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  • “When Mom saw the picture, it was very emotional”
    … of others, took their first footsteps in this country . “We really wanted to stop at the Museum in Halifax because we wanted to go through all the stories and the archives, if we could find any, of our … they realized that a large print of the photo hangs proudly on the wall of the Museum as part of the Pier 21 exhibition. It was …
  • “When Mom saw the picture, it was very emotional”
    … of others, took their first footsteps in this country . “We really wanted to stop at the Museum in Halifax because we wanted to go through all the stories and the archives, if we could find any, of our … they realized that a large print of the photo hangs proudly on the wall of the Museum as part of the Pier 21 exhibition. It was …
  • Morris Ladenheim
    … playing with the other immigrant kids on St. Urbain Street who were all poor, but didn’t know it. It meant being placed into school with … barely affordable. It meant safety. What did Morris Ladenheim eventually learn about those who did not come to Canada? He learned of the murder of his grandparents by the …
  • John and Anisia Lysack and Family
    … friends, they took a train to Warsaw and then on to Gdansk where a small ship took them to Danzig. There they boarded the S. S. Lituania to … ocean trip – seeing whales and large schools of fish, climbing anchor chains, and seeing moving pictures for the first time. It was a big … to buy some food, but missed the train, so now the family was even more separated, with two of the children still in Halifax and our …
  • Ingeborg Dietrich Ruohoniemi
    … underage and therefore afraid to tell my Mom. My girl friend and I did all the paperwork required to present to the Canadian Consulate in … for two days, oh that was so terrible, I thought I would die. We finally arrived in Halifax late evening. As we approached the harbor all … Because of it being so late, it was necessary for us to spend one more night on board. The following morning we were greeted by …
  • He Just Wanted Better Veggies—Now Hundreds Are Growing Their Own
    … Raymond, with two members of the Rainbow Community Garden. Contributed by Raymond Ngarboui Raymond Ngarboui … 50,000 pounds of food per year and feeds hundreds of families and revitalizes a troubled downtown park. What he knew was that his favourite … background in agriculture and an interest in economic and community development, Raymond got an idea to create a community garden to allow …
  • The Magical Quarantine Christmas of 1951
    … was a 10-year-old German immigrant at the time of what she recalled as a magical quarantine Christmas. “It was Christmas Eve, 1951, … Pier 21,” Christine remembered. “We were led into the large assembly hall lined with benches where we had to wait until our names were … This meant that he had to be quarantined, and because he had become sick on board ship, the shipping company had to pay all the cost. …
  • He Just Wanted Better Veggies—Now Hundreds Are Growing Their Own
    … Raymond, with two members of the Rainbow Community Garden. Contributed by Raymond Ngarboui Raymond Ngarboui … 50,000 pounds of food per year and feeds hundreds of families and revitalizes a troubled downtown park. What he knew was that his favourite … background in agriculture and an interest in economic and community development, Raymond got an idea to create a community garden to allow …
  • From Banker to Culturepreneur—an Ode to Joy
    … “I started looking at the nonprofit world,” recalls Joy. "I can help" At the same time, she noticed that there were many young black … made-up word,” she says, “How I've labelled myself is inconsequential compared to what I am doing.” “The events offer the musicians financial … Julian Taylor. Celebrations and Revelations On February 6, 2026, Taylor returns to the Museum , sharing the bill with beloved local …
  • Joan May Brister Caswill
    … and looking back at Westminister Abbey and Big Ben saying that I'll always remember that sight quite fondly - obviously I was right. I … of us sailing to that date. We arrived at Pier 21 on March 2nd or 3rd. All of us were destined for Western Canada, where we were joining our …

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