Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia.
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... I was married in nineteen-forty-one. October the eleventh, nineteen-forty-one. And we went right down to Barrie because he had just got his pilot license out west. And he came, proposed to me on the seventh step of the- on the seventh day, which was his birthday in May. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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Easiest way is to go south and then go do the (inc) Toronto- do Toronto, Quebec, and then go out to Labrador, Newfoundland. And then kind-of tour all the way back up and try going up, out west. Ah I've never seen or I have seen the Rockies but I've never been there. So I haven't been to that part where Vancouver is. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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... anyway, they lived in North-Cobalt and he got his cattle ah- or horses it was he got from out west and they come in a box cars and we lived right by the- w-- one side of the railroad track and the station's on the other side of it. ... (inc) go over there and- and ah watch them unload the horses and- and we played horse (laughs) |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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A lot of them went to work for the phone company Northern-Telephone, they were hiring then, stuff-like-that. A lot of guys- at that time there was this big movement out- to- to go out west. ... To the oil fields of Alberta and a lot of went a-- and a lot of them are still out there. Left in high-school and never came back and they're still there. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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Interviewer: That's crazy. I can't believe you can do that. Can you go s-- you can go to school for that kind-of thing? Speaker: Yeah there's like- like computer graphics in like Montreal. There's some here. Some like out west in like British-Columbia. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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Like his father used to own it and they he sold it to an American company, but he still has an interest in it or works for them or-something. Then ah, Andy used to go um, out west and work you-know? And Carlota went out one year too or maybe two years and um, like if they go out west they make a lot of money and there a lot of perks you-know, they got all their room and for meals and-everything free, you-see? |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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He was about thirty-eight years old then. Before that he was out west. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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Interviewer: And where were you born? Speaker: Ah, I was born out west ah in ah a little place called Veteran in Al-- Alberta. ... It's on the border- almost on the border of Saskatchewan. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
Interviewer: Did you have any brothers and sisters? Speaker: Yes, I had one sister. She was born before I was out west. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
That ah she ah- they had a school there and um- so ah- and then she um- she didn't teach out west because ah ah she got pregnant before too long. ... And ah ah they wouldn't let pregnant women teach- |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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But ah you were talking about Facebooking, I think- I think there's probably some good aspects to it too, I'm not going to deny that. You-know a lot of people will learn more about what's happening all around them- ah down south, out west and- and we'll become more of a- one society. ... So I think it'll start to level, so you won't have as many differences between the south and the north and-that. It'll- It'll become more equal and people will understand each other ... |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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And ah, some cousins have moved out west but there's still a few in town so we're all still really close. Yup. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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Then she went to Sudbury, took some courses there. Graduated from the R-P-N program there, I think. And then came back and finished her R-N school here. And then ah she moved out west for a job in nineteen-eighty and then I think married my dad then. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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No, not vacations, I have gone skiing. Um I'm alright at it, not the best. ... And like I can do black-diamonds here but out west, I'm- ... Like at Rouyn-Noranda. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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The-Family-Herald, it was a magazine that come in the mailbox from out west it seemed, somewheres. ... But it had everything in it. It had ah, recipes and quilting and news and all-kinds-of-things. And we used to get that all the time. That was the one paper I always l-- looked forward to. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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Well I was- ah I remember that we were one day we were looking for a stray- stray steer in the prairie. The farmer said we- we have one out west. The farmers have cattle on the big range. All (inc) farmers have cattle there. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
The special horse I remember was- I out in (inc) in nineteen-forty-eight. Ah in those days, people went on a harvest or- the eastern farmers were hired to go out west to help the western farmers. ... With the harvest. I was out- I was sixteen years old when I was out there. ... I was supposed to be eighteen. I kept telling a bit of lies here and there. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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Speaker 24: The farm was- that's her there, on the next page. ... When she was older. So she got her brother's farm out west. I guess she sold it because she- ... Lived here. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
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My father used to go to a sale and buy a woodlot. And I remember one time he bought a- a lot and- and ah, my older brother, when he came home- my oldest brother w-- went out west when they- they had that sign, "Go west, young man, go west." ... And the- the newspapers used to say, "Go west, young man, go west." |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
Speaker: Bo's family are all- Interviewer: Some of them are out west. Speaker: All out west. Mm-hm. |
Originally: in or to the territory to the west of the early American settlements; (in later use) in or to the distant West of the United States. Also in extended use: in or to the western parts of Canada or Australia. |
