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… Handsome Canadian Soldier-Meets-Pretty Scottish Lassie It was during the terrible times of WWII when our parents met. Our dad, Wilfred Raymond Webb , born on Dec 14, 1918 in Bishopton, Quebec, was first stationed in England. It … was among the soldiers who tried to help the citizens of a devastated city. He was then stationed in Scotland in the summer of 1943, where he …
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… Single Men and Women October 28, 1953 – Groote Beer Tuesday Oct 20th departure day finally arrived. My fiancée had the use of … came along for the waving out ceremony. The final goodbyes had to be said in the departure hall just before I went through customs and check … went quickly. This was our first view of Canada in the morning, the city of the Halifax harbour front. The Groote Beer moored off at Pier …
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Time 0:04:14 Transcript (Translated from Korean) When I went to university, I decided to study fine art. At that time, the war in Korea made everyone poor, so my family said, why study art? There is no money. Still I knew it was what I wanted. At that time, the Korean art field was very …
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… located on a panel in the Museum’s (pre-2015) core exhibition sheds light on an interesting yet underexplored aspect of Canadian immigration history: food confiscation. Food can be a … including customs officers—and new arrivals from across the globe. The site of contest—Pier 21—was a series of buildings linked together by …
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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 see a doctor, etc... Since I’d been working in Quebec for about 2 years, I had no extra …
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… but when the curling match was over, I was happy to see that dad had come home. He figured that running back was a little much. In open … came. Wave after wave is going over the side. Finally, a fisherman comes to try to give us a hand. He is able to latch on, and Ron was … my temperature through the rectum until about 11 oclock, the nurse comes in and says I'll take the temperature the regular way. And I …
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… The OCEAN CROSSING on the GROOTE BEER October 20-28, 1953 Tuesday Oct 20th departure day finally arrived. My fiancée had the use of … came along for the "waving out ceremony". The final goodbyes had to be said in the departure hall just before I went through customs and check … October 28, 1953 This was our first view of Canada in the morning, the city of the Halifax harbour front. The "Groote Beer" moored off at Pier …
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… I did. I liked Marx and I liked Hegel. But I wasn't a member of the Communist Party. And most of the people, I know—I remember, there were also, were not members of the Communist Party. We were called, "Communists, traitors. How could you do this to your country? You know, …
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… Pecile was born in September of 1927, in Fagagna, a small town in the Friuli- Venezia-Giulia region, in northeast Italy. He is the second … the Canadian Department of National Health and Welfare. In December he set out on the MS Vulcania for the 10-day trip from Genoa, Italy to …
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… Leaving Home by Sheila Laird I was an English War Bride. My husband was wounded and sent … sent by train to Southampton. I arrived at the docks holding a two year old by the hand, a baby in a carry-cot, diapers, formula and all … it up the gangplank and I knew it. I don't usually cry, but I did that day. I just stood there and wept. Two soldiers came and helped me …