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… youngest son of Norman and Annie (Grant) MacRae. Hugh enlisted in the No. 71 Canadian Army (B) Training Centre, the Canadian Army (Active) at … were taken while he was in Holland and the picture of him standing has written on the back, "Hugh Holland". He was discharged under … Certificate and membership card in the Beaver Club are shown. Hugh met his wife, Gwendoline Bicknell MacRae (Column 43, the Sobey Wall of …
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… Family story written by daughter Jane David Gordon Pettifer, his wife Sheila Doreen (Bradwell) and three children: Jane (5), Anna … of the landing on the Normandy beaches brought back memories to me. No, I did not take part in the actual landing, but my war effort … We were all thrilled one day when Wing Commander Whittle came to have his rocket tested - it was a forerunner of the rockets used in the …
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… was no money in Italy. On my qualification there was good money in Canada. So I applied through the Canadian immigration. But I didn’t speak … a friend, they were in the Soo, making $2.75 an hour. That got me to come to Sault Sainte Marie. I looked for this place on the west side. I ended up in the company yard, and I seen a man, big Churchill cigar in his mouth, and I …
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… Time 0:03:12 Transcript I never thought I would say “No” to come to Canada until the day I actually had to leave my country. As a kid I always wanted to come to a western country, where kids had their own bedrooms and where …
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… have a special way to see right through you, to see your true emotional state and their behaviour will reflect this back to you, like a … soul. Their behaviour would always tell me where I was standing emotional-wise, if I was moving the right way. When I came back to Germany … He loved drifting there until everybody leaned over the rails, only to come up just then and blow his fishy breath into everybody’s faces. One …
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… She did not get on. I stood hanging out of the door yelling for her to come on till the bus reached the top of the street. I was furious with … Union Terrace Gardens these two Canadian soldiers spotted us and said "come on down". There was a steep bank so we said, 'No you come on up". They did just that. We were both stunned by these …
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… The White Paper on Immigration was a policy document commissioned by the Liberal government of Prime Minister Lester B. … review of policy was deemed necessary in response to the changing Canadian economy. Skilled workers were increasingly in demand as … Policy since 1945,” International Journal 48, no. 2 (Spring 1993): 269. ↩ Kelley and Trebilcock, 358. ↩ …
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… Bringing Sugar, the dog, to Canada Time 0:01:20 Transcript But my husband stayed a month after we … keep Sugar—no, the information that I got from my step-mom, “Oh, in Canada we have strict rules about animals.” “Oh,” I said, so we decided … to ask for more information about Sugar—how we can bring Sugar to Canada. And I realized my step-mom didn’t like animals, because at that …
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… Becoming a Refugee Time 2:41 Transcript I was very young, and I wasn’t … know, but now when I realise it now day, it’s such a, it’s very emotional. Like, it’s such a very—I can’t, I can’t—like, I can’t imagine it. … The animal all those kind of stuff, you know. But my mother decided to come to the refugee camp. So, and then some of the soldiers who take a …
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… town which is in Guangdong province, which is in southern part of China, where there is lots of people immigrated to Canada because the golden rush and railroad construction around … you are part of this society, and you also can make this country become better. Return to Charlottetown …