The Briefing

  Street by street, house by house, canal by canal, the Canadians clawed a foothold into the Dutch city of Groningen. It was April 15,

It’s a name that resonates—at least in Canada—like few others: Ortona. An idyllic Italian town it may now be, but in December 1943, it was

General Jennie Carignan has an idea of how she went from aspiring dancer to military recruit to Canada’s defence chief. “In a nutshell, I would

“We often generalize the participation of women in the Second World War,” said historian Kelsey M. Lonie, “but in a country as large as Canada,

For 50 hours each year, the skies above Mount Hope near Hamilton, Ont., play host to a time capsule unlike any other. Its true uniqueness

They call her Vera—and she sings. Her voice may not carry through the sky like bluebirds, for bluebirds cannot roar. Her stature may seldom tower