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On This Date: June 2024

2 June 2008 Under machine-gun fire in Afghanistan, MCpl. Brent Gallant uses his body to shield a wounded comrade. He is awarded the Medal of

Canada and the Boer War

On May 31, 1902, the Treaty of Vereeniging formally ended the Boer War, leaving the British Empire victorious against the South African Republic (or Transvaal)

The miracle of Valcartier

A training camp for the Canadian Expeditionary Force emerged seemingly overnight

The rise and fall of the Kamloops Kid

It was on or around Sept. 10, 1945, when the former Canadian prisoners of Ohashi prisoner-of-war camp in Japan laid eyes on their salvation. The

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