Ethel Howard, a reporter with the Lake Centre News, related that the military personnel, who witnessed the fatal crash of Red Knight pilot Flight-Lieutenant J.W. “Bud” Morin on August 21, 1963.
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The Heritage Highlight below falls under the category: “I was there. I saw it happen.”
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Although Captain Christoper O'Kelly uttered but a few words during his speech at a pubic reception at Columbus Hall, 255 Smith St., the Manitoba Free Press on April 15, 1918, reported that the hall rang out with applause for several minutes.
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After the Canadian success at Passchendaele, Captain Christopher O'Kelly wrote his mother: “We were in a big attack and made a great success.”
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The belief was that E.L. Murray had been able to swim to shore once their canoe had apparently capsized on Lac Seul, 40 kilometres northwest of Sioux Lookout, Ontario, but had subsequently died of exposure ...
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The dog came back ... what was unusual was that the dog returned home without its owner, Christopher “Chris” O'Kelly, a Victoria Cross (VC) recipient during the First World War.
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by Bruce Cherney
Ghost tales are part of the human condition, whether you believe in the existence of spectral shades or not. Such tales have been long associated with the evening of October 31, as well as folklore in other lands unfami...
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Illness among the Ukrainian children may have been initially hidden from
officials in Winnipeg by mothers who were anxious to continue their trip westward.
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One of the great tragedies of the early European settlement in Manitoba was the death of 42 children and three adult women just after their arrival in the province.
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The Manitoba Free Press on March 27, 1913, described James Dodds as stoutly-built and clean-shaven.
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