Steinbach Christmas Party with the SouthEastMan Filipino Association!
It’s easy to think that Steinbach is still chock-full of Russian Mennonites…and sure, there are lots here…but it’s actually become quite diverse! The local Filipino […]
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(This Was My Saturday Morning!) MHSC: Preserving A Past
(Feature photo: Q&A for the first session, chaired by Aileen Friesen. Seated, L-R: Jenna Klassen, Conrad Stoesz, Royden Loewen.) You probably know this already; it’s […]
Mysterious Tales from Osterwick, West Reserve
When Andrew and I were hanging out in the West Reserve this past August, I really didn’t have a lot of info about villages or […]
Thoughts of Peace and Dirk Willems in Steinbach
This past Saturday, I went to the unveiling of the Dirk Willems statue at the Mennonite Heritage Village. To be honest, I hadn’t realized this […]
Who, What, and Where is “Streich”?
I’d never heard of “Streich”. Until I began frantically trying to visit every single public cairn and cemetery listed in the Historical Atlas of the […]