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Whitewater was a labour camp for German prisoners-of-war in Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba, Canada. Operating from 1943 to 1945, the camp was built on the northeast shore of Whitewater Lake, approximately 300 kilometres (190 mi) north-west of Winnipeg. The camp consisted of fifteen buildings and housed 440 to 450 prisoners of war. [1] [2]
A labor camp (or labour camp, see spelling differences) or work camp is a detention facility where inmates are forced to engage in penal labor as a form of punishment. Labor camps have many common aspects with slavery and with prisons (especially prison farms). Conditions at labor camps vary widely depending on the operators.
With three work camps located in British Columbia, those interned found "there was no greuling labour to be done at the Vernon Camp." [ 9 ] The Mara Lake, Monashee and Edgewood camps—all located in the Okanagan Valley—contributed to lasting infrastructure projects in the region, such as building roads linking Vernon and Kelowna to the Trans ...
Sisters Separated into Forced Labor Camps During World War II Reunite for 'Last Time' at Ages 96 and 100 (Exclusive)
Many of these internees were used for forced labour in internment camps. [7] There was a severe shortage of farm labour, so in 1916–17 nearly all of the internees were "paroled". [8] Many parolees went to the custody of local farmers. They were paid at current wage rates, usually 20 cents per hour, with fifty cents a day deducted for room and ...
Letter from Masanjia is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Leon Lee and released in 2018. [1] The film profiles the case of Sun Yi, a Chinese Falun Gong practitioner turned political prisoner who was responsible for exposing significant human rights abuses at the Masanjia Labor Camp when his letter was found by Oregon resident Julie Keith in a box of Halloween decorations, and made ...
In as little as a decade, there will be one retiree for every two workers in Canada.To address the looming labor shortage, Canada’s government announced a new goal in November to accept 1.45 ...
1949 – Controversial U.S. labour unionist Hal C. Banks comes to Canada to assist in a labour dispute between rival shipping unions. [39] The Canadian Seamen's Union was red-baited and attacked by Hal C. Banks and others, and replaced by the Seafarers' International Union. By 1950 the Canadian Merchant Navy had no more ships under its control ...