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CFS Dana

by Tanya Boudreau

CFS Dana is about a military base in Saskatchewan, Canada. We'll be talking to the people who lived and worked there when it was open, and to the people who've gone back since it closed.

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Episodes

  1. Gordon Welch

    Gordon shares his memories of living in Dana. Talking starts at about 30 seconds.

  2. Filming a Movie in CFS Dana

    We talk to Ben and how he came to know about Dana.

  3. 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.

  4. Alice Kowpak

    Alice shares her memories of CFS Dana.

  5. Kevin Olive

    Kevin shares his memories of CFS Dana.

  6. Colleen and Larry Bluetchen

    Colleen and Larry share their memories of Dana.

  7. Pete Pulvermacher

    Pete shares his memories of the base.

  8. Brett Whyte

    Brett shares his memories of living on the base.

  9. Bill Seymour

    Bill shares his memories of living on the base.

  10. Benjamin Flood

    Benjamin shares his memories with living on the base.

  11. Paul Danis

    Paul shares his memories of working on the base

  12. 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.

  13. Mona Flood and Terry Flood

    Mona, and her husband Terry, share their memories of living and working on the base.

  14. Barbara Marier-Smith

    Barbara shares her memories of living on the base.

  15. 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.

  16. Lynne Melnick

    Lynne shares her memories of living on the base.

  17. 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

  18. Diane Halabura (Schitka)

    Diane Halabura (Schitka) shares her memories of the base.

  19. Brian Sampson

    Brian shares his memories of living and working on the base.

  20. Gord Young

    Gord Young shares a memory about Dana.

  21. Bill Dawes

    Bill shares his memories of working and living on the base

  22. Ralph Melnick

    Ralph shares his memories of living and working on the base.

  23. Gertrude MacDonald

    Gertrude shares her memories of Dana.

  24. 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.

  25. Dave Brown

    Dave shares his memories of working and living on the base

  26. 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.

  27. David Leuschen

    David talks about his association with CFS Dana and the town of Bruno.

  28. Margaret Yanicki and Susanna Gray

    Margaret Yanicki and Susanna Gray share their memories of living on the base.

  29. Jim Brown

    Jim shares his memories of living on the base.

  30. 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.

  31. Alan Nichols

    Alan shares his memories of living and working on the base.

  32. Chuck Arntsen

    Chuck shares his memories of living and working on the base.

  33. Laura Wattie

    Laura shares her memories of living on the base.

  34. 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...

  35. Scott MacLeod, PGA

    Scott shares his memories of living on the base.

  36. Russel Leonard

    Russel shares his memories of working on the base.

  37. 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.

  38. Anthony Bidulka

    Anthony shares his memories of going to school on the base.

  39. Pierre Parent

    Pierre shares with us his memories of living and working on the base.

  40. Angela Williams Ivancic

    Angela shares her memories of when she lived on the base.

  41. Ginny Parent

    Ginny talks about the years she lived on the CFS Dana radar base.

  42. Jerry Welch

    Jerry shares his memories of CFS Dana.

  43. Gale Rustulka MacAulay

    Gale Rustulka MacAulay shares her memories of living on the Dana radar base.

  44. Robert Williams (usually referred to as Bob in Dana days)

    Robert shares his memories of living and working on the base in CFS Dana.

  45. Erin (part 3)

    Erin shares her memories of Dana.

  46. Francois Philipe Cayer

    Francois talks about his memories of living and working in Dana.

  47. Dan Davis

    Dan Davis shares his memories of Dana.

  48. Doug Griller

    Doug shares stories about his association with the radar base Dana.

  49. Emery Wolfe

    Emery Wolfe talks about the time he was in Dana

  50. Katherine Pigott Brisbin

    Katherine shares her memories of living in Dana.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

CFS Dana is about a military base in Saskatchewan, Canada. We'll be talking to the people who lived and worked there when it was open, and to the people who've gone back since it closed.

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Tanya Boudreau

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CFS Dana is about a military base in Saskatchewan, Canada. We'll be talking to the people who lived and worked there when it was open, and to the people who've gone back since it closed.

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