Like most families, the Longpré family has issues in tracing ancestors. For the longest time we wondered if we are even part of the Longpré clan as my great-grandfather carried the name Lampron which was passed on to my grandfather. However the family name was changed to Longpré. So which family do we actually belong…
Month: October 2026
Alberta First Referendum
Alberta did not vote to join Canada. Canada created the province of Alberta. But the province wasn’t empty. Americans had moved in wanting to escape American government. If they had been asked for becoming a province of Canada, there is no answer to give. They were there and they weren’t going to leave. On July…
Is Canada Broken?
For a few years, a mantra has been “Canada is broken.” I am a Canadian and I have family from coast to coast, literally. More than that, my family has been on Canadian soil since the late 1600’s. I was born in Ottawa, and I have a French-Canadian name. A part of Canada, not just…