Country Roads
A Visit to the Pattersons & Stickneys of Hythe
The wandering newspaper editor J.B. Yule visited the Hythe area in 1943. He noted some impressive buildings on the Patterson Bros. Stock Farm, and a
The wandering newspaper editor J.B. Yule visited the Hythe area in 1943. He noted some impressive buildings on the Patterson Bros. Stock Farm, and a
When I first saw this article, I read it because I remember Mrs. Wong well. I was very surprised that she was the first Chinese
The opening of Bird’s new store in 1941 seemed to be a pretty big occasion. There had been a special edition of the Herald Tribune
For the last post of this year, I found this feel-good story which shows why Canadian soldiers still hold a place in the hearts of
With the cold weather we’ve been having, we can sympathize with the little duck who got his tail frozen in the ice at Flying Shot
This story about the search for men lost in the bush around Nose Mountain involved mill workers, RCMP, Indian trackers, a Dakota search plane, parachutists,
At the very young age of nineteen, Bill Bessent of Grande Prairie had completed twenty-nine missions as a mid-upper gunner, and became a night vision
The letter in this article is from a bereaved mother in Quebec, writing to the mother of a soldier mentioned in her son’s diary. It
The opening of the new Grande Prairie High School in 1950 was a milestone for education in the area. It was one of two composite
This month, Country Roads heads north to Rycroft for a sad story about a lion which escaped from a circus. While the lion did seem