Archive for April 2024
Calamity Curve
Calamity Curve Thomas and Susannah Smith By Thomas Smith I was born in Rebel stoke on April 22nd, 1932. My parents, Thomas and Susanna Smith came to Canada from Bedlington…
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History of Glacier House Information compiled by Hedley Graham and John Marsh Completion of the Trans Canada Highway through the Selkirk Mountains, via Rogers Pass in 1962, has enabled thousands…
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Let’s take a look at the “Prohibition Act” in Canada. The dictionary definition of prohibition is: Forbidding; edict, order that forbids; forbidding by law of sale of intoxicants. It was believed that prohibition would reduce crime and corruption, solve…
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Some Golden Memories By Elvin Meyers (for 2000 Golden Memories) Some of my earliest memories are of a farm near, Millet, Alberta and fortunately for me, there was a one-room…
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