Baker’s bread, store-bought food and manufactured clothing were all part of the “changes that have taken place in farm life in Ontario within…[the] recollection” of its older readers, reflects Toronto’s Weekly Sun, June 12, 1907. These changes are scarcely noticed in the hurry and bustle of every day affairs, and yet they are nothing […]
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Quebec families stick to roots
Two examples of the tenacity with which French Canadians clung to the soil of family farms and homes are cited in news reports. The Montreal Herald, February 10, 1863 tells about the family that had farmed the same soil at Ancienne Lorette, a village and later a suburb that was merged with Quebec City in […]