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The way it was this week in March 26:
100 years ago, 1926… Diamonds from $25–$250 at Cochran’s Ltd. Jewellers & Optometrist; RM awards road maintenance to T.M. Graham at $1.15 per mile;...
Flashback… Civil defence takes front stage
Civil defence refers to the use of organized non-military efforts to prepare for attacks and similar disastrous events. It re-emerged after 1949, when the...
The way it was this week in March 19
100 Years Ago, 1926… Tobacco Creek lads practise for game vs. Carman with crooked tree boughs and on ditches; carload of Fords arrives for...
Flashback: Carman’s Ready-to-Move homes once shipped across North America
During the 1950s and 1960s, prefabricated homes, also known as Ready-To-Move (RTM) houses, experienced renewed popularity as an effective solution to the post-Second World...
Flashback… Jan. 1, 2000 – the Y2K scare
As the year 2000 approached, global attention was drawn to the so-called Millennium Bug, commonly referred to as Y2K. The issue was anticipated to...
