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Stranraer in the 1950s

The village of Stranraer is located on the CPR line that runs from Rosetown to Dodsland. The railway was built in 1911 and the post office at Stranraer opened in December of the same year…

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A glimpse at a pioneer’s life

The 1956 book A Wheatland Heritage by E. Armstrong offers a glimpse at the pioneer way of life. In March 1910, John Littlejohn and his wife and four children sailed…

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Pioneer kids were working kids

We’ve all heard pioneer stories about children working on the farm at very young ages. This photo is just one example of children who began operating equipment before they were ten years old.

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Anyone remember Freshie Day, 1989?

Does anyone remember celebrating “Freshie Day” at their local high school? It was a time when every Grade 12 student was assigned a younger student who had graduated into the high school realm.

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Look what we found in the archives!

You just never know what you’ll find in the newspaper archives. Twenty-five years ago these individuals were four of the entries in the “Sexiest Businessman Contest”.

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