It was a day of high-flying fun and remembrance in Ajax, Ont., as an array of brightly coloured kites soared through the sky over Rotary Park to pay tribute to veterans who served in Afghanistan.
The Canadian Armed Forces is pressing the rewind button again, this time for the Royal Canadian Air Force. Following the trend of returning to Canada’s Commonwealth roots, RCAF unveiled new uniforms that restore the traditional colours of their forefathers.
Heritage, along with 23 other Brookfield High School students in Ottawa, swapped out his history textbooks for artifacts from the Canadian War Museum’s First World War collection as part of the official launch of a free nationwide program called Supply Line.
First-aid methods for saving wounded soldiers have evolved considerably over the centuries, from treating burns with hog’s lard during the American Revolutionary War, the use of ether and chloroform as an anaesthetic during the Crimean War, advancements in amputation during the First World War, and the establishment of fully equipped, mobile field hospitals in the Second World War.
As a bell in the Peace Tower sounded the 11th hour and two minutes of silence fell, tens of thousands of people—standing shoulder to shoulder in Canadian pride—attended the national Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa.
Tens of thousands of Canadians gathered at the National War Memorial on Nov. 11.—some arriving as early as 6 a.m. Before the ceremony began,
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