Internment Centenary Commemoration @ Saskatchewan Railway MuseumOct 28 @ 10:00 amInternment Centenary CommemorationThe Saskatchewan German Council has partnered with the Ukrainian Canadian Congress – Saskatchewan Provincial Council for a project to commemorate Canada’s First National Internment Operation. On Tuesday, October 28, 2014 at 11 a.m. a ceremony will take place at the Eaton Internment Camp Site (located at the Saskatchewan Railway Museum on Highway 60).During the First Wold War, some 8,579 so-called enemy aliens — nationals of countries at war with Canada — were interned as prisoners of war by the Government of Canada under the War Measures Act (1914). The immigrant settlers were sent to internment camps where they would work on public and private projects. Toward the end of the War however, the majority of internees were conditionally released to industry, the result of a growing labour shortage in the country. This led to some camps being either dismantled or consolidated and internees relocated.On October 28, 2014, the Ukrainian Canadian Congress – Saskatchewan Provincial Council and the Saskatchewan German Council will dedicate a plaque to mark the Centenary of Canada’s First National Internment Operations as well as to increase awareness of this tragic period in Canada’s history in memory of those who were so unjustly treated.