100 Years Ago: The Delicate Subject

Few film screenings in Lethbridge history attracted as much attention as the 1920 screening of Fit to Win.

100 Years Ago: Czech Army Goes to Canada

Did you know that the Czech Army was transported through Canada on the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1920?

100 Years Ago: Japanese Canadian Memorial

A 1920s memorial erected in Vancouver’s Stanley Park includes the names of Japanese Canadians from Raymond, Alberta. Do you know what the memorial was erected to commemorate?

100th Anniversary of Southminster United Church’s Organ

Southminster United Church is a favourite venue for many organ and musical concerts. The church has wonderful acoustics that carry the music clearly to all corners of the sanctuary and the balcony.

Escape! Internment in Canada, 1914–1920 with Ben Weistra

In honour of the 100th anniversary of the end of Canada's first national internment operations during the First World War from 1914–1920, we are releasing a video presentation by Ben Weistra about the Internment Camp in Lethbridge, Alberta, focusing on William Perchaluk's tragic story.

Tomomi Okutake’s Medals and Story

The Galt Museum & Archives have been entrusted with the care of a set of medals from an Issei (first generation Japanese immigrant) veteran from southern Alberta who fought in the First World War. Pat Sassa donated the medals which were awarded to her Okinawan father, Tomomi Okutake.

Japanese Canadians in the World Wars

In the First World War, eight Issei joined the Canadian army from Raymond. The cenotaph in Raymond lists two of them who died in the war: K. Sugimoto and T. Suda.