While completing my final year of high school, my older sister said to my mother, "Michael eats too much, he should become a cook." She ...
Eleanor became a urse because she loves helping people and her family. She also appreciated the respect that comes with being a nurse.
I was very close to my grandmother growing up and she used to tell me all the time that if things had been different in ...
I wanted to become a nurse because I wanted a career that is challenging, interesting, and makes an impact on people's lives daily. In the ...
I became interested in a career of nursing in high school. On my walk home I would stop in at Toronto East General to see ...
Gail is a Registered Nursing Assistant (RNA) who worked in Toronto in the late 1950s for the Sick Kids Hospital Country Branch in Thistletown, Ontario. ...
I became a nurse because I love helping people & making a difference in their lives. I was inspired by a friend who is a ...
Ella was born on November 30th, 1927 on a farm near Churchbridge, Saskatchewan to Alfred & Elizabeth Schmidt. Ella attended elementary school just 3 miles ...
I have worked as a Registered Nurse for 33 years. For me, nursing has been the most rewarding, diverse and flexible career. I chose critical ...
I took nursing at the direction of my Grandma when I didn’t know what career to pursue after high school. I took her advice and ...
Carole was a student nurse at North York General Hospital in Toronto in 1959. She was excited about learning as much as she could about ...
I went into nursing as a mature student in my 30’s. It was something of my own that I could do. Nursing is a very ...
Bryan graduated from his nursing program in 1999, and has been providing care as a nurse, for the past 21 years. Bryan has always had ...
In 1967 Patsy- Ann was living in Kleinburg, Ontario. Farmers would come into the village from the fields to sell their crops and wares. Many ...
All cancer survivors have a story – Hearing about a journey from a survivor helps give inspiration to others. This is a story about - ...
All of my life I have been that child that loves an adventure and to be involved in as much as I can! Growing up ...
One fall when my husband, Bill and I were in our mid-fifties, friends who had done a lot of research on White Water rafting down ...
I was raised on a farm in north western Saskatchewan. I had one older sister and an older brother. When I was fourteen years old ...
“My art is an expression of what is inside me” When asking Sheila what made you decide to be an artist - Her response was ...
Everyone knows me as Harry - owner and founder of the Uxbridge Times Journal. However not many know how it all began. When I was ...
My husband and I used to vacation in Texas every year during the winter months (we are from Georgian Bay so it was always lovely ...
For 17 years our Christmas celebrations have started with "Bethlehem Walk" a volunteer community event in the village of Cold Springs where the journey of ...
When reminiscing about winter activities Mary Wyn had one story that came to mind. Skating was one of her favourite pastimes and she was always ...
After having a bath in the tin tub by the cook stove two excited little girls were tucked into bed by their Mother to await ...
Christmas time always brings back happy memories for myself, especially when you have children to share the excitement with. Every year my family would cut ...
Barb and her family started a Holiday tradition in 2004 that continued at the family home every Christmas until Barb moved to Harvest Crossing. In ...
Food was always a big part of my life. From a young age, I remember spending a lot of time in the kitchen. It's where ...
Growing up, my family bred Golden Retrievers. I don’t remember a time when dogs were not a huge part of my life. As a kid ...
My love of cooking began with my first job as a dishwasher in a Greek restaurant. I was fascinated by the way the Chef and ...
Most people I know are living their lives with FEAR, which stands for FALSE EVIDENCE APPEARING REAL and I am not an exception on that ...
My love of cooking started very young. I would often find myself in my great grandmothers’ kitchen watching her prepare meals for our very large ...
I was not born into a family of cooks, but developed a taste for food at a very young age because I was exposed to ...
In 2012, the year of the Dragon, I created a window display for the Fung Loy Kok Taoist Society of Tillsonburg. The Dragon was 20 ...
After not riding for 20 years I got back in the saddle. One year ago, my daughter started taking riding lessons at a local stable. ...
I joined the RAF in 1942 on my 18th birthday and served for 4 years. I was given a Morse aptitude test which I passed ...
I am originally from Wales. I came to Canada in 2012, to make a new home for my wife and I. My love and passion ...
We used to take the kids to the CNE every year - they loved it! There was this one ride that looped around and was ...
When I first met my husband he asked me if I liked to travel? I responded with I’ve never really travelled anywhere, never even been ...
In April of 1951 we were introduced by a mutual friend who thought we would make a good couple. We met at a party. Richard ...
Born in Keene Ontario, I was only 3 years old when my passion for food, flavours and cooking began. I was the type of child ...
First and foremost, food has always been a big part of my upbringing in Montreal. It’s what always brought friends and family together. My first ...
I met my little Maggie for the first time at Petland. I wasn’t expecting to find a cat, let alone looking for one. But, I ...
When my kids were grown and gone my husband John and I enjoyed lots of golfing, dancing, snowmobiling, 4-wheeling and camping. We trekked all over ...
I was born in Regina and was educated at the University of Arizona on a football scholarship. I came back to Saskatchewan to play in ...
Mr. Freeman is a 95 year old gentleman that used to have sheep when he and his family lived on a farm in Uxbridge; he ...
I can’t even imagine how many crib hands I have counted! I have been playing cribbage for more than eighty years. I was first taught ...
Quilting for me began accidentally as a result of being asked to help lead a quilting course. A lady from Simcoe who had taken the ...
My name is Michael, and I am a resident assistant at Riverbend Crossing. I also perform violin with the Regina Symphony, and play piano for Whitmore ...
I am a mixed farmer who had the privilege of being taught about the equality of people, no matter what culture or nationality. Having this ...
As I was born and raised in England, I ate mostly meat and potatoes, fish and chips, shepherd’s pie, bangers and mash … very English! ...
I started cooking when I was 15yrs old at McDonalds. There, I learned many skills and what it takes to work in the hospitality industry. ...
My journey to become a chef began with watching the talents of Anna Olsen, Giada De Laurentiis, and Guy Fieri. The passion they put into ...
I fell in love with cooking when I was 10 years old; My grandmother taught me all that I know. I will cherish those memories ...
Eleanor: Well, it was at a dance in Pense. Across the room I saw a very tall man that I thought looked pretty good and ...
