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September 8, 2023

Roll with the punches

Some people roll with the punches, while others pack them—but flying ace Clennell Haggerston (Punch) Dickins did a little bit of both. Also known as

The bulldog bearer

“The life of a stretcher-bearer during The Great War was a series of carries­—mostly of the living, often of the dying,” staff sergeant John Heeg

Jess Larochelle: A Canadian soldier

Wounded warrior Jess Larochelle, whose magnificent defence of a strongpoint in Afghanistan earned him Canada’s second-highest award for valour and spawned a campaign to upgrade

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An informative primer on Canada’s crucial role in the Normandy landing, June 6, 1944.