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… Museum are a little obsessed with food these days? There’s a few reasons for that. Firstly, we’re cooking up a new exhibition about food … food is a big part of who we are as individuals and families, as communities, and as a country. And lastly, when the food is prepared … Arts with a certificate in Baking and Pastry Art from the Nova Scotia Community College and now specializes in making sourdough . She is the …
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… I consider September 4, 1949 my second birthday. I was born again on that date when I became a landed immigrant in Canada. Six … to Pier 21 in 1949 as a teenager and began to be a real person; a born again person. Ross Chomiak …
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… job here,” because we had read a French woman’s blog saying how she also immigrated to Quebec and worked at a small store. She said it was … I ‘m going to do this.” It had been about 3 hours since we had gotten off the plane. I asked the cashier: “Do you need help?” (gesturing) She … months later, she began working in a bookstore. Her husband Clayton completed his doctorate and now works in a Montreal laboratory. At the …
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… there was great panic as to whether or not they would get it started again. But as fate would have it, they managed to start it up again, and we made it safely to the Italian border in Ancona. We spent … three children and literally just the clothes on our backs. As they had to leave everything behind in their homeland. With the additional …
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… from our bedroom window on College Street which has become many years ago "Little Italy". I was difficult for my parents to raise 5 children. We all did well. It was a proud moment for my dad to become a Canadian citizen in … we thrived and excelled at school and made our parents proud. We never had vacations, TV and toys but we had plenty of love and laughter, …
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… shortages? How did this affect your daily activities? How was your community affected by the conflict? Do you remember the conflict coming … What was involved in the process of leaving? For example, was there official paperwork, interviews and/or examinations to complete? How did you organize your personal life? Were there any challenges with your application? Why? When …
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… buried in England. He is the solider Bernard Ofrady. They are together again at least symbolically with this inscription. We are very happy …
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… he began to think that he would never see his home and loved ones again. This feeling intensified as a young German soldier raised his … intervened, pushing the gun aside and crying "Nien, Nien!" Byron lay out all that night and was picked up by a West Nova Scotia Regiment …
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… corner to the other in around 20 minutes. In the city of Halifax, by some estimates, there are as many people who originate or whose … itself. Perhaps even more surprising is how successful members of the community have been . Among them are business and community leaders, … they could generate some kind of an income. “A lot of people started off that way. They started to buy derelict property. Then they fixed it …
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… of Air Force personnel, both men and women, to England and back again, at wars' end. He also was in charge of many groups of War Brides and their babies. While we have no individual trip records, it is certain that very many …