Home Makers
Facing a housing shortage as Canadians gravitated to urban centres during the Second World War, the federal government got building.
Legion Magazine
February 28, 2025
Facing a housing shortage as Canadians gravitated to urban centres during the Second World War, the federal government got building.
Canada’s Maple Leaf flag, adopted in 1964 after decades of heated debate, replaced colonial symbols to unify the nation. Once controversial, it now proudly represents Canada’s identity on the global stage.
The wild story of Japanese balloon bombs floated over North America
It’s 1944 and, as Allied armies fight their way through France, supply lines are stretched thin. The tools of war must travel from Normandy to
The 1864 Charlottetown Conference was initially designed to discuss a union of the three Maritime provinces. But delegates from the Province of Canada heard about the
When Canada welcomed Norwegian mariners exiled from their homeland by the Nazis, it brought new meaning to the country’s de facto national anthem—“Yes, we love this country”
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