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July 26, 2023

Forcing the hand of peace

Sixty-three years ago, on July 30, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, in an attempt to save face, had an announcement to make. He declared that Canada

The bombers and the nightingales

  One of the most stirring audio recordings of the Second World War didn’t involve the crack of gunfire, the thunder of explosions, the excitement

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