This is the earliest of the letters in the collection. It finds Clifford Bowes arriving at Camp Sewell, east of Brandon, Man., for basic training.
10/29/1899 The first contingent of volunteers troops departs Quebec for the “splendid little war” in South Africa. 10/29/1942 Canadian merchant ship Bic Island is torpedoed
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There’s been good news on the research front lately for people with age-related health conditions.
A new treatment now being tested opens the option of angioplasty, rather than bypass surgery, for some heart patients.
In angioplasty, a guide wire is threaded through a blood vessel narrowed by deposits of plaque, a stent is inserted to reopen the artery and restore blood flow. However, patients with completely blocked arteries couldn’t have the procedure because the guide wire was unable to penetrate the blockage. About 20 per cent of patients who have angiograms have these impenetrable blockages, called chronic total occlusions.
by Tom MacGregor “This is the saddest letter I will ever have to write,” so begins a letter by 25-year-old Clifford Bowes written near Vimy
A commemoration and unveiling of a new memorial to those who served during the Second World War in the RCAF’s 431 (Iroquois) Squadron is being
For the second year in a row, dozens of bed and breakfast establishments across the country are offering free accommodations on Remembrance Day to
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