The Souris River is one of the most important rivers in southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba. It provided an avenue for transportation for the Indigenous, explorers and fur traders, and many important communities have settled along it. In this...
When Richard and Maria Bobier, aged 20 and 18, decided to make a new life in Canada, they could not have known the land that waited for them. A vast landscape of promise, they had decided to make their home there. Prior to getting to what would one...
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...
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...
The 1935 Melita Hockey Club Hockey is as Canadian as things get. As soon as communities pop up, there is a hockey team soon to follow. In fact, you would be hard pressed not to find a community in Canada that has not had a hockey arena or a hockey...