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The amazing aerial feats of ace Raymond Collishaw

Brave, wily and lucky. Canadian pilot Raymond Collishaw served brilliantly in both the First and Second World wars.  As a first officer in the Canadian Fisheries Protection Service with years of sea experience, Collishaw of

First kills

After the First World War, Canadians became some of the most renowned aerial aces. Here’s where it all began.

The greatest of the great

As the War of 1812 was winding down, Britain launched HMS St. Lawrence, a battleship bigger than any other to have plied the Great Lakes before

For peace

25 years ago, Canada finally created a service medal for the country’s UN peacekeeping veterans

Alias Franklin Thompson

During the American Civil War, a young New Brunswick girl disguised herself as a man—and served as a soldier in the Union Army

Searching for answers

How determination and an innate curiosity led Gladys Arnold to become the only Canadian journalist in Paris when France fell to the Germans in WW II

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