They were doing the slaughtering and all the meat preparation. A lot of it was based on Acadian recipes, which made it very original compared to Canada Packers or others. – Rachel Gauvin

It was a mercantile store and it was everything you wanted in there. That was nice when you’re downtown. Everybody was decorated and there you met everybody. – Roger Aube

When I was growing up, that was where a lot of the miners and people that worked in the pulp paper industry cashed their checks. – Pat Roach

There used to be Kent’s store. And this was the best place to shop. They had everything. Nails, pants, shoes, no matter what it is, that was the place. Just as good as the shopping mall, you know? – Jerry Joseph

“We had everything… There was always coffee, sort of the consistency of mud.” – Sue Foster, Winnipeg, MB