Earlier this month, Ed and Ellen Plunkie received the Alberta Century Farm and Ranch Award — a distinction for families who have continuously owned and farmed the same land for at least 100 years. "It is quite an honour, since there aren't many awards in the [farming] life, other than what you make for yourselves," Ellen told CBC News on Friday. The brothers arrived in Montreal, but like many immigrants, were told to head west to the prairies, where land was cheap. Ed, one of nine children, was born on the farm in the cold morning of December 22, 1935. When Ed was a teenager, his father started passing out in the yard and was eventually diagnosed with diabetes.

Source: CBC News April 17, 2021 14:26 UTC