This Week in History – 1943

Training in Grande Prairie. The building in the background is the Courthouse which was standing where the Centre for Creative Arts now sits on the corner of 99 St. and 101 Ave.
Training in Grande Prairie. The large building in the background is the Courthouse which was standing where the Centre for Creative Arts now sits on the corner of 99 St. and 101 Ave.

The April 8, 1943 issue of the Herald Tribune seemed to have an unusually large number of articles and ads to do with the war effort. The four items I have chosen are a glimpse of how daily life, even in remote northern Alberta, was affected by war.

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