This post is part of a series called Saskatchewan On our way out of town we stopped at the Wascana Parkway, home of the Saskatchewan Legislative buildings. This was a nice green relief from the somewhat bleak nature of Downtown Regina.
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This post is part of a series called Saskatchewan We took Bert to the RCMP Heritage Museum in Regina. It’s at Depot Division, which is where he trained as a cadet back in 1952. It had changed a lot but he recognised a few of the buildings and places. They take you on a tour…
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This post is part of a series called Manitoba We’ve all been to Manitoba before, but had to stop at the border. Joanne, Sadie and Holden had not been to Western Manitoba before, so new territory ahead!
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This post is part of a series called Saskatchewan So about 100+ years ago, three Sawatzky brothers came from Russia and settled near Aberdeen, Saskatchewan. The three farms were side by side and they went on to have large families of 9+ children. Bert’s Father had to sell the farm in 1945 due to declining…
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This post is part of a series called Saskatchewan Bert was born in Aberdeen and still has family in the area. His Cousin Wilmer was our first stop. Wilmer and Bert are the same age and grew up together until they were 14 and have always kept in touch. Wilmer sold his “big” farm a…
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