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… to his parents for having the courage to leave their homeland to come to Canada to build a better life for Vito and future generations. …
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… Canada had many different cultures, we could live freely and a less competitive life without pressure. I decided to go to Canada with my … my own business quickly to earn much money in Canada. Hoping summer is coming soon, and then I can have a fine beginning. Return to Moncton …
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… at home raising 6 children with a huge garden that supplied healthy food all year around plus raising chickens and goats. Then war erupted … work. He asked John, "would you like me to write to our relatives in Canada to sponsor you there to give you a job they have business there, … to board the ship to take them to Halifax and then take the train for days to go to Regina. They reached Regina on June 9th, the relatives …
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… Between 1947 and 1959 four more daughters were born and Jan moved house and family to England and back and forth across Canada as Doug’s … never really got over this loss but was able, finally, to share the house with another St. Bernard dog – he had had one as a boy in …
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… laughter, never board. Our vacation was to go to Centre Island, at the foot of Bay Street, High Park and the Zoo. Mom gave the best birthday parties (all my Canadian friends loved Italian cooking; it was not … that evening (shortage of beds) only to be readmitted the following day and died a few days later. This was 1987 and there was no bed. He …
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Time 0:02:23 Transcript Choosing a university is hard. I have always lived in London and Western has always been my number one but now that French is an opportunity for me, Ottawa is moving up on the scale. There are so many things to consider when deciding what university to go to and just …
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… in Beilen, in the northeastern province of Drenthe, Holland, which today is referred to as The Netherlands. My parents, Roelof Bolding and … the capital city of Drenthe. I was a proud Dutch war bride who came to Canada through Pier 21, Halifax, on July 22, 1946, after a five-day … We were forced to abide by curfews and strict orders to keep the house in darkness among many other new regulations. We had to carry …
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… Giovanni Maieron shares with us his story of how he came to live in Canada. He relates his tale with pride and an unexpected softness from … Giovanni was the oldest of 6 children and the family lived in the same house his grandfather had lived in, within the walls of an old castle … Otherwise, he lived in the camp by the site. They were provided with food and shelter and his pay was 75 cents per hour to start. Later on …
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Time 0:02:45 Transcript From its creation out of Lake Agassiz to today, Lake Winnipeg has long been generous to those who understood its opportunity. lt has been a supplier of food to my family and other peoples from lceland who settled along its shores. Lake Winnipeg also provided the spark that …