On this day, December 15 – In memory of the Tani Family

Updated Dec 7 2019 Ancestry stumbled on a new and interesting record just yesterday… so I have added it to the story below… I would like to tell you a story about a man named James Tani. Mr Tani came to Canada at the age of nineteen. He was a fisherman and came like many others …

Port Alberni – Federal All Candidates Meeting Raw Notes

Below you will see my notes taken at tonights all candidates meeting at the Italian Social Centre in Port Alberni.  I make no guarantees that this is accurate though some if not much of it is word for word.  I would characterize, as objectively as possible, the meeting this way.  There was Barb Biley of …

On the 100th Anniversary – Memories of Vimy Ridge

August 5th 1914, marks the first full day of the United Kingdom and the Commenwealth’s war against Germany and the start of the First World War. To honour and remember that, I am reposting a story I wrote of my own pilgrimage to Vimy Ridge 11 years ago.  It is still, and will likely always be one …