They served bravely in the Second World War on secret flying missions deep inside Nazi-occupied Europe. Thousands perished. Others made it home safely to Britain
The prime minister’s words, delivered in a televised address on Oct. 16, 1970, were chilling: “The governments of Canada and of Quebec have been told
Canada recently lost two beacons of moral conscience. Judy Weissenberg Cohen and Rose Lipszyc, survivors of the Holocaust, died last month in Toronto. Both were
The names spill forth from Yann Castelnot’s seemingly endless list, like a rollcall of courage. Alongside those listed are their Indigenous nations—Mi’kmaq, Mohawk (Kanyen’kehà:ka) and
General Arthur Currie was no matinee idol. Portly and jowly, he had neither the face nor the form of the dashing, broad-shouldered Hollywood stereotype. None
When Canada’s Margaret MacMillan speaks, it’s wise to listen. That’s especially true when MacMillan—a pre-eminent conflict historian—warns that the present is looking unnervingly like the
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An informative primer on Canada’s crucial role in the Normandy landing, June 6, 1944.
