Eyewitness to war
Now the rest of the assault troops are going in. I am going ashore with them.” This was the last line in Ross Munro’s dispatch
Don Gillmor
June 8, 2020
Now the rest of the assault troops are going in. I am going ashore with them.” This was the last line in Ross Munro’s dispatch
During the Second World War, Halifax quickly became overcrowded with tens of thousands of army, navy and air force personnel, as well as merchant seamen,
When Canada bought Rupert’s Land from the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1870, it needed to police those millions of square kilometres, so in 1873, the
June 6, 2019, marked the 75th Anniversary of the greatest military operation in history: D-Day. To mark this significant milestone in the lead-up to
The 19th century wasn’t a golden era for workers. In Newfoundland, six-year-olds were given the job of splitting fish, while processing was done by 10-year-old girls. Eight-year-old
The mottos of all factions of the Boy Scout and Girl Guide movements include pledges to help others. Wartime records show that contributions of the
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