8 myths of Black service in the Canadian Expeditionary Force—and the actual realities they faced In the fall of 1915, Lieutenant-Colonel Walter H. Allen, the white commander
Opposition to a French developer’s plan to build condominiums at the site where Canadian troops landed on D-Day was mounting as petitions, protests and political
An RCMP constable who volunteered for overseas service recalls the infamous raid in his own words Captain Edward Hammond Stevenson commanded the Dieppe detachment of
Albert Goodwin, known as “Ginger,” due to his red hair, emigrated to Canada in 1906 and began working in a mine on Vancouver Island. The
The best part of my job without a doubt is meeting veterans. The vanishing generation of men and women who served in the Second World
PoWs bore the brunt of a shackling spat during the Second World War When Canadians hit the beaches at Dieppe in August 1942, they were ordered to prevent
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An informative primer on Canada’s crucial role in the Normandy landing, June 6, 1944.
