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  • 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 … foods he missed, but vegetables had to be frozen to survive a transatlantic voyage. “Besides the quality and the tastes and all this, the …
  • Yolaine Maudet
    … Getting Permanent Resident Status Time 0:02:47 Transcript (Translated from French) YM : Yes (laughs), yes. Every time—the biggest file to complete is the permanent residency. There’s a medical section too: you … as a citizen, except the right to vote.” And you repeat some words, confirming everything on the sheet—your contact, date of birth, …
  • 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 … foods he missed, but vegetables had to be frozen to survive a transatlantic voyage. “Besides the quality and the tastes and all this, the …
  • James and Janet Paton
    … My husband Cpl. James Reid Paton arrived two days ahead of me on the Ile de France, a troop ship. I sailed from Liverpool. The day after I got … James and Janet Paton …
  • Gabriele Damiani and Family
    … The Damiani Family by son Sam Damiani I still remember that early morning around the end of April 1966 when the whole family, my dad Giulio, my mom Vilde , my younger brother Fred and me together …
  • Rudolf E. Braune
    … My Story By Rudolf E. Braune On April 20th, 1951 at the age of 31, I boarded the S.S. Neptunia at Bremerhafen, Germany. I had left behind an ugly war, time spent in a …
  • Forgetting Danish During a Nine Month Quarantine
    … The trauma of a long quarantine stripped a young Michael Frederiksen of his languages. Michael left Denmark with his family and arrived in Canada in late June of 1951 while the epidemic was raging. Not long … I lost facility for both mother tongues, Danish and Russian. Much of my childhood memories became blurred or lost during that time.” Michael …
  • Nancy Belle Archibald
    … a War Bride, lives in Victoria BC. In August 2011, she celebrated her 90th birthday as well as the 65th anniversary of her arrival in Canada at Pier 21. She was joined by … Archibald. Nancy Belle Archibald (nee Chester) OUR JOURNEY TO CANADA (May 1946) (A WWII War Bride's letter to her parents recounting her …
  • Jozef, Maria Majocha and Family
    … was restricted in terms of having a decent living. Up to this point there were two classes of people; the very rich and very poor. A person … a stable, young and growing country, which was enticing immigrants to come to Canada and help to develop. Finally on April 14, 1928, Dad, his … away March 12, 1987. Now I shall say a few words of Mom's, mine, and my two brothers - Mayan and Bill - recollection of the trip to Canada. …
  • Mario DeMello
    … So, the club that we belonged to, you could go and play a multitude of sports. They’re very affordable. So, in that hometown, the way … they were electing a new executive and I ran for the executive… I made it on board. And I been on the board since 1973. I’ve been the president for many, many years and worked in different roles. …

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