Pearl Lorentzen Lakeside Leader Northern Lakes College started out as a Community Vocational Centre, which provided adult education in various communities. In Kinuso, Lorentz Lorentzen was the teacher for 13 years. In a cutline in a 1974 Northland Free Press…

When you’re born in 1914, one sees a lot of changes in a lifetime.Even when he came out west, Gerard Mercier’s original plan was to settle his roots down in the Vancouver area, where he could live by the ocean.…

Pearl Lorentzen Lakeside Leader From 1931 to 2021, a lot has changed, but where there’s snow there is sledding.  “We used to go sliding down the hill in the winter,” says Stevy Johnson (90). “And I loved high heeled shoes,…

Pearl Lorentzen Lakeside Leader When someone has lived a hundred years, a lot changes.  For 100-year-old, Alexandra ‘Senny’ Fedorus, the economy is the biggest one.  “When I worked for $10 a month, it was good wages,” she says. “And now…