Canadian Museum for Human Rights , and EPA Memories

     Blog # 1654 --- Day 1233 ( That's One Thousand Two Hundred and Thirty Three Days ) Since the Start of the Current ( Second ) Russian Invasion of UKRAINE .        

                                                                

                                                                     GLORY TO UKRAINE 

Hi guys and gals. As I write this the Calgary Stampede is underway in nearby Calgary. With just two days to go, attendance has passed the one million mark so far . So let's hear a big cowboy holler  "  YAHOO ! "  for The Greatest Outdoor Show On Earth. 

Moving on  --Here's a card from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, home to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.  

The purpose of the museum is to "explore the subject of human rights with a special but not exclusive reference to Canada, to enhance the public's understanding of human rights, to promote respect for others and to encourage reflection and dialogue." 

The card arrived with the 2025 Canada Post Community Foundation Stamp. A registered charity, the Canada Post Community Foundation's mission is to improve the lives of Canadian children and youth. Through its grassroots, community-based approach, the Foundation plays a key role in helping Canada Post achieve its purpose, A Stronger Canada – Delivered. Supporting initiatives that benefit children and youth helps strengthen communities for all Canadians.

This next card, an Airline / Aircraft card will be a treasured addition to my collection. It shows C-FEPO, a B737 In its EPA livery. EPA was Eastern Provincial Airways, the Atlantic Canada airline that I started my airline career with. I have many memories of C-FEPO between the years 1974 and 1987.  During those 14 years my family and I had many flights on C-FEPO. We enjoyed many breakfasts on board , flying from Newfoundland to Labrador . We also flew on it between Goose Bay and Montreal. As an airline employee of EPA I actually prepared the weight and balance load sheet for the Captain flying C-FEPO on many occasions. This plane was delivered to Eastern Provincial in August 1970. After numerous airline mergers it and I both saw service with CP Air and Canadian Airlines International. C-FEPO later flew with Braathens Safe , Viscount Air and Cambodia Airlines. Then as many airplanes do , it met its demise in the Mojave Desert in 1998.

 

This card arrived from Montreal, compliments of Jean Pierre. It arrived with a Raven stamp from the 2016 Birds of Canada set. 

That's my blog for this time. Thanks to Jean Pierre for his card. 

Take care.