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On Sept. 10, 1939, Canada declared war on Germany, one week after Britain had done the same. Like with the previous world war, the people...

In Vermilion in September 1932, everyone was talking about the two brothers who were caught robbing residences in the community. The...

On Aug. 5, 1940, farmers in the Vermilion area woke up to a beautiful summer morning. Then, everything turned sour when they looked...

On August 9, under clear skies and warm summer sunshine, the community of Allandale came together in a show of unity and dedication to...

With a new month upon us, that means it is time to look back and see what was happening in the community exactly 100 years ago this...

Early in the history of most communities, electricity did not come from the government but by the residents and the community itself....

Back in July 1918, Vermilion was a booming place and while it had many new businesses and new residents arriving almost on a daily basis,...

In June 1952, Vermilion decided to host a boxing tournament and it proved to be one of the most popular events of the year. The boxing...

Once a month, I like to delve into what was happening in a community one century ago. Since we are now in July, it is time to see what...

While the Second World War was raging in June 1941, Vermilion was getting ready to celebrate as a gas line was coming towards the...

At the end of June 1913, the Vermilion School of Agriculture was ready to open its doors to the students ready to start attending in...

In 1909, Vermilion was only a few years old but the number of people moving there increased every year. Many people wanted to take...

We are in a new month, and that means it is time to find out what was going on in the area one hundred years ago. It was a very different...

Back in 1949, Vermilion was coming out of the Second World War as a prosperous community. The economy was booming, and things were going...

During the First World War, there was a shortage of men available to work the fields. Thousands of men across the country were in Europe...

It is that time again, to go back 100 years and see what was happening in Vermilion this month. Once again, there was plenty going on...

Back in 1907, there was a bit of anger in Vermilion over names and it all came down to too many places using Vermilion as part of their...

The largest class in the history of the Vermilion School of Agriculture, to that point, graduated in the spring of 1932. It was a major...

It is that time again, when I journey back once a month to 100 years ago to find out what was going on in Vermilion in 1924. Let’s strap...

In 1907, the Kenora Thistles won the Stanley Cup by defeating the Montreal Wanderers. They held the Stanley Cup for two months before...