We will remember

Posted in the War Museum is this wonderful picture of a group of Canadian soldiers who are giving blood. Standing at the back, almost hidden in the doorway of the kitchen is my Grandpa Waters. I have several photos of him at Camp Petawawa during WW2. He was too young to go overseas for WW1…

Calgary 1937

Seven years into the Great Depression, The Salvation Army has been impacted by the removal of General Bramwell Booth from office, the development of the High Council, and in Canada the development of our social work in more institutional ways. In the world, it was 1937 that Henry Ford instituted a 32 hour work week….

It should be songster night

It’s Wednesday, and Wendy would be at practice for the Canadian Staff Songsters, but it’s Covid-19 in 2020 and practice is done through video conferencing, as awkward as that is. I’m missing their monthly concerts and visits to corps in different parts of the territory. I looked back in my video history and remembered a…