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  • New Life in Canada by Pelaypaw
    … to Canada. At first I thought she was joking. My parents wanted to leave the camp because they wanted us to be out of the danger zone. … my friends. After the many bus rides and plane rides, we arrived at Welcome House. The house was very different from the houses in Thailand. I …
  • A mystery, archival film footage, an old suitcase, and a 75th anniversary
    … The Leegwater suitcase, donated to the Museum shortly before its opening 25 … was an old suitcase with the name Leegwater painted in white. Opposite it, a black and white image of a man holding that very suitcase at … called Canadian Notebook , released in 1952. The film focuses on newcomer families working in four corners of Canada and in four major …
  • Helena Lengacher
    … of the retreating German army. As the water rose in the basement, I said to my father this is where we will now die, father and daughter. … to my father, "do not say anything, it’s the German’s, they have come back to kill us!" Both my father and I laid motionless as a … father in almost a whimsical voice said yes, and then turned to me and said, "So is this good with you Helena?" , and I remembered saying back …
  • Marinus and Jacoba Bette Staring
    … helped us settle. For the first half year, I was fed the cream at the top of the milk jugs so I could gain some weight and strength. That didn't always sit well with my sisters, who felt I was "spoiled." In 2002, I had the …
  • Tips and Tricks: Band-aid Solutions for the Event Planner
    … that was just stepped on and pulled out, placing the tape on the back side of socks that have a hole to make it less noticeable and using … 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 … centerpieces) and also to add a little “wear” to the bottom of a new pair of shoes. If your venue isn’t carpeted, a little scuff on those …
  • John and Gertrude Martens
    … with my mother, brothers and sisters, always hoping to some day come to a free country. Coming out of war ravaged Europe, Canada was … in Europe. There was never enough to satisfy our hunger. But my mother said, When we get to Canada (pronounced Kahn-aud-ah) we will be able to eat all we want. I owned a pair of …
  • Giovanni Diodato Guglietti
    … Canada. His ultimate intentions were to settle in Toronto, Ontario, a city that his father had settled in just a year earlier. Giovanni … and future wife, Concetta DeGasperis . They were married on August 26, 1961 and soon started a family of their own welcoming in to the …
  • Olive Helen Briggs Ripley
    … to be everywhere and after growing up on the outskirts of a large city, it truly was a culture shock to arrive in rural Canada. After the …
  • Corporal Leonard Palmer
    … Grade “B” and began to receive Tradesman’s Rate of Pay. On May 26, 1944 he was transferred to No. 8 Sub-section and proceeded “on …
  • Making Change is Possible by Leonard
    … As an active young person, I wanted always to make different in the community, and seeing people suffering from AIDS, drug abuse, and malaria, made me want to help. … Making Change is Possible by Leonard …

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