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28 Feb 2013
History, News

Beloved WWII veteran dies

  • February 28, 2013
  • By Hedy Korbee
  • Alex Napier, Courcelette PS, obituary, WWII veteran
Distinguished World War II veteran Alex Napier has passed away at the age of 98. Napier was a beloved friend of Courcelette Public School, where he volunteered for more than twenty years in an innovative...

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18 Jan 2013
Birch Cliff Public School, History

Birch Cliff P.S. History Pt. 4

  • October 19, 2021
  • By Hedy Korbee
  • Birch Cliff Public School, Home & School Association, Mrs. E.E. Reece
  This is part four of our series on the history of Birch Cliff Public School, written by an unknown author in 1966 for the school’s 50th anniversary The first four-room addition was made to Birch...

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07 Dec 2012
Birch Cliff Public School, History

Birch Cliff P.S. History Part 3

  • December 8, 2012
  • By Hedy Korbee
  • Agincourt Fair, Armistice, Birch Cliff Public School, Influenza 1918, Mrs. E.E. Reece, Newmarket Fair
This is part three of our series on the history of Birch Cliff Public School, written by an unknown author in 1966 for the school's 50th anniversary. On the steps of the new school, Mrs....

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11 Nov 2012
History, News

Courcelette P.S. remembers

  • November 11, 2012
  • By Hedy Korbee
  • Alex Napier, Courcelette Public School, Joseph Woods, Remembrance Day, veterans
Students at Courcelette Public School renewed their special bond with Canada’s veterans at a Remembrance Day ceremony attended by a veteran who went to the school 90 years ago. 97-year old Alex Napier was a...

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10 Nov 2012
Birch Cliff Public School, History

Birch Cliff PS Remembrance Day

  • November 10, 2012
  • By Hedy Korbee
  • Remembrance Day, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 13
The students of Birch Cliff Public School and veterans came together yesterday for a solemn and heartwarming Remembrance Day ceremony at the local branch of the Royal Canadian Legion. As veterans looked on, the students...

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09 Nov 2012
History

Lest we forget: Thomas Davis

  • October 19, 2021
  • By Hedy Korbee
  • Red Deer Avenue, Remembrance Day, Thomas Edward Davis, veterans, World War II
As Remembrance Day approaches, we’re telling the stories of servicemen from Birch Cliff who made the ultimate sacrifice in World War II.  In part two of our series - Thomas Edward Davis. ~~~~ Thomas Edward Davis...

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08 Nov 2012
History

Birch Cliff’s WWII fallen

  • October 19, 2021
  • By Hedy Korbee
  • Sgt. Leonard Wilfred Lehman, World War II
This is the first in a series about residents of Birch Cliff who made the ultimate sacrifice and died in World War II. The series was inspired by an extraordinary map called The Poppy File...

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02 Nov 2012
Birch Cliff Public School, History

Birch Cliff P.S. History Part 2

  • December 9, 2012
  • By Hedy Korbee
  • Birch Cliff Public School, history, radial cars, Scarboro Heights, St. Nicholas Church
This is part two of our series on the history of Birch Cliff Public School, written by an unknown author in 1966 for the school's 50th anniversary. A first-day pupil at Birch Cliff Public School...

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