Reverie
Flatlander reader Jeanne Alexander shares her memories of a Christmas concert from her youth that took place in a one-room school.
History
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Silver dollar angel
A Flatlander reader is still waiting for someone to tell him why angels need pocket change in Heaven. "I was almost four years old in 1947 when an angel swindled me out of my Christmas present."
How Regina and Winnipeg helped shape Canadian football
The rivalry between the Blue Bombers and Roughriders goes back to 1890 when Canadian football rules were being shaped.
An open letter to my great uncle on Remembrance Day
A Flatlander reader shares a letter he wrote to his late great uncle who fought in the First War.
Almost left for dead during the First World War
Lake Manitoba's marshlands prepared Jim Olafson for the muddy trenches in the First World War. He shares how he was almost left for dead.
The road from Wekusko to Snow Lake
The train rhythmically clicked its way from Winnipeg, on through Dauphin, Swan River, The Pas and finally, we arrived at Wekusko.
Why crosses were burned on the Prairies?
In the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan aimed to gain a foothold in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. However, its popularity was short-lived. Even so, every now and again a news story will pop up to suggest the organization never completely went away.
Silver dollar angel
A Flatlander reader is still waiting for someone to tell him why angels need pocket change in Heaven. "I was almost four years old in 1947 when an angel swindled me out of my Christmas present."
How Regina and Winnipeg helped shape Canadian football
The rivalry between the Blue Bombers and Roughriders goes back to 1890 when Canadian football rules were being shaped.
An open letter to my great uncle on Remembrance Day
A Flatlander reader shares a letter he wrote to his late great uncle who fought in the First War.
Almost left for dead during the First World War
Lake Manitoba's marshlands prepared Jim Olafson for the muddy trenches in the First World War. He shares how he was almost left for dead.
The road from Wekusko to Snow Lake
The train rhythmically clicked its way from Winnipeg, on through Dauphin, Swan River, The Pas and finally, we arrived at Wekusko.
Why crosses were burned on the Prairies?
In the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan aimed to gain a foothold in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. However, its popularity was short-lived. Even so, every now and again a news story will pop up to suggest the organization never completely went away.
