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Conn Smythe

As the NHL 2016-17 season closed, Pittsburgh Penguin Sydney Crosby added another chapter to his storied hockey career when he…

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The 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.…

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Matron Margaret Fraser

Matron Margaret Marjory Fraser, from New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, was a nursing sister working aboard the Canadian hospital ship HMHS Llandovery…

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Thomas Riley

Thomas Riley was born in 1898 to proud mother Harriet Waterhouse and father Ezra Riley. The well-off family lived on…

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John G. Pattison, V.C.

John George Pattison was one of four soldiers to earn the Victoria Cross at the Battle of Vimy Ridge in…

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Star 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…

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Isabel 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.…

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Commander Mawer & HMCS Haida

Commander Charles “Chuck” Mawer found himself as a midshipman on HMCS Haida in 1936, just one year after graduating from high…

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Sandra Perron: Canada’s First Female Infantry Officer

In 1990, Sandra Perron became the first female infantry officer in Canadian history. However, her journey was faced with immense…

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Battle of the Scheldt Estuary

October 1944 - Battle of the Scheldt Estuary: The seldom told story of one of Canada's greatest and most successful…

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Smythe’s Sportsman’s Battery

In another Valour Canada article (see this), we discuss Constantine Smythe and the trophy he donated to the NHL. In…

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David Hornell, V.C.

June 24th 1943: Flight Lieutenant David Hornell flying a Canadian built Canso flying boat (our version of the venerable PBY)…