• Private Norman Peter Kelly
    … France, Belgium, Holland and Germany Demobilization: January 22, 1946 (26 years, 7 months) In May of 1942 Private Kelly embarked from Pier 21 … in the harbour. Earlier in the day a lone German plane had circled the site, it turned out to be a spy plane. Later, several more planes … Thirteen British, American and Canadian ships were destroyed, he said, one blowing up another. The troops fought their way up the …
  • Thank You Canada
    … For 150 years, millions of people have come from far and wide to call Canada home. And while they each experience the challenges and … they call the Volendam In nineteen hundred fifty one, a Canadian to become. A call came out from St. Laurent to European shores Come to our … Thank You Canada …
  • Sisters of Service of Canada
    … du dévouement des religieuses, Sisters of Service, qui accueillirent les immigrants dès leur débarquement ici au Pier 21, Halifax, Nova …
  • Toivo Edward and F.L. Pat Frantsi
    Toivo Edward and F.L. Pat Frantsi …
  • Dominica Aspillaga
    … Canada Time 0:01:20 Transcript But my husband stayed a month after we left because he has to finish his work and then he has to sell the car. … that I got from my step-mom, “Oh, in Canada we have strict rules about animals.” “Oh,” I said, so we decided to ask for more …
  • 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 couldn’t have known that his desire for affordable and familiar produce would turn into a project that produces 50,000 … had to expand well beyond the initial half-acre. “We have our garden sites within the city of Winnipeg, across the city in at least five …
  • 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 couldn’t have known that his desire for affordable and familiar produce would turn into a project that produces 50,000 … had to expand well beyond the initial half-acre. “We have our garden sites within the city of Winnipeg, across the city in at least five …
  • The Wheel of Conscience
    The Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, and Daniel Libeskind, architect, unveil the Wheel of Conscience on January 20, 2011. © SteveKaiserPhotography.ca Commemorating the St. Louis Voyage The Wheel of Conscience is a memorial for 900 Jewish refugees aboard the MS St. …
  • Sowada Lydia Dorothea Sieg Melanie
    … mother and on welfare. She never dwelt on her relative poverty and set an example of pride in the children and their surroundings. She was … Council. In 1952, sailing on the Beaverbrae and landing in Quebec City, the family immigrated to Canada, where they joined Lydia’s … but first worked in a jet engine repair shop in Vancouver until it shut down. He did practice his trade in Northern BC but spent most of …
  • Louanne Aspillaga
    … Transcript ..the school system was different, um, like I said, I struggled in math and science because I felt like I didn’t know what they … in my own studies. So they would be learning, uh, you know, grammar lessons that I knew in grade one, or history lessons that I learned in …