For the bulk of their marriage, Andrew and Mary Kosowan had got on well together. By 1934, the Ukrainian couple had lived in the Strong Pine district of Saskatchewan, about 35 miles northeast of Prince Albert, for eight years, but had been in Canada for much longer, over 30 years. They had ten children, sixContinue reading “The Beating of Andrew Kosowan”
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The Murder of Charles Bruggencote
On February 13, 1913, the body of Charles Bruggencote, an old Prince Albert Lumber Company employee, was found on a trail about three or four miles from the city. His face and head were cut and bruised, and his hair was a clot of frozen blood. He had a homestead near La Colle Falls andContinue reading “The Murder of Charles Bruggencote”
The Murder of Sarah Mulvihill
On the morning of August 22, 1918, Sarah Mulvihill (also known as Sadie Mae) decided she would walk from her family home in Prince Albert out to the homestead where her father and brother were working near Sturgeon Lake. After making a few purchases in town, she started her walk, crossing the bridge over theContinue reading “The Murder of Sarah Mulvihill”
Confession at the North Battleford Mental Hospital
On December 9, 1927, a travelling inspector of immigration arrived at the North Battleford Mental Hospital. He was there to assess an inmate, Andrew Owstroski, for deportation. Andrew had been convicted of vagrancy a few months before and deportation proceedings had been initiated. He was two months into his sentence when he, to quote multipleContinue reading “Confession at the North Battleford Mental Hospital”
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