Living Legacy

Reginald Alwyn Pinniger was born April 6, 1930 to Alfred and Blanche in New Westminster, B.C. “As the youngest of six my pet peeve was hand-me-downs because I had four sisters,” says Reg, kidding. Growing up, Reg’s dad was his main influence – and that was a good thing. A member of the United Church,…

It was in July 13, 1980 when farm worker Pritam Kaur Hayre was fired from her job picking fruits and vegetables at Sabaloy’s Farm in retaliation for her participation in a march and rally in Clearbrook the day before. According to a history of the farm workers movement in the Fraser Valley of the 1970s…

George Draskoy is the quintessential Renaissance man. A retired forestry engineer, today Draskoy is a reiki master, passionate about photography, restores vintage photographs using a computer, has a brown belt in karate, designs websites and is an accomplished dragon boat racer. Draskoy will compete in his 200th dragon boat race later this June — a…

Born Oct. 20, 1927 in Port of Spain, Trinidad, Valerie Legge nee Rousseau was the youngest of 12 children of Creole descent. “We were Catholic with no TV,” Val liked to say, laughing. Her family was of modest means, but all nine girls were beautiful — and Val was the prettiest. She was very popular and…