CFS Dana
By Tanya Boudreau
CFS DanaJun 16, 2021
Living in a Dana PMQ Today
Brandi is living in a Dana PMQ today! She talks about how she got it, and what it looks like. She also has some questions for the listeners out there.
Alice Kowpak
Alice shares her memories of CFS Dana.
Kevin Olive
Kevin shares his memories of CFS Dana.
Colleen and Larry Bluetchen
Pete Pulvermacher
Pete shares his memories of the base.
Brett Whyte
Brett shares his memories of living on the base.
Bill Seymour
Bill shares his memories of living on the base.
Benjamin Flood
Benjamin shares his memories with living on the base.
Paul Danis
Paul shares his memories of working on the base
Fred Armbruster, Executive Director at Canadian Civil Defence Museum Association
Fred shares with us the work he has been doing with the Canadian Civil Defence Museum Association.
Mona Flood and Terry Flood
Mona, and her husband Terry, share their memories of living and working on the base.
Barbara Marier-Smith
Barbara shares her memories of living on the base.
How did Dana (and Bruno) Get Their Names?
I found the answers in the book, What's in a Name: The Story Behind Saskatchewan Place Names (Expanded and Revised, Third Edition) by E.T. Russell.
Lynne Melnick
Lynne shares her memories of living on the base.
Patricia Brennan
Patricia Brennan shares information about the upcoming RCAF Airwomen's Reunion. For more information about the event, check the RCAF Airwomen website: https://www.rcafairwomen.ca/R15_Information.php
Diane Halabura (Schitka)
Diane Halabura (Schitka) shares her memories of the base.
Brian Sampson
Brian shares his memories of living and working on the base.
Gord Young
Gord Young shares a memory about Dana.
Bill Dawes
Bill shares his memories of working and living on the base
Ralph Melnick
Ralph shares his memories of living and working on the base.
Gertrude MacDonald
Gertrude shares her memories of Dana.
Art Turnbull
Art shares his memories about working on various radar bases in Canada, and how they relate to the stories and memories from CFS Dana.
Dave Brown
Dave shares his memories of working and living on the base
Sarah Peters
Sarah talks about her memories of being in the military, the different bases she lived on along the Pinetree Line, and names of people who used to live in Dana who she is hoping to re-connect with.
David Leuschen
David talks about his association with CFS Dana and the town of Bruno.
Margaret Yanicki and Susanna Gray
Margaret Yanicki and Susanna Gray share their memories of living on the base.
Jim Brown
Jim shares his memories of living on the base.
Paul Ozorak
Author Paul Ozorak talks about his Canadian military history books, including: Abandoned Military Installations of Canada Volume 4: Western and Northern, in which he writes about many bases including CFS Dana.
Alan Nichols
Alan shares his memories of living and working on the base.
Chuck Arntsen
Chuck shares his memories of living and working on the base.
Laura Wattie
Laura shares her memories of living on the base.
Bernadette Reifferscheid
Bernadette shares her memories of the base and the village of Dana.
The podcast ends with a song of which she says, "This song is one I performed on Bruno Cherry Sunday August 8, 2021 in Bruno. It is an original song based on a poem my mother wrote, ”My Days”, in memory of her parents Peter and Helen Beckman. My mother requested this poem be read at her funeral (Mom died July 10, 2020). A couple of months later I added some lines and composed some music to it. Mother wrote for 70 plus years and was published at St. Peter’s College Society magazine many times and performed her poem many times at The Society launch at St. Peter’s College as well as other community events."
Scott MacLeod, PGA
Scott shares his memories of living on the base.
Russel Leonard
Russel shares his memories of working on the base.
Diane Kirtzinger
Diane shares her memories of living in the Hamlet of Dana and curling on the base. She chats about her husband, who helped build the base, and some stories about what it was like to see the base being opened and closed.
Anthony Bidulka
Anthony shares his memories of going to school on the base.
Pierre Parent
Pierre shares with us his memories of living and working on the base.
Angela Williams Ivancic
Angela shares her memories of when she lived on the base.
Ginny Parent
Ginny talks about the years she lived on the CFS Dana radar base.
Jerry Welch
Jerry shares his memories of CFS Dana.
Gale Rustulka MacAulay
Gale Rustulka MacAulay shares her memories of living on the Dana radar base.
Robert Williams (usually referred to as Bob in Dana days)
Robert shares his memories of living and working on the base in CFS Dana.
Erin (part 3)
Erin shares her memories of Dana.
Francois Philipe Cayer
Francois talks about his memories of living and working in Dana.
Dan Davis
Dan Davis shares his memories of Dana.
Doug Griller
Doug shares stories about his association with the radar base Dana.
Emery Wolfe
Emery Wolfe talks about the time he was in Dana
Katherine Pigott Brisbin
Katherine shares her memories of living in Dana.
Rachel Andrea Powell Campbell
Rachel shares her memories of living in Dana
Wilf and Elaine Beckman
Wilf and Elaine share their memories of Dana.