Dear Mum, Dad, Sis and Jack the Commando, Guess you folks will be thinking I forgot all about you….the reason is I just can’t get
Members of the 1st Canadian Division line up prior to drill on the Salisbury Plain, England. PHOTO: LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA107236
Dear Mom, Dad, Sis and Jack the Commando, Have a few minutes to myself and so am going to make the most of it, but
The Minister of Militia and Defence, Colonel Sam Hughes (right) at Valcartier, Que. PHOTO: HORACE BROWN, LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA107281
At some point in life everyone experiences acute pain from broken bones, wrenched joints, burns, sports injuries, childbirth, illness or medical procedures. About 20 per cent of Canadians also live with chronic pain, and that percentage climbs as we age. Statistics Canada has reported that 27 per cent of seniors living on their own and 38 per cent of those in health institutions live with chronic pain.
Soldiers move toward the front line, October 1917. PHOTO: LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA001994
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