Craig Baird
Sub Threat Meant More Oil Wells In Vermilion
With submarines becoming a threat to Pacific oil shipping in 1942, the Canadian National Railways were looking for a new place to get...
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Craig Baird
Oct 102 min read
Vermilion In October 1924
As with the first column of each month, it is time to dive back 100 years exactly to see what was going on in the community in October of...
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Craig Baird
Oct 32 min read
Half A Century Of Service
On Sept. 21, 1955, a business in Vermilion celebrated five decades of service to the community. It was Long’s Drug Store, which had...
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Craig Baird
Sep 252 min read
Helping On The Home Front In Vermilion
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...
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Craig Baird
Sep 182 min read
The Blacksmith Brother Robbers
In Vermilion in September 1932, everyone was talking about the two brothers who were caught robbing residences in the community. The...
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Craig Baird
Aug 292 min read
An Unpleasant Surprise In Vermilion
On Aug. 5, 1940, farmers in the Vermilion area woke up to a beautiful summer morning. Then, everything turned sour when they looked...
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Craig Baird
Jul 182 min read
The Largest Swine Club In Alberta
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,...
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Craig Baird
Jul 152 min read
A Large Crowd For Boxing
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...
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Craig Baird
Jun 102 min read
Looking At June In 1924
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...
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Craig Baird
Mar 132 min read
A Mail Robbery And Louis Riel
Louis Riel is one of the most famous Canadians in our history. The leader of the Metis people, he fought to preserve the land and rights...
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Craig Baird
Jun 3, 20212 min read
The Floods Of Vermilion
Floods are highly destructive events that can wipe away entire sections of a community, and over the years many communities have done...
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