Montie Montana

From Big Muddy to ‘Big Time’      Not every child that slid down a snow-covered hill in Saskatchewan’s Big Muddy Valley eventually had their photo on the front page of every major newspaper in the free world. Owen Harlan  Mickel did. Owen was the fifth child of Edgar and Mary Mickel. His parents had …

Canadian Confederation – Part 4

Settlement “Some of us will not be content in heaven if we hear of a place further West.” —Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald, 1881 The drive for prairie settlement gained momentum as unfarmed land became scarce in eastern and central Canada. Settlers looked to the huge HBC territory west of the great lakes. Industrialists …

Trailblazer – Hughie Long ~ From Homeless to Halls of Fame

By Tom Reardon   Considering Hughie Long’s traumatic childhood, he could have been a sour, bitter person. Instead, he took a path that led to three Hall of Fame inductions, and there’s a road in Cresson, Texas, named in his honour. He was born in Battleford, Saskatchewan, in 1907. His family had a farm west …

Trailblazer ~ Joachim Fromhold

By Tim Lasiuta   He was a leader whose keen interest and pride in his heritage led to a wealth of Aboriginal cultural and historical associations preserving Aboriginal history.   Joachim (Joe) Fromhold of the Asini Wachi Nehiyawak was born in Germany on Jan 15, 1947, to Mina and Willi Fromhold. His lineage has been …