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  • Entrenching Refugee Rights in Canada: The 1985 Singh Decision
    … refugee claimants had the possibility of appealing a negative outcome to their refugee claims. However, Canada’s refugee determination … Canada , authored by Rabbi Gunther Plaut and published in April 1985, coincided with a Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) decision that would have … Estey and Justice William McIntyre, based their ruling on Section 26 of the Charter and Section 2(e) of the Act for the Recognition and …
  • Medical Facilities at Pier 21
    … of Canada, and to ensure that persons seeking admission do not become public charges…” [1] This connection between public health and … fever, polio, bronchitis, typhoid, tuberculosis, and appendicitis. [26] Another staff member, Alison Trapnell, recalls patients with mental … online at www.novascotiagenealogy.com . ↩ Waldron interview, B, 00:26:00 ↩ Hirtle interview, 00:31:00 ↩ Canadian National Railways, …
  • Canadian Immigration Facilities at Victoria, BC
    … Second, public health interests often overwhelmed - and sometimes completely displaced - the implementation of civil immigration policy. … set the purchase of proposed land in motion in early November 1906. [26] The Department of Public Works set the allocation for immigration … 11 October 1906, in File 381766 Part 1 ↩ Bryce to Milne, Ottawa ON, 26 October 1906, in File 381766 Part 1. ↩ Scott to Oliver (n.b. …
  • Bombardier John Hamilton Glawson
    … John Hamilton Glawson 26 May 1923 – 2 August 2003 Member of Hartney Branch #26 & Brandon Branch #3, Royal Canadian Legion Rank: Bombardier, Royal … was asked to be on a war bond drive back in Canada. This gave him a chance to get home quicker, otherwise soldiers were drafted for home …
  • Nicholas Bosiuk
    … Our great-grandfather Nicholas (Mikolaj) Bosiuk was born on September 26, 1903 in Zelena, Skalot, Poland (now Ukraine). Sponsored by Wasyl … hospital and a personal care home in Dauphin. He passed away on March 26, 1983 at the age of 79 years. His wife Katherine passed away on … at Pier 21 in the summer of 1929. Their names appear in column 50, row 26 (Anton, Zofia, Ted and Bill Warelis) and (Wincenty and Ewa Warelis) …
  • Kris Jensen
    … to Canada 1951: left Plymouth May 19, 1951, arrived at Pier 21 on May 26, on the S.S. Europe . By train to Vancouver, BC, was taken to … Started working June 3, 1951, and retired from the saw mill November 26, 1985. First two years pulling lumber on the big green chain, next two years as stenciller and trimmerman. Then four years as …
  • The Pier Goes To War: Halifax’s Pier 21 and the Second World War
    … the passengers and cargo of large ocean liners, and so could also accommodate the same vessels as troopships. With the outbreak of war in … but to say, "Throw us some money," and they would throw the English coins overboard, or over the ship, which would land on the cement dock … we’d get the most coins by pushing the others out of the way.” [26] The return for many Canadian service personnel was more sombre: the …
  • Port of Precedence: A History of Immigration at the Port of Quebec Part 2
    … Canada.” Special correspondent Frank Yeigh followed the movement of newcomers through the landing experience. If there was an indication of … British, 2,398 Ukrainians, 824 Belgians, 688 Italians, 593 Germans, 261 French, 106 Polish, and 3,651 persons of many other diverse … in urban areas, and to a parish priest in rural areas for follow-up. [26] Conclusion Originally clustered at the Bassin Louise , Quebec’s …
  • Michele e Concetta Fusillo
    … September 23, 1951 - Concetta; June 12, 1954 - Michele Age on Arrival: 26 - Concetta; 23 - Michele Born in the south eastern community of … family in Niagara Falls, Canada on September 23, 1951, at the age of 26. A few years later, she married Michele Fusillo who joined her in … We want to acknowledge and thank them for taking the risks they did to come to a new country, not knowing the language, not having work and …
  • Jozwiak, Yarosh,
    … Road in Welland Ontario. John Yarosh, born Joannes Jarosz on January 26, 1905 in the village of Dubowce, Tarnopol, Austria, to Terentius … Helen Muzar died in Welland, Ontario of heart failure on February 26, 1984 at the age of 73, and is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery on …

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