Hockey has always been important to Canadians, and there are few communities in the country that don’t count at least one professional player in their history. Stettler is no different, and one of the most successful to come from the community was...
Herb Dobbyn, an early member of the Oddfellows Lodge in Melita When a town comes into being, those who move to the new community want to join in common causes. This can mean joining town council, the fire department, or any number of the...
Mills Stopping House in 1907 As the new pioneers came to the Stettler area, they began to follow routes set forth by those who came before. These trails served as the early highways for settlers, both when they arrived and as they traveled...
Early Log Home In Breage It was way back in 1902 that a man by the name of Matthew Brimacombe settled on land near what would one day be Vermilion. One year after he settled in the area, the community of Breage was born and he would become the first...
1966 Flin Flon Bombers When you talk about hockey in Flin Flon, the main name that comes up is Bobby Clarke, but this isn’t about the legendary Philadelphia Flyer. This history piece is about the hockey world that sprang up in the early years of...
Many famous people have come from Mannville, including hockey players and actors, but there was one individual who was born in the community on June 28, 1929, that would go on to have a great deal of success in life. Peter Drury Haggerston Gadsden...
When Charles Ora Card and his party of settlers arrived in the area in the spring of 1887, they were ready to begin building a new community. Unfortunately, the site they had chosen for their new home was not going to work. The Cochrane Ranching...
Vermilion has had its fair share of individuals who have made the NHL. The first though, was Ernie Kenny, who had a strong hockey career and made a big impact on the hockey world for many decades after. Born on Aug. 20 ,1907 in Vermilion, it did not...
As the railway made its way across Canada, small communities began to pop up along the route it took. From Ontario all the way out to British Columbia, thousands of communities grew. Some lasted, some did not, but all owe their existence to the...
Born as Ernest Edward Foster on Feb. 26, 1882 in England, Foster spent his early years working as a proprietor of a public house for several years. It was in England, at the age of 23 that he would marry his wife Francis Harper. Four years later...