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Old church comes alive with candle light service

Little remains of rural community
1925 oil pump given place in Alta. history

Home for locomotive repair under repair
The Hanna roundhouse, built in 1909, employed 60 people who put locomotives needing work back on track
HANNA, Alta. — A small group came forward with a big voice when the Hanna roundhouse was in danger of being sold for salvage. “I thought that was a shame and somebody should do something about it,” said Sandra Beaudoin, a former lender with Alberta Financial Services Corporation with a passion for history. She helped […] Read moreB.C.’s Windermere church has unscrupulous history

Alberta century home set to be hub of activity

Saskatchewan’s longest trestle railway bridge

An enduring Alberta icon: Lacombe’s flatiron building

Town strives to preserve ag heritage

Fish Creek Church beacon on prairie landscape
Batoche is famous for a battle pitting Dominion of Canada forces against local Metis and Cree in 1885
Abandoned churches are a common feature of Saskatchewan’s landscape. The Roman Catholic church at Fish Creek, Sask., about an hour’s drive northeast of Saskatoon, is one of the province’s most magnificent. The Fish Creek church, formally known as the Immaculate Conception Church, was built around 1920 and served as the spiritual centre for the Fish […] Read more