that we were in a new country … 21. The CNR train left that evening traveling along the Gaspe. Quebec City and Montreal, 40 0r 50 people, including me, got off the train at …
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… we approached the harbor all of us were happy to see the lights of the city. Because of it being so late, it was necessary for us to spend one … working in the dinning car who was kind enough to help me with my meal selection. I'm sure that everyone could see that I was a new … Winnipeg a sum of $255. A lot of money back then. My poor husband from his meager wages ended up paying for me. I often think, he bought me …