Maclean's — March 30, 2011
Khammone “Kham” Phommavong was born on May 24, 1950, in Vientiane, the capital of Laos. His parents, Khay and Khamdy, were rice farmers. As … Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Canada , NewsMaclean's — January 27, 2011
Gilindo Marcocchio was born on Dec. 10, 1909, in the small Italian town of Castions di Zoppola, near what was then the Austro-Hungarian border. … Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Canada , NewsMaclean's — December 23, 2010
He wanted to build an empire through his music. But unlike many other rappers, he was stridently against firearms.… Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Canada , NewsMaclean's — December 2, 2010
Oreste Mordini was born in Torino di Sangro, Italy, on Sept. 23, 1920. His parents, Nicola and Maria, ran a farm in that hilly … Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Canada , NewsMaclean's — August 26, 2010
Michael Craig Robinson was born in Scarborough, Ont., on Aug. 25, 1969. When Mike was a boy, the family moved to Cowan’s Bay, a … Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Canada , NewsGlobe and Mail — November 13, 2009
At the age of 45, after living through the Second World War in London, moving to Canada as a war bride and giving birth … Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Canada , NewsGlobe and Mail — November 9, 2009
In 1944, nine months after giving birth to her first son, Barbara Wojtowicz left home to fight with the Polish resistance army – known … Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Canada , NewsGlobe and Mail — November 6, 2009
In 1941, 15 years before Canada’s first nations people were considered citizens, Charles Bird of the Peepeekisis Reserve signed up with the Regina Rifles … Read the rest of this entry »
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