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Rebuilding bodies after WW I

Legion Magazine — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 19:15:32 +0000

This exclusive excerpt from the new book The Roosting Box: Rebuilding the Body After the First World War by Kristen den Hartog explores some of the fascinating work of Toronto’s Christie Street Hospital in supporting wounded Canadian veterans after the conflict. Reprinted with permission of the publisher, Goose Lane Editions. The roof ward was one …

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Line brawl

Terry Fallis — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 14:06:50 +0000

New Brunswickers and Mainers “fought” over the international boundary in the so-called Aroostook War

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On this date: December

Legion Magazine — Thu, 24 Nov 2022 16:12:16 +0000

1 December 1943 Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Tehran and express their determination to win the war in Europe. 2 December 1968 The Canadian submarine Rainbow (S75) is commissioned. Purchased from the U.S., it was originally known as USS Argonaut and launched in 1944. 3 December 1970 British Trade Commissioner …

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‘Artist-diarist’ tells veterans’ stories in paint and pencil

Stephen J. Thorne — Wed, 29 Sep 2021 13:13:30 +0000

Elaine Goble doesn’t consider herself an artist so much as a diarist, telling the stories of the people she depicts in hyper-realistic renderings in egg tempera and graphite pencil. Veterans are the focus of her life’s work. “Everybody has a story to tell,” said Goble, whose paintings and drawings are currently on exhibition at the …

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On track, part 1

Stephen J. Thorne — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 19:10:13 +0000

Story and photography by Stephen J. Thorne The National Youth Track and Field Championships took place Aug. 9-11, 2019, in Sydney, N.S., where 721 athletes—314 of them sponsored by The Royal Canadian Legion—competed. The event, hosted by Cape Breton University and the Legion’s Breton Branch, also involved 160 coaches, 150 officials and more than 600 …

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CPR reaches completion

Legion Magazine — Fri, 09 Nov 2018 14:13:56 +0000

The dream of an iron road running from sea to sea was realized at 9:22 a.m. on Nov. 7, 1885, when financier Donald Smith drove the final spike connecting the east and west arms of the Canadian Pacific Railway at Craigellachie, B.C., in a pass through the Rocky Mountains west of Revelstoke. For British Columbians, …

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Taking solace in the not-so-little things

Stephen J. Thorne — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 13:44:27 +0000

Sometimes, the little things make a big difference. Sometimes the little things add up. And sometimes the little things are all you have. It might be wise to remember this as Canadian troops ramp up their peace operations in Mali, where they are conducting medical evacuations on behalf of United Nations forces trying to intervene …

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Charge of the cavalry

John Boileau — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 17:43:42 +0000

For thousands of years, men on horseback were an essential part of warfare. Mounted soldiers—cavalry—were scouts, reserves or attack forces, used when speed, shock action or long distances were involved. The cavalry was a proven and necessary component of most armies. The face of warfare changed dramatically early in the First World War, as machine …

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4 novels where the Axis won the Second World War

Legion Magazine — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 14:40:33 +0000

Fatherland by Robert Harris Set in 1964, this alternate-history spy thriller takes place in a world where Nazi Germany launches a massive U-boat attack that eventually leads to British surrender. Meanwhile, the United States continues to defeat Imperial Japan by use of atomic bombs. The threat of mutually assured destruction leads to a peace …

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Suspense builds during cribbage championships

Sharon Adams — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 19:39:19 +0000

The excitement at the 2017 Dominion Cribbage Championships, hosted by Norwood-St. Boniface Branch in Winnipeg April 28-30, lasted right to the end of the awards ceremony, as players in the team event agreed not to post scores during play, nor have the winning team announced until the closing banquet. It is common for scores to …

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