The Great War Myth I recently listened to a Manitoba Member of Parliament offer his narrative on the meaning of the Great War. He affirmed that the soldiers of the lost generation went into combat to preserve the Canadian values...
November 11 With Remembrance Day approaching, we take a look back with Yosh Tashiro, at some of the images surrounding the Cenotaph and the military presence in Portage over the years. Saluting the fallen as school...
Halloween Here’s a few of Yosh’s snaps from Halloween past. The archive, albeit vast and full of treasures often lacks accompanying info. Let us know if you know anything about these “scary” photos. Now here's...
All that Jazz This past Friday night at the Ripples art show at the Glesby, saw Bob VandenBroek and Helen White deliver a wicked jazz set. Something we don't often see in Portage la Prairie. If jazz is your thing,...
Autumn/Harvest Thanksgiving. On Thursday, January 31, 1957, the Parliament proclaimed: A Day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed – to be observed on...
Elevator Fires Remember all the elevators along the tracks. A few went up in flames. Here’s a look at one of the Pool elevators going up. If you were there, let us know. We’d love to hear about what you saw that...
Grain Elevators and The OverPass Here are some shots of the a few grain elevators and the construction of the Skyline Bridge. Let us know if you recognize or remember anything you see. Skyline Bridge under construction Looking East...
Concert In The Park: Helen White The concert in the park series has been running every Thursday night since July and continues for the month of August. Great live music takes to the bandstand stage from 6-8pm. HnH cameras caught up with...
Aerial Photos – Flood 1956 Here's a great set of photos from the Tashiro Archive. They were all labelled under one title so if anyone can identify the locations, let us know. Yosh index 7394. Date April 24, 1956....
Delta Flooding 1954 / 1955 We found more flood photos from the Yosh Tashiro archive Here's a look at Delta beach in 1954 and 1955. Yosh (No index). Date Sat May 7, 1955. Title: Lake Manitoba Floods Delta. Caption: THIS IS A...