Cabrea, the Dunrea town mascot with an interesting history

Cabrea, the Dunrea town mascot with an interesting history

by Gayle Johnson Cabrea, the Dunrea town mascot, has a rather interesting history that not many people know. When a man named Dollard Mailhot and his family moved to Dunrea, he was wowed by the number of geese that flew over the town in the spring and the fall....
Descendant of Belmont founder visits family former homestead

Descendant of Belmont founder visits family former homestead

by Lawrence Lannoo Late in the 19th century John O. Bell and his family arrived on the Manitoba prairie from Cape Breton. Bell, who had originally emigrated to Canada from Scotland, was looking for a piece of land on which he could establish a homestead. The area he...