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  • Pte. Lawrence J. Hebert
    … 2000 My father enlisted on June 16, 1941 and was discharged on January 26, 1946. He was in the first wave at Juno Beach on D-Day. That is all …
  • Private Arthur Fisher
    … well-respected blacksmith. My father enlisted in the army on November 26, 1942 in Edmonton, Alberta. Pte. Fisher underwent basic training in …
  • Vittorio and Antonia Ciampini
    … father Vittorio Ciampini (28 years old), my mother Antonia D'Alesio (26 years old), my sister Domenica (6 years old) and my brother … herder without a trade and without much schooling so he decided to come to Canada in search of a better life for his family. He had … still smiling and sharing tears of joy for all the privileges we have come to know in this peace loving country we call Canada. We, the …
  • Artist-in-Residence Winter 2024 – Santiago Guzmán
    … to develop his play Long-Distance-Short (working title). On March 26, 2025 a local audience was treated to a participatory …
  • Kokelj,Pavel,Ana,Milka,Franc,Marija
    Kokelj,Pavel,Ana,Milka,Franc,Marija …
  • Silva Martina Ana Janez Helena Marn
    … Silva Martina Ana Janez Helena Marn …
  • Angelo Rose Joe Rose Anna Vernucci
    … Angelo Rose Joe Rose Anna Vernucci …
  • Sowada Lydia Dorothea Sieg Melanie
    … in Wadena. Lydia, who now also worked at the Wadena Hospital, bought a house and made a comfortable home. Sig went on to train as an … time in Kamloops where she raised her family of five girls and one boy. She did some wonderful work with mentally and physically … Canada. They alternate between East and West. Dorothea worked for 26 years with the T. Eaton Co. and retired in 1993 at which time she …
  • Eddy Baldacchino
    … thus be the last to immigrate. He boarded the Nea Hellas on November 26, 1953 with his brother George, sister Pauline and mother Lorenza. On … of sea sickness. They remembered having dinner in the mess hall, one of their favorite dishes being spaghetti with tomato sauce. Eddy … it was an impressive structure. Eddy worked at various occupations: house painting, factory labourer, mover. The family purchased their …
  • Zbigniew and Stefania Sauter
    … precious freedom. My family was separated and we never again had the chance to be together. I spent five dreadful war years in my country, … and uncertainty. Shortly before the war ended, I found myself in Germany against my will. The end of the war didn't bring freedom to my … been liberated from political prison, he showed up in the camp one day. A few months later he and I were married in a small chapel at …

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