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Mutiny at Jackfish Bay
Flipping through the Illustrated War News from April 18, 1885, I came across this interesting image. Advertisements
Let the Eastern Bastards Freeze in the Dark, by Mary Janigan.
The book delivers on what it promises, an explanation of the roots of western alienation in Canada. But its a very one-sided story that plays fast and loose with its narrative. Continue reading
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Tagged Book Review, Canada, Canadian History, Class Struggle, Colonisation, First Nations, Fort Walsh, Imperialism, Let the Eastern Bastards Freeze in the Dark, Mary Janigan, Metis, Northwest Resistance, Pipelines, Red River Resistance, Resource control, Self determination, Settlers, Western Alienation, Western Canada, Western Canadian History, Winnipeg General Strike, Working Class
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Joe Schmidt, Part III.
Read Part I, II. In late 1941 Joe Schmidt, just recently an esteemed resident of Cold Lake, Alberta, was hand picked by the Nazi’s to be a saboteur as part of Operation Pastorius, the Nazi attack on America. He was considered … Continue reading
Joe Schmidt, Part II
Read Part I Joe Schmidt was born in Cologne, Germany in 1911. He had left in the mid 1920’s to come to Alberta where he found work on farms, eventually obtaining a homestead near Cold Lake in 1933. He was … Continue reading
Joe Schmidt, Part I.
March 23, 1984. Three articles in the Friday edition of the Edmonton Journal. ‘Cold Lake’s lone-wolf served on Hitlers terror squad;’ ‘Cold Lake’s ‘Nazi Spy’ was just plain Joe;’ and ‘Schmidt a star pupil in Hitlers school for saboteurs. Fast … Continue reading
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Tagged Alberta, Canadian History, Cold Lake, Edmonton, Nazi Saboteurs, Operation Pastorius, Western Canadian History, World War 2
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