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… Chinatown. What were these dishes, she wondered. Why were they so common in Canadian Chinese restaurants, and what was their origin? … were created by people who were not necessarily cooks, using the ingredients available to them and trying to cater to a North American palate. Chinese men, who had come to North America initially for the Gold Rush and later as …
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… Rossi was arriving at Halifax's Pier 21. This time, however, he had come by car from Toronto not by boat from Naples. He was 68 not 18. He … had money in his pocket and a full stomach. He was a grandfather and a Canadian citizen with full rights to go anywhere he pleased. This time … is a multi-media movie presentation that features vignettes from Pier 21's history. One of those vignettes features an Italian family that …
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… and enlisted in May 1942, being sent overseas to Britain, via US and Canada in March 1943, just after I was born. He sailed from Pier 21, … The search ended abruptly because of an ROV cable break but, one day, may begin again if sufficient funds can be found for a diving … - may they all be happy birthdays. I hope to be home again one fine day. In the meantime lots of love to you & to mother. From Dad Bob …
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… are funny, some are sad, and all show the resilience required by newcomers. Here are a few interesting ones: Twice as hard John Vandenburg, … me . At that time, I was not aware of the atrocities the Germans had committed. The Second World War was never discussed either at school in …
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… 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 … old when he traveled from Helsinki to Copenhagen where he boarded the S.S. Estonia bound for New York City with a stop in Halifax. He spent …
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… It was July 11th, 1951 when Sape (Sam) and Aaltje (Elly) Post boarded the Volendam in Rotterdam with four children in tow. Kees (Keith) … farm in Nestleton where we slept in an attic on straw. Within a day or two the family Rienstra arrived with 11 children, so definitely … After a lot of savings and hard work our parents purchased a lot on St. Peter Street and had a lovely bungalow built. Mom also applied to …
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… when a friend I worked with asked me to go on a “blind date” with a Canadian who was in London, England on leave. He had met with another … who didn’t have a date. I can still hear my friend saying: “Oh, come on Hazel, you’ll only have to see him once. You won’t have to see … spot the two Canadian Pilots waiting for us. My friend greeted the one she had dated previously and I found myself standing in front of the …
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… Patties, like these ones from Brawta Jamaican Jerk Joint in Halifax, are a great meal to warm up a Canadian Winter. Are Jamaican Patties the most history-packed food in Canada? Okay, okay, … open up the patty and see what’s inside. Colonization and Hand-Pies Jamaica, home to the Indigenous Taíno people, was colonized first by …
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… Patties, like these ones from Brawta Jamaican Jerk Joint in Halifax, are a great meal to warm up a Canadian Winter. Are Jamaican Patties the most history-packed food in Canada? Okay, okay, … open up the patty and see what’s inside. Colonization and Hand-Pies Jamaica, home to the Indigenous Taíno people, was colonized first by …
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… are funny, some are sad, and all show the resilience required by newcomers. Here are a few interesting ones: Twice as hard John Vandenburg, … me . At that time, I was not aware of the atrocities the Germans had committed. The Second World War was never discussed either at school in …