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Lethbridge, Alberta
Lethbridge, Alberta
Camp Opened: September 30, 1914
Camp Closed: November 07, 1916
Exhibition Park; 3401 Parkside Dr. S., Lethbridge, Alberta
1914/08/15
Quebec Le Soleil
Tout reserviste ennemi sera arrete
1914/08/18
Calgary Herald
Attempt to Blow Up Trestle Bridge is Just Averted
1914/08/25
Calgary Herald
Alleged Dynamiter is Remanded
1914/08/25
Calgary Herald
Court Waits and Prisoner is Dead
1914/09/04
Redcliff Review
Seventy Prisoner held at Lethbridge
1914/09/04
Redcliff Review
Seventy Prisoner held at Lethbridge
1914/09/17
Bassano Mail
Prisoners of War at Lethbridge
1914/09/17
Bassano Mail
Prisoners of War at Lethbridge
1914/10/22
Winnipeg Tribune
603 Reservists Safe in Jail
1914/11/13
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Greek Recruit’s Joke on a Turk
1914/11/18
Toronto Daily News
Von Kluck’s Nephew Interned in West
1914/11/18
Brandon Daily Sun
War Delays Claim
1914/11/25
Brandon Daily Sun
Turks Arrested at Kingsgate, BC
1914/11/25
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Turks Tried to Skip, Arrested
1914/11/30
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Arthur Hayr a Candidate
1914/12/09
Red Deer News
Germans Talk too Freely and get a Warning
1914/12/09
Red Deer News
Germans Talk too Freely and get a Warning
1914/12/10
Edmonton Bulletin
R. Maida and N. Lanowski Interned
1914/12/10
Edmonton Bulletin
R. Maida and N. Lanowski Interned
1914/12/15
Edmonton Journal
Short Talks With Western Editors
1915/01/16
Edmonton Bulletin
Over 1000 Aliens Register
1915/01/16
Edmonton Bulletin
Over 1000 Aliens Register
1915/02/02
Lethbridge Daily Herald
How Lethbridge Nestled Kaiser’s Vipers to her Chest
1915/02/08
Edmonton Bulletin
Aliens Registering
1915/02/08
Edmonton Bulletin
Aliens Registering
1915/02/16
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Fight for Release of German Miner
1915/02/22
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Detained Germans Escape; Caught at Magath After Exciting Chas
1915/02/22
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Miners Cut Fight Fund
1915/02/22
Manitoba Free Press
Organization of Miners Discussed
1915/03/03
Edmonton Bulletin
Two Germans Escape
1915/03/03
Edmonton Bulletin
Two Germans Escape
1915/03/06
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Full-Fledged German Count Sojourns Here
1915/03/13
Lethbridge Daily Herald
General Otter was Pleased with Fine Showing of Battery
1915/03/25
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Up Guards and at ‘Em
1915/03/31
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Supt. Pennyfather Coming Tomorrow
1915/04/02
Montreal Gazette
Canada’s War Prisoners
1915/04/02
Manitoba Free Press
General Hughes Suspend Hurdman
1915/04/03
Lethbridge Daily Herald
New Superintendent of K Detachment is on Job; Joined Force in Eighties
1915/04/05
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Anybody Here from Lethbridge
1915/04/08
Gleichen Call
Sergeant Irvine Looks after Aliens
1915/04/08
Gleichen Call
Sergeant Irvine Looks after Aliens
1915/04/09
Bellevue Times
Lethbridge Germans Fighting Canadians
1915/04/09
Bellevue Times
Lethbridge Germans Fighting Canadians
1915/05/14
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Local German has Too Much Kultur; Jailed
1915/05/22
Edmonton Bulletin
Sent Box of Effects to German Captain
1915/05/22
Edmonton Bulletin
Sent Box of Effects to German Captain
1915/05/31
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Ask Internment of Aliens in Alberta crop
1915/06/01
Winnipeg Tribune
Police Nip Plot to Aid Austrians
1915/06/03
Edmonton Journal
Three Lethbridge Chauffeurs Are Treason Suspects
1915/06/09
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Are Proved to be Austrians
1915/06/10
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Capture 2 Austrian Reservists
1915/06/10
Edmonton Bulletin
Will move Aliens
1915/06/10
Edmonton Bulletin
Will move Aliens
1915/06/11
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Denies Report that Internes Will be Taken from City
1915/06/11
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Fernie Internes to be Sent Here
1915/06/12
Banff Crag and Canyon
Alien Enemies Coming Here
1915/06/12
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Walks from Fort George; Asks to be Interned Here
1915/06/14
Montreal Gazette
Alberta’s Alien Enemies
1915/06/14
Winnipeg Tribune
Double Guard for Aliens
1915/06/16
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Hillcrest Miners Demand Internment of Alien Employees
1915/06/17
Lethbridge Daily Herald
300 Internes to be Brought Here
1915/06/17
Vernon News
To Intern Aliens in the Crow’s Nest
1915/06/18
Bellevue Times
Hillcrest Miners Demand Internment of Aliens
1915/06/18
Bellevue Times
Hillcrest Miners Demand Internment of Aliens
1915/06/19
Banff Crag and Canyon
Austrians Taken to Calgary
1915/06/19
Banff Crag and Canyon
Internment Camp Formed
1915/06/22
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Miners Reach an Agreement at Hillcrest
1915/06/24
Claresholm Review-Advertiser
Internes to Work
1915/06/24
Claresholm Review-Advertiser
Internes to Work
1915/07/19
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Local Internment Camp Being Rapidly Depleted
1915/07/19
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Take 120 Internes from Camp Here
1915/07/28
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Internment Camp Will Stay Here
1915/07/29
Manitoba Free Press
The Only Wet City
1915/07/30
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Police Looking for Other Fellow with Dynamite
1915/08/11
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Otter Comes West
1915/08/12
Bassano Mail
Is Now Interned
1915/08/12
Bassano Mail
Is Now Interned
1915/08/27
Manitoba Free Press
Interned German Escapes
1915/08/28
Edmonton Bulletin
German Interne Escapes
1915/08/28
Edmonton Bulletin
German Interne Escapes
1915/08/28
Kitchener Daily British Whig
German Interne Escapes
1915/08/28
Winnipeg Tribune
Pursued Escaped Alien
1915/10/22
Vancouver World
Guilty of Sedition
1915/12/24
Edmonton Bulletin
New Battalions are Inspected by Gen. Cruikshank
1916/04/05
Montreal Gazette
Detention Camp Aid for Farmers
1916/04/07
Edmonton Journal
Soldiers Object to Foreigners at High River
1916/04/10
Montreal Gazette
Discuss Details of Camp Aid Scheme
1916/04/29
Sault Star
German Prisoners at Calgary Escape
1916/04/29
Edmonton Journal
Six Prisoners Have Escaped from Lethbridge
1916/05/01
Brandon Daily Sun
Aliens Tunnel and Escape from Lethbridge Camp
1916/05/01
Edmonton Bulletin
Escaped Aliens not Captured
1916/05/01
Edmonton Bulletin
Escaped Aliens not Captured
1916/05/01
Edmonton Journal
Escaped Germans Still at Large Near Lethbridge
1916/05/01
Toronto Globe
German Prisoners Escape
1916/05/01
Toronto Daily Star
Interned Germans Escape
1916/05/04
Redcliff Review
Interned Germans Escape from Camp
1916/05/04
Redcliff Review
Interned Germans Escape from Camp
1916/05/05
Edmonton Bulletin
Another Tunnel Found at Lethbridge
1916/05/05
Edmonton Bulletin
Another Tunnel Found at Lethbridge
1916/05/05
Edmonton Bulletin
Thirty Tons of Earth Removed for Tunnel
1916/05/05
Edmonton Bulletin
Thirty Tons of Earth Removed for Tunnel
1916/05/06
Blairmore Enterprise
Since the Escape of Theodore Olsen
1916/05/06
Blairmore Enterprise
Since the Escape of Theodore Olsen
1916/05/08
Brandon Daily Sun
Aliens Worked Hard to Get Free
1916/05/11
Chinook Advance
One Reason Why Letters are Censored
1916/05/11
Chinook Advance
One Reason Why Letters are Censored
1916/05/29
Winnipeg Tribune
To Free 1000 Interned Aliens for Mine Work
1916/05/30
Edmonton Bulletin
Thousand Aliens to be Released
1916/05/30
Edmonton Bulletin
Thousand Aliens to be Released
1916/06/10
Montreal Gazette
Major W. Date goes West
1916/06/10
Winnipeg Tribune
Transfer Maj. Date to Alberta Camp
1916/06/16
Winnipeg Tribune
2 German Prisoners Flee Alberta Detention Camp
1916/06/17
Edmonton Bulletin
Two Escape from Detention Camp
1916/06/17
Edmonton Bulletin
Two Escape from Detention Camp
1916/06/21
Toronto Globe
Over Internment Camp
1916/06/30
Edmonton Bulletin
Violated a Parole
1916/06/30
Edmonton Bulletin
Violated a Parole
1916/08/02
Edmonton Bulletin
Tame Life on Homestead didn’t Appeal to these Boys so They Set Out to See Life
1916/08/17
Chinook Advance
Hun Worms Escape Lethbridge Camp
1916/08/17
Chinook Advance
Hun Worms Escape Lethbridge Camp
1916/09/22
Bellevue Times
Two Prisoners Escape at Lethbridge
1916/09/22
Bellevue Times
Two Prisoners Escape at Lethbridge
1916/09/26
Winnipeg Tribune
Two Germans Escape Lethbridge
1916/09/27
Edmonton Bulletin
Interns Escape from Lethbridge
1916/09/27
Edmonton Bulletin
Interns Escape from Lethbridge
1916/10/20
Montreal Gazette
Will Close Two Camps
1916/10/27
Blairmore Enterprise
Lethbridge and Banff to Lose Camps
1916/10/27
Blairmore Enterprise
Lethbridge and Banff to Lose Camps
1917/03/29
Empress Express
Carl Dosch sent to Banff
1917/03/29
Empress Express
Carl Dosch sent to Banff
1917/03/29
Empress Express
Henry Dosch Arrested
1917/03/29
Empress Express
Henry Dosch Arrested
1917/05/17
Ottawa Journal
Inoffensive Aliens to Vote
1917/05/18
Montreal Gazette
Alien Subjects in Alberta to Vote
1917/08/17
Manitoba Free Press
Report Trouble
1917/09/19
Toronto Globe
Spirit of the Press – But Does He?
1918/02/04
Manitoba Free Press
Alberta Miners Walk Out Today
1918/02/05
Vancouver World
Officers Keep Mob from Mine
1918/02/15
Manitoba Free Press
No Settlement Yet
1918/04/09
Vancouver World
Alien Enemy Causes Strike
1918/04/10
Toronto Globe
Miners Struck When Alien Was Dismissed
1918/04/11
Redcliff Review
A Disgrace
1918/04/11
Redcliff Review
A Disgrace
1918/04/11
Redcliff Review
Lethbridge Miners Strike
1918/04/11
Redcliff Review
Lethbridge Miners Strike
1918/04/12
Sault Star
Alien Enemy Ties Up Mines
1918/05/21
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Senator De Veber Speaks on Aliens and Elections
1918/06/05
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Idlers
1918/06/06
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Alien Neglected to Report
1918/06/12
Red Deer News
Our Interned Aliens
1918/06/12
Red Deer News
Our Interned Aliens
1918/06/25
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Two of MacLeod’s Soldiers Return
1918/06/27
Lethbridge Daily Herald
German Language in the Schools
1918/06/27
Lethbridge Daily Herald
No Choice for this Austrian; is Interned
1918/07/08
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Father and Son Fined for Failing to Report
1918/07/16
Lethbridge Daily Herald
A Deserter
1918/08/02
Edmonton Bulletin
German Interned at Lethbridge
1918/08/02
Edmonton Bulletin
German Interned at Lethbridge
1918/08/21
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Alien Fined
1918/08/26
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Elevator Employees May Strike Again
1918/08/27
Lethbridge Daily Herald
A Correction
1918/08/29
Manitoba Free Press
Labor Control Would Greatly Increase Fuel
1919/02/01
Manitoba Free Press
Veterans Will Enforce Demands in Lawful Way
1919/02/22
Edmonton Bulletin
Miners want the RNWMP Officers Fired
1919/02/22
Edmonton Bulletin
Miners want the RNWMP Officers Fired
1919/04/23
Vancouver World
Would Intern Mennonites
1919/09/04
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Russian Miner in Hillcrest Mines had Dreams of Soviet Government for Dominion
1919/09/09
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Criminal Session to Open Here Tuesday, Sept. 16
1919/09/17
Lethbridge Daily Herald
On Trial for Aiding Enemy Alien to Escape
1919/09/18
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Magrath Men are Fined for Helping Aliens to Escape
1919/09/25
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Alien Enemy Fined
1919/10/09
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Alien Fined
1919/11/05
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Alien Failed to Register; is Fined
1919/11/07
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Alien Enemy Fined
1919/11/15
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Alien Didn’t Report; Will be Deported
1919/11/20
Empress Express
Alien Jailed
1919/11/20
Empress Express
Alien Jailed
1919/11/24
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Local Member Deals with Bonus Issue at Veterans’ Meeting
1919/12/30
Lethbridge Daily Herald
Alien Enemy Failed to Report
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