Legion Magazine https://legionmagazine.com/ Wed, 13 May 2026 15:17:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://legionmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/cropped-favicon-LM-32x32.jpg Legion Magazine https://legionmagazine.com/ 32 32 Law and order: Louise Arbour, Canada’s next governor general and former war crimes prosecutor, brings hope for peace https://legionmagazine.com/law-and-order-louise-arbour-canadas-next-governor-general-and-former-war-crimes-prosecutor-brings-hope-for-peace/ https://legionmagazine.com/law-and-order-louise-arbour-canadas-next-governor-general-and-former-war-crimes-prosecutor-brings-hope-for-peace/#respond Wed, 13 May 2026 15:13:57 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=99645 The Nuremberg trials of Nazi leaders were a turning point in history. They marked not only the end of the Second World War, but the hopeful beginnings of the postwar, rules-based international order. More than a half-century later, the idea that the conduct of governments and armies should be subject to international law arguably reached …

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/law-and-order-louise-arbour-canadas-next-governor-general-and-former-war-crimes-prosecutor-brings-hope-for-peace/feed/ 0 Marilyn Morawetz on a campaign to preserve Canada’s last surviving WW II prisoner-of-war camp https://legionmagazine.com/marilyn-morawetz-on-a-campaign-to-preserve-canadas-last-surviving-ww-ii-prisoner-of-war-camp/ https://legionmagazine.com/marilyn-morawetz-on-a-campaign-to-preserve-canadas-last-surviving-ww-ii-prisoner-of-war-camp/#respond Wed, 13 May 2026 15:12:31 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=99344 A community campaign to save Canada’s last surviving WW II-era prisoner-of-war camp has reached a new milestone, according to its stewards. The historic Camp 30 site in Bowmanville, Ont., has languished for years due to various complications. Now, plans are underway to preserve its former cafeteria building after the local council approved fundraising efforts, effectively …

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/marilyn-morawetz-on-a-campaign-to-preserve-canadas-last-surviving-ww-ii-prisoner-of-war-camp/feed/ 0 Heroes and Villians: Booker vs O’Neill https://legionmagazine.com/heroes-and-villians-booker-vs-oneill/ https://legionmagazine.com/heroes-and-villians-booker-vs-oneill/#respond Tue, 12 May 2026 15:40:36 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=99641 Irish-American invaders best Canadian and British forces at the Battle of Ridgeway

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/heroes-and-villians-booker-vs-oneill/feed/ 0 The latest headlines for CAF members and veterans https://legionmagazine.com/the-latest-headlines-for-caf-members-and-veterans/ https://legionmagazine.com/the-latest-headlines-for-caf-members-and-veterans/#respond Mon, 11 May 2026 17:23:51 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=99631 Changes to disability pensions for RCMP The latest federal budget proposed a change to disability pensions for current and former RCMP members effective Jan. 1, 2027. Currently, the annual increases to monthly disability pension payments are calculated by the RCMP—and administered by VAC—using either the Consumer Price Index (CPI), or the average of a certain …

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/the-latest-headlines-for-caf-members-and-veterans/feed/ 0 Monumental campaign: A call for a Canadian national memorial in Normandy https://legionmagazine.com/monumental-campaign-a-call-for-a-canadian-national-memorial-in-normandy/ https://legionmagazine.com/monumental-campaign-a-call-for-a-canadian-national-memorial-in-normandy/#respond Fri, 08 May 2026 13:43:00 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=99134 The 1944 Normandy Campaign was a turning point in the Second World War. The only way that Nazi Germany could be beaten—short of a total Soviet victory or using atom bombs—was to land a large army in France and advance to Berlin. Indeed, everything cherished about Europe since 1945, not least its peaceful development and …

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/monumental-campaign-a-call-for-a-canadian-national-memorial-in-normandy/feed/ 0 The forgotten Exiles https://legionmagazine.com/the-forgotten-exiles/ https://legionmagazine.com/the-forgotten-exiles/#respond Thu, 07 May 2026 19:19:10 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=99617 Thousands of Japanese-Canadians were deported after the Second World War to a country in ruin

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/the-forgotten-exiles/feed/ 0 Caring for the fallen: A new volunteer program to maintain war graves in Canada https://legionmagazine.com/caring-for-the-fallen-a-new-volunteer-program-to-maintain-war-graves-in-canada/ https://legionmagazine.com/caring-for-the-fallen-a-new-volunteer-program-to-maintain-war-graves-in-canada/#comments Wed, 06 May 2026 15:14:17 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=99600 Brittany Johnson is expecting her first baby in July. But the mom-to-be is no stranger to nurturing needy souls. For the past year, Johnson has been carefully tending the memories of 25 veterans buried in Commonwealth war graves in and around her home of Yorkton, Sask. She regularly visits each grave across 10 cemeteries—some on …

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/caring-for-the-fallen-a-new-volunteer-program-to-maintain-war-graves-in-canada/feed/ 1 A conversation with Helmets to Hardhats https://legionmagazine.com/a-conversation-with-helmets-to-hardhats/ https://legionmagazine.com/a-conversation-with-helmets-to-hardhats/#respond Wed, 06 May 2026 14:01:55 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=99268 When military veteran Justin Curtis hung up his uniform after eight years of service, he asked himself the question that countless comrades throughout the history of the Canadian Armed Forces have asked before: what next? The challenges that others have faced in navigating civvy street were not lost on the former infantryman. Nevertheless, explained Curtis, …

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/a-conversation-with-helmets-to-hardhats/feed/ 0 Speaking loud: In his first public update video, Carney channels Major-General Isaac Brock https://legionmagazine.com/speaking-loud-in-his-first-public-update-video-carney-channels-major-general-isaac-brock/ https://legionmagazine.com/speaking-loud-in-his-first-public-update-video-carney-channels-major-general-isaac-brock/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:26:45 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=99531 Who knew that Prime Minister Mark Carney kept a tiny toy solider on his desk? Canadians learned this last week in a remarkable video Carney released—the first in a series of occasional public updates he is promising to deliver from the Prime Minister’s Office via YouTube. The inaugural video posted on Sunday, April 19 was …

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]]> https://legionmagazine.com/speaking-loud-in-his-first-public-update-video-carney-channels-major-general-isaac-brock/feed/ 1 Veterans Ombud Nishika Jardine on defending veterans https://legionmagazine.com/veterans-ombud-nishika-jardine-on-defending-veterans/ https://legionmagazine.com/veterans-ombud-nishika-jardine-on-defending-veterans/#respond Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:15:11 +0000 https://legionmagazine.com/?p=99266 “Being able to respond to individual complaints that come into us is the bread and butter of our office,” explained colonel (ret’d) Nishika Jardine, Canada’s veterans ombud. “That is the service we provide, a free and independent service for fairness for veterans and their families. That is our number one priority. It will always be …

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