Library and Archives Canada

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    Historical record corrected after nearly 70 years

    August 10, 2012 by Sharon Adams
      Mary Greyeyes and First World War veteran Harry Ball. PHOTO: LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA PA-129070 It’s an iconic photo: a young native woman being blessed by a chief in full headdress. A set-up.  Like the famous Times Square kiss.  Though touted at the time...
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    Library Partnership Expands Program

    January 30, 2011 by Tom MacGregor
    The popular Lest We Forget program operated by Library and Archives Canada (LAC) has been given new life with a partnership announced Nov. 8 with the Canadian Urban Libraries Council and the Canadian War Museum. Under the program, students have been able to come to...
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    Lest We Forget Project Brings Names To Life

    July 12, 2010 by Dan Black
    His name was Alfred Guibault, and he lived near the Ottawa River in Aylmer, Que. He was a private, and he died horribly during the fighting for Regina Trench in 1916. Ninety-two years after the First World War the circumstances of his service and the...
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    Remembering The Fallen At Plaster Rock

    May 30, 2010 by Dan Black
    It’s Tuesday morning, 8:25 a.m. to be exact, and seven-year-old Grace Ashworth is standing in the secretary’s office at Donald Fraser Memorial School in Plaster Rock, N.B. O Canada has just been sung throughout the school and so everyone is standing. Glancing down at a...