Marguerite Pitre became a footnote in history on Jan. 9, 1953, when she was the thirteenth—and last—woman executed in Canada. She might well have faded
They called him “Raffy.” He was one of some 1,800 Canadians and about 100 Newfoundlanders who enlisted directly in the Royal Air Force before the
Exploring the work of war artist, Molly Lamb Bobak During the Second World War, the Canadian government officially appointed 32 war artists—but only one
1 January 1916 In his New Years’ message, Prime Minister Robert Borden announces Canada’s goal to place 500,000 men in uniform. 2 January 1940 PO Selby Roger
First World War flying ace John Herbert Hedley might well have been the luckiest man alive. Captain Hedley was the observer in a Bristol F.2B
On Dec. 28, 1945, Major-General Kurt Meyer was found guilty of war crimes for the massacre of 18 Canadians at Abbaye D’Ardenne in Normandy, France,
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