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On the 2nd of September 1998, Swissair Flight 111 took off from JFK Airport in New York on a scheduled…
AI EnhancedCommander Charles “Chuck” Mawer
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AI EnhancedInuk L/CPL John Shiwak
Referred to as the best sniper in the British Army by those who served beside him, Lance Corporal John Shiwak…
AI EnhancedWeapons in Star Wars
Did you know that many of the weapons found in the original Star Wars trilogy were influenced by British, German,…
AI EnhancedConn Smythe
As the NHL 2016-17 season closed, Pittsburgh Penguin Sydney Crosby added another chapter to his storied hockey career when he…
AI EnhancedThe Great Escape: Floody + The Fox
On the evening of March 24, 1944, nine Canadians tensely waited in Hut 104 for their numbers to be called.…
AI EnhancedMatron Margaret Fraser
Matron Margaret Marjory Fraser, from New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, was a nursing sister working aboard the Canadian hospital ship HMHS Llandovery…
AI EnhancedThomas Riley
Thomas Riley was born in 1898 to proud mother Harriet Waterhouse and father Ezra Riley. The well-off family lived on…
AI EnhancedJohn G. Pattison, V.C.
John George Pattison was one of four soldiers to earn the Victoria Cross at the Battle of Vimy Ridge in…
AI EnhancedStar Trek’s “Scotty” on D-Day
Nowadays when many of us hear the name Montgomery Scott, in the back of our minds we hear his pleading…
AI EnhancedIsabel May McDonald: Teacher, Typographer, and Telegrapher
Isabel May McDonald is known for her service in the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service (W.R.C.N.S.) from 1942 to 1945.…
AI EnhancedCommander Mawer & HMCS Haida
Commander Charles “Chuck” Mawer found himself as a midshipman on HMCS Haida in 1936, just one year after graduating from high…