If anything that I had in my upbringing that helped me keep my sanity probably would have been me having dogs. I’ve always had dogs. – Robert McDonald

A man went out with a shovel. And he started banging this bear with a shovel. – Dwight Allen

…there was this guy with the engineer’s camp. It was my mother’s brother, whom we didn’t know because he lived in Winnipeg. He had managed to bring a train up here and came to visit Mom. And there was this guy. Nothing bad, but we were a bit sassy to him. So we kept a low profile hoping we wouldn’t get a spanking. – Lynda Allen

…I’m in the hospital. I’m going into surgery and the doctor comes in and says, Who are all those people in the lobby?” And it was then I realized. I said, “Oh, well. That’s the Flin Flon Bombers.” They all came and waited until I had my baby before they went home to sleep off the road trip.” – Colleen McKee

…when the stores put out their merchandise, that cardboard went out the back, we would collect boxes and we took them to the grocery stores for 3 cents. – Lynda Allen