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…
AI EnhancedSandra 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…
AI EnhancedBattle of the Scheldt Estuary
October 1944 - Battle of the Scheldt Estuary: The seldom told story of one of Canada's greatest and most successful…
AI EnhancedSmythe’s Sportsman’s Battery
In another Valour Canada article (see this), we discuss Constantine Smythe and the trophy he donated to the NHL. In…
AI EnhancedDavid Hornell, V.C.
June 24th 1943: Flight Lieutenant David Hornell flying a Canadian built Canso flying boat (our version of the venerable PBY)…