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Paige Jasmine Gilmar

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

The world’s most northerly shipwreck

In 100 metres of water off the coast of Beechey Island, Nunavut, lies a time capsule. Undisturbed and immaculately preserved by the Northwest Passage’s cold

Canada’s First Female Soldiers

“The women wanted to be taken seriously,” wrote Barbara Dundas and Dr. Serge Durflinger of the Canadian War Museum. In some ancient civilizations women have

Atomic Canada

“Canadians of all ages believe Canada had nothing to do with the American atom bomb.”

Rangers at Midnight

The song, “Rangers at Midnight,” sings: “They got to ride through blizzards when there’s trouble in the forest … If a man in a velvet

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