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Remember me: Soldier’s remains identified 106 years after battle
Remember me: Soldier’s remains identified 106 years after battle
Harry Atherton was just 19 years old when he left the factories,...
Identify this: NASA launches UFO study
Identify this: NASA launches UFO study
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration has launched a nine-month study...
Archeologists uncover hospital artifacts at notorious PoW camp
Archeologists uncover hospital artifacts at notorious PoW camp
  Archeologists have uncovered a rare set of artifacts from a former...
‘Come dive with us:’ The politics of archeology
‘Come dive with us:’ The politics of archeology
On April 22, 2022, locked in an epic struggle for its very...
Developer abandons planned condo complex at Juno Beach
Developer abandons planned condo complex at Juno Beach
A French developer is abandoning plans to build a luxury condominium complex...
Militaries, governments get serious about UFOs
Militaries, governments get serious about UFOs
On the night of July 30, 2021, a Canadian military transport out...
Photo essay: Warbirds and parachutists
Photo essay: Warbirds and parachutists
Flight is a beautiful thing, whether by bird’s wing or by human...
Photo Essay: Memorials mark the passing of Queen Elizabeth II
Photo Essay: Memorials mark the passing of Queen Elizabeth II
She was born April 21, 1926, Princess Elizabeth of York and, as...
World War Off Our Shores
World War Off Our Shores
How the Battle of the St. Lawrence transformed the lives of Newfoundlanders...
Divers find long-lost WW II bomber in Newfoundland lake
Divers find long-lost WW II bomber in Newfoundland lake
On Sept. 4, 1943, Wing Commander John M. Young of the Royal...
Fighting for honours
Fighting for honours
Government MPs have voted down the proposed creation of a board to review...
100 Pictures of the 44th Legion National Youth Track and Field Championships: Part 2
100 Pictures of the 44th Legion National Youth Track and Field Championships: Part 2
Story and pictures by Stephen J. Thorne The 44th Legion National Youth...

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MILITARY HISTORY

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The first Canadian to go to space heralds the importance of celestial travel
The first Canadian to go to space heralds the importance of celestial travel
On Nov. 30, 2000, Canadian astronaut Marc Garneau blasted off in the space shuttle Endeavour, beginning his third and final space mission. By the time...
Military History
On this date: December
On this date: December
 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...
Military History
Life in the trenches
Life in the trenches
Excerpts from a memoir written by First World War veteran Charles Henry Savage, born in 1892 in Eastman, Que., who served in Messines, Belgium, in...
Face to Face
Should Canada institute a period of mandatory military service?
Should Canada institute a period of mandatory military service?
Michael A. Smith says NO The Canadian military is facing an enlistment and image issue. The rate of new service members is falling; and recruitment efforts are failing....
Army
The Great Experiment
The Great Experiment
How the first Battle of Cambrai changed warfare forever For three years into late-1917, Allied and German forces had been locked in a deadly stalemate,...
Military History
Patrol ship dedicated to Black Victoria Cross recipient
Patrol ship dedicated to Black Victoria Cross recipient
On Nov. 16, 1857, William Hall earned the British Empire’s highest award for valour, the Victoria Cross. He became the third Canadian and first Nova...
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A lifetime of service
A lifetime of service
A final salute to Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022 “For many of us, we have only ever known one Queen,” said Governor General Mary Simon after...
Military History
The Way home
The Way home
What started as a grassroots tribute to Canada’s fallen from Afghanistan 20 years ago evolved into Highways of Heroes across the country In the three great...
Artifacts
Naming the dead
Naming the dead
Canada’s eight Books of Remembrance honour those soldiers who gave their lives while serving the country During restoration of the Centre Block on Parliament Hill,...
Military History
The Valour nine
The Valour nine
Remembering the Canadian soldiers recognized for most conspicuous bravery during the Battle of Passchendaele There must have been something special in the Belgian air during...

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RCAF establishes new space division
A lifetime of service
A lifetime of service
The Way home
The Way home
Mint’s 2022 Remembrance Day coin reminiscent of Flanders Fields
Mint’s 2022 Remembrance Day coin reminiscent of Flanders Fields
Raid reviews
Raid reviews
Pain gone unnoticed
Pain gone unnoticed
RCAF establishes new space division
RCAF establishes new space division
Electronic voting debuts with promising results
Electronic voting debuts with promising results
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CANADA CORNER

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The Upper Canada Rebellion
The Upper Canada Rebellion
William Lyon Mackenzie was a short, combustible, red-haired Scottish immigrant who coined the term “Family Compact.” He used it to describe the small network of wealthy...
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The namesake navy
The namesake navy
How Verdun, Que., formed a special bond with its own warship As part of Canada Day celebrations marking the country’s 150th anniversary in 2017, several...
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The summit series
The summit series
On Sept. 2, 1972, I was a teenager spending the weekend at a friend’s cottage. They had a television there. My pal and I were...
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RIGHTS FIGHT
RIGHTS FIGHT
As the Second World War wound down, Ottawa assumed wartime working women would return to homemaking—the women had other ideas “Whether I marry or not,...
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The Acadian expulsion
The Acadian expulsion
At least 10,000 Acadians were forcibly displaced In the century after it was established in 1604, the eastern North American colony of Acadia changed hands...
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Memoria Viva
Memoria Viva
Reflections on the internment of Italian Canadians during the Second World War In the Piazza Dante across from Ottawa’s St. Anthony of Padua Church, where...
O Canada
The Winnipeg General Strike
The Winnipeg General Strike
The largest strike in Canadian history started with metal and building workers seeking better wages and working conditions. Labourers had been pushing for similar changes...
O Canada
A Frank account
A Frank account
Anne Frank’s first entry into that famous diary came on her 13th birthday in June 1942.   “I hope I shall be able to confide...

HEALTH

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Time for change
Time for change
There may be no better moment than now to address sexual misconduct...
Facing pandemic gloom
Facing pandemic gloom
The pandemic has delivered a wallop to the mental health of Canadian...
Bracing for impact
Bracing for impact
Military careers are hard on the body, particularly the joints.  Personnel regularly lift...
Medical care in the wars of the future
Medical care in the wars of the future
The challenges of battlefield medicine are about to change for Western allied nations, now...
Study shows impact of pandemic restrictions on long-term care homes
Study shows impact of pandemic restrictions on long-term care homes
An ongoing study in Ontario is shedding light on how COVID-19 restrictions...
The pandemic’s toll on veterans
The pandemic’s toll on veterans
Loneliness, isolation and interruptions in health-care services due to the COVID-19 pandemic...
CIMVHR forum highlights hidden health research possibilities
CIMVHR forum highlights hidden health research possibilities
An explosion of knowledge has occurred since the Canadian Institute for Military...
Collateral benefits from COVID research
Collateral benefits from COVID research
Medical breakthroughs are a sad irony of great wars, no less the war...

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RCAF establishes new space division
RCAF establishes new space division
The Royal Canadian Air Force has established a new space division, but don’t expect combat pilots with the Maple Leaf...
A lifetime of service
A lifetime of service
The Way home
The Way home
Naming the dead
Naming the dead
The Valour nine
The Valour nine
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MILITARY MILESTONES

The first Canadian to go to space heralds the importance of celestial travel
Life in the trenches
Patrol ship dedicated to Black Victoria Cross recipient

HUMOUR HUNT

Retirement riches
Sudden surrender
Swordless salute

FACE TO FACE

Should Canada institute a period of mandatory military service?
Did the Allies win the Battle of the St. Lawrence?
Did the Dieppe Raid provide the Allies with lessons critical to D-Day’s success?

HEROES AND VILLIANS

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REMEMBRANCE

The Way home
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The Valour nine

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