Saskatchewan war brides recently celebrated their annual reunion by voting to form a national organization, The Canadian War Brides and Families. A new executive has members from B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario. The membership fee is $10.
Jean Fells (left), Saskatchewan Lieutenant Governor Gordon Barnhardt and Joan Reichardt, of Nelson, B.C., at the war brides reunion.
More than 40,000 women, and with them more than 20,000 children, were transported to Canada after the Second World War to rejoin their husbands.
Those interested in joining can contact the president Jean Fells at jean.fells@shaw.ca or by telephone at 1-306-978-1370.
The Canadian War Brides website has a list of provincial war brides associations.
