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… final place of refuge. In Nova Scotia he found the peaceful life he wished to have in Latvia. He established a new career as a research … Dambergs School of Ballet. In Halifax Nik and Mirdza found peace and joy and built a wonderful life for their family. …
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… works like a charm!). The next item on my list would be sandpaper . It can be used in a pinch as an emery board, to remove fuzzy pills on a … If your venue isn’t carpeted, a little scuff on those new stilettos can prevent a slip and fall! Fishing line also has its many uses. It is … to hold the frame together until the end of the presentation when a visit to the repair shop can be made. When time is of the essence and …
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… Media Release December 11, 2020 Halifax, NS Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 to Close Temporarily for … include upgrades to provide a more accessible experience for our visitors. During this closure period, administrative offices at 1099 … will continue to offer services online. The public is encouraged to visit www.pier21.ca and follow the Museum on Facebook, Twitter and …
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… How can I share my story? You can share your story in two ways. You can complete the online story form located here . You can also email …
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… ship to dock at Pier 21. He traveled to Vancouver and started working for Grauers Dairy farms until 1933-34. After working there he obtained … of this naturalization is unknown. In 1938, as there was no market for his products and it cost him more to ship his beef then he was paid … decided to sell his property and to go back to the Netherlands for a visit. After returning to Canada, he again worked for Grauers. When …
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… siblings. The conditions motivated me to set sail on the Saturnia for Canada, in search of “pane e lavoro” (bread and work). I arrived in Canada in 1952 and settled in Toronto, where I worked three jobs in … was for worker’s rights. On the side, I was also the host of “Labour News” on Rogers Cable TV and also, on CHHA 1610 AM Radio in Toronto, …
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… other new immigrants and myself belonging to the same denomination. As far as I understood at the time, the various churches had a booth with … in the middle of the summer, for I loved swimming and seldom had the chance to swim in salt water. During my spare time I walked to horse shoe island by the North West Arm to go swimming and cool off. The …
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… had disembarked from ships in Halifax when our families immigrated to Canada, we were interested to learn more. The Tourist Information … Immigration Exhibition at Pier 21. Here we learned about the Pier 21 Society and their work to preserve the human history of immigrants who … severely that we could not sleep in the upper beds assigned to us. All four of us slept in the two lower beds. A trip that was scheduled to …
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… in 1957. She was travelling with her parents and coming to Canada to visit her older sisters and brother who were already here. They met for … each other after the voyage, a while later they reunited in Toronto by chance in an English-language class and were married on Sept. 3rd, 1960 …
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… I am that they left their homeland to bring their family to Canada so that we could have a better life. This is my story: Together with my … of Vallelonga, Italy in April 1953. My father had immigrated to Canada four years earlier to begin working in order to save money to pay for … I will never forget the look on my mother's face when she had to say good-bye to her mother because she knew deep in her heart that she …