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  • Perfect Pairings Lobster Dip with Ka’ak Al-Quds
    … food traditions.  This unique recipe was a collaboration between Comfort Foodies owner Keisha Carter and Ghada Shuli, founder of Chef Mama G, … temperature. Mix the Levain: In a medium bowl, mix the Levain ingredients until well incorporated. Transfer to clean container with a lid, …
  • Laura Ogilvie Dunn
    … family with great sorrow at an early age. The crossing was rough some days and I remember being seasick. I believe we made a record crossing … which I believe is now the Westin Nova Scotia for accommodation but alas, no such luck. They were booked to capacity due to the fact another ship had docked the same day. A very nice young man, who was an employee at the desk arranged …
  • Soccer and Belonging: Sport and Adaptation in Canadian Migration
    … By Steven Schwinghamer, Historian Like Canada, soccer is beautiful…anyone can do anything. There are no restrictions, and if there are restrictions, they can be challenged, like in a soccer match. Like Canada, soccer can make … Soccer and Belonging: Sport and Adaptation in Canadian Migration …
  • Private George W. Langley
    … at this time after successfully landing in June of that year in D-Day operations. After the war, George returned home to Montreal after … 21 as a huge warehouse that looked bleak and old much like everything else in Halifax. Once again, nurses took James out of Ada's arms so … killed many baby rats and would find James' blanket in his crib with holes gnawed by the vermin. After six months George and Ada received …
  • A Quarantine Label on the Door Doesn’t Make the Best First Impression
    … after they settled in Canada in June of 1950. “Soon after Labour Day, school started for John and Roger,” Jennifer wrote. “It was very … kindliness and friendliness of teachers and children helped a lot. “Alas, however, they didn’t go for more than a week before Martin & John … of the most delicious pears on his son’s coaster wagon.” Does anyone else feel like the end of that story could have been written yesterday. …
  • Bannia Social Club • Club Sociale di Bannia
    … Bannia Social Club Club Sociale di Bannia Rendre hommage aux immigrants de Bannia, en Italie, qui ont quitté leur famille et ont trouvé leur destin au Canada, créant un avenir meilleur pour leurs enfants et le … Bannia Social Club • Club Sociale di Bannia …
  • Siegfried Mehlitz Sr.
    … were more than 100 immigrants or dependents which went to New York, USA which included women and children. We were segregated from this … to wait in long line up at meal hours, which were held in large Mess halls. In the late evening of July 18, 52, we entered the mouth of the … at Pier 21. It certainly looked different then compared to the present day. Everyone was happy the voyage was over and now reality finally set …
  • Bombardier John Hamilton Glawson
    … John Hamilton Glawson 26 May 1923 – 2 August 2003 Member of Hartney Branch #26 & Brandon … on the CN railway between Hartney and Elgin. Jack was the son of Hailey Glawson (1888 – 1932) who was born in Spry Bay, Nova Scotia and … came from. But instead, they went right to the dock. On the following day, June 16, 1942, Jack departed from Pier 21 in Halifax to Glasgow on …
  • Antonio Paolo Cappuccitti
    … 3 Arrived in Canada as a 3 year old. Travelled with my mother Antonia di Poce Cappuccitti and my older sister Santina Tersigni, she was 9 at … 35 years Barbara McCrea Cappuccitti and to spend time with my daughter Holly Boudreault and my 4 grandchildren Sebastian, Ethan, Gavin and Alice. Thank you Canada! Thank You Pier 21. …
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    Stories in Italian Andrea Nicolosi and Maria Soccorsa Children's Stories Amerigo Lupinacci Elise Marini Robert Sapienza Family Stories Addolorata Salvatorelli-Di Falco Adolfo Di Mambro Antonino Masciotra Cesidio Mariani Domenico Stagliano Gabriella Frainetti nee Di Giovanni Giulio Cesare and …

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