• A Cuban maestro’s cunning escape to freedom, told in five movements
    … Colegio de Dolores , in Santiago de Cuba. That same day, on the other side of the island, former student of Dolores Fidel Castro led a group … some music books. Everything else was on the plane. Through a window inside the locked room, he eventually saw the plane take off. “I didn't … overpass. Rafael kept his distance until the man disappeared inside a door. When Rafael reached the door, he too went through it. …
  • A Cuban maestro’s cunning escape to freedom, told in five movements
    … Colegio de Dolores , in Santiago de Cuba. That same day, on the other side of the island, former student of Dolores Fidel Castro led a group … some music books. Everything else was on the plane. Through a window inside the locked room, he eventually saw the plane take off. “I didn't … overpass. Rafael kept his distance until the man disappeared inside a door. When Rafael reached the door, he too went through it. …
  • Anton and Paula Rouss
    … see any sun in the morning and in the afternoon it became foggy. I can still not get over the fact that I missed the family on shore in … saw dolphins today, out in the water. A freighter passed on the port side. For the rest of the day we kept to the centre of the ship and … first dinner sitting because I fell asleep during the afternoon. We sat on the deck for a long time tonight and went to bed at 22hrs. …
  • No eggs or butter? Baking during difficult times is nothing new.
    … and civilians. Therefore, from 1942 to 1947, a system that was completely new to Canadians: rationing was imposed. Rationing had a major … rationing goods became their patriotic duty to support the war effort. Credit: Economy Recipes for Canada’s “Housoldiers.” Toronto: Canada Starch Company Ltd. 1943. From Laurier House National Historic Site interactive exhibit “WWII Kitchen.” How did rationing work, …
  • Hike to Self-Rediscovery by Ardie
    … Time 0:02:44 Transcript I planned my life to have a career in media communication and with my mind set I spent my life to achieve that … view changed when I went for camping in Tombstone National Park to celebrate my birthday instead of a typical party. My friends and I hiked …
  • Bombardier John Hamilton Glawson
    … John Hamilton Glawson 26 May 1923 – 2 August 2003 Member of Hartney Branch #26 & Brandon … Bette (born in 1931). During the depression, the family moved to a “soddy” (a small home constructed with sod blocks, twigs, thin branches … from Pier 21 in Halifax to Glasgow on the Letitia, a cargo ship. Jack said, “I was sick about one hour at sea and remained sick until …
  • Sharing an Important Part of our History
    … Marilyn Carr-Harris. Courtesy of Dr. Afua Cooper. Reckoning with an uncomfortable past is an important part of the job of any national history museum. … at the Museum in August of 2024 and has since begun travelling to sites across Canada. It deals with a grim and lesser-known chapter of …
  • Empress of Britain - Peter Duschinsky
    … Leaving Home and Coming to Canada Time 6:33 Transcript But we used to … the third sister, by this time, was living in Montreal. They had left with her husband as one of the last that would get out of Hungary …
  • Canada Was My University: Abdoulaye's Immigration Story
    … du Montréal métropolitain.) He walked up to administration and said, “I am a refugee, I’ve come here, I don’t know where to go or to whom I should speak.” SARIMM … to the YMCA for temporary lodging. Understanding how to navigate the city was like being sent to a different planet. “It was like having … Canada Was My University: Abdoulaye's Immigration Story …
  • Private Byron M. Delaney
    … fire on them. As they took refuge behind a tree, Encel was killed by a shot to the neck and Byron was struck by a bullet that destroyed his … intervened, pushing the gun aside and crying "Nien, Nien!" Byron lay out all that night and was picked up by a West Nova Scotia Regiment …