• Marie Louise Whitfield
    … Don Whitfield (Marie’s husband) on the occasion of Marie’s 80th birthday: “I remember the first time we met in the summer of 1943. It was at … same town. I knew as soon as I saw her that she was going to be the one for me. It so happens the farm that Marie was stationed at wasn’t …
  • Charalampos Christoforatos
    … who met, fell in love, and wed, after having only seen a picture of one another. Arriving in Canada in 1951 with only $15 in his pocket, … decided that she was the woman for her son. After a few letters and one striking photo, Sia arrived alone, by ship to Canada: first to … welcomed everyone. Their generosity and kindness were reflected each day through their connections with customers, family, friends, even …
  • The tiny Lebanese village that changed the face of Halifax
    … It’s small. There are 650-700 registered residents. You can walk from one corner to the other in around 20 minutes. In the city of Halifax, … children if you can’t provide for them. So, the goal is to save your money and build a home”. As time went on and finances permitted, these men opened stores and sent money for other family members to join them in Canada. But it wasn’t …
  • The tiny Lebanese village that changed the face of Halifax
    … It’s small. There are 650-700 registered residents. You can walk from one corner to the other in around 20 minutes. In the city of Halifax, … children if you can’t provide for them. So, the goal is to save your money and build a home”. As time went on and finances permitted, these men opened stores and sent money for other family members to join them in Canada. But it wasn’t …
  • An Unexpected Treasure
    … Just the other day, to my surprise, I learned that I have been wearing a treasure … to him before his journey, she gave him a sweatshirt. It was not just any sweatshirt, but a glorious velour blue and red shirt with yellow … never told me that”, I replied. “I would have never thought that one day, my Canadian daughter would be coming over to my house to help me …
  • Armas Vaino Laurila
    … He was born in Helsinki, Finland on September 5, 1906. All but one of his siblings died before they reached adulthood. Pa's hero, as a … an island off shore from Helsinki. There several months later he would die. Pa remembered how his sister and mother cried when they found out … army and there excelled as a soccer player. Life in Finland in the days following the civil war was hard, but with his Finnish "sisu" he …
  • Stante, Carmine Nicola
    … Rientrando in questo locale dopo 39 anni mi e' passato un brivido per la vita. Ricordo benissimo il lontano 9 maggio 1964, … ciera ancora la neve. Mentre nella lontana Fossacesia in provincia di Chieti era primavera inoltrata, ricordo anche benissimo che eravamo …
  • Corporal Leonard Palmer
    … Leonard Palmer’s Military Service and the Lady Nelson Leonard Palmer was … 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 Command” Overseas until September 16. This was his 1st tour on the … Corporal Leonard Palmer …
  • Peeled to the Core by Roya
    … those peels. First peel of my ego came off when at united nation high commission for refugees I was recognized as stateless. You see, I took … If we are lucky we will experience the peeling- and our soul comes through young and vibrant with no attachment to anything …
  • How Whales Helped Me Find a New Home by Jeannine
    … He loved drifting there until everybody leaned over the rails, only to come up just then and blow his fishy breath into everybody’s faces. One …