Every year, in every corner of Canada, a huge collection of teachers, youth and Legionnaires come together to create art in the name of remembrance, giving life to the Legion’s annual poster and literary contests.
It was constructed piece by piece, over time, as the number of the fallen increased; each plaque a solid reminder of what happened, the soldiers’ own memorial to their lost comrades.
It was a bright and sunny afternoon on May 7, when Chief of Defence Staff General Tom Lawson rounded the corner onto Aird Place in Kanata, following just behind the last Canadian flag to fly in Afghanistan as the Soldier On Afghanistan relay team arrived at Dominion Command’s Legion House.
Canada’s history is alive. All across the country—in living room corners, in the attic and spare bedrooms—there are artifacts from this country’s long and sometimes
Dominion representative Paul Poirier leads Manitoba-Northwestern Ontario Command Past President Rick Bennett (second from right) and other guests towards the stage. [PHOTO: ADAM DAY]
It was an epic battle–and an epically good time–this year at the 58th Dominion Command Curling Championship, hosted March 15-19 by Dauphin Branch in Manitoba.
Late winter in Ottawa can mean only one thing—the annual gathering of global defence and security movers and shakers at the Conference of Defence Associations. Held Feb. 20-21 at the Chateau Laurier Hotel, the conference focused on the emerging defence issues of austerity, cyber-security and, in general, the question: what comes next?
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