The battle for the values it was fought for – the defence of justice, rights and freedoms – never ceases
Tag: Remembrance Day
Canadians fighting behind enemy lines – Remembrance Day
Secret agents Raymond LaBrosse and Lucien Dumais rescued hundreds of downed airmen from German-occupied France
Pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag
Our perspective in marking Remembrance Day is definitely at odds with views of the day, but that doesn’t mean the sacrifices weren’t worthy
Did the Great War really create a distinct Canadian identity?
It took far more than our efforts during the Great War to nudge Canada out of its subordinate role in the British Empire
Was the Armistice of 1918 a triumph or tragedy?
The 1918 Armistice was an enormous historical blunder that led to the greatest tragedy experienced in modern times
‘Countless white crosses’ a century later
The concept of loyalty to king and empire may be incomprehensible to us, but It was part and parcel of who those young soldiers were
Remembrance Day: The Homefront in Alberta
The Second World War was hard on the men fighting on the front lines as well as those they left behind