As numbers continue to grow, the Sask. Filipino community members highlight culture and language. Saskatchewan’s Filipino community has more than doubled in the past decade. In 2011 there were about 16,705 Filipino people in the province. In 2016, it jumped to 32,340! “The proclamation of June as Filipino-Canadian Month is a celebration of two cultures… Continue reading June is Filipino Canadian Heritage Month
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Claybank Brick Plant celebrates Heritage Day as funding cuts threaten future
Source: Katelyn Wilson, Global News, June 24, 2018 Tucked away in the hills of southern Saskatchewan is the Claybank Brick Plant, one of the last of its kind in North America. “Brick plants across North America have all disappeared, they’ve been demolished. Thousands of them are gone,” construction historian, Frank Korvemaker said. Built in 1912,… Continue reading Claybank Brick Plant celebrates Heritage Day as funding cuts threaten future
Why Culture and Heritage are Vital to Community
There will always be change as we move into the future – as Heraclitus, an ancient philosopher, was prone to say. At the same time, fragrance lingers, memory recalls and our DNA carries on over the centuries. This is what is popularly known as culture and heritage. There is a past part of this town… Continue reading Why Culture and Heritage are Vital to Community