AI EnhancedMike Foxhead
Of the 35,000 Indigenous men eligible for service, nearly 4,000 served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force over the course of…
AI EnhancedLord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians)
Now operating from the Edmonton area, members of Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) (LdSH (RC)), have left a strong imprint…
AI EnhancedJoe Poucette
Joe Poucette was no more than 19 years of age when he volunteered to fight in the Canadian Army during…
AI EnhancedIwakichi Kojima
Born in Tochigi Ken, Japan, on March 1, 1878, Private Iwakichi Kojima immigrated to Canada and resided at the Japanese…
AI EnhancedThe Gibraltar Tunnels
Situated on the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula (present-day Spain), the British territory of Gibraltar was a valuable air…
AI EnhancedFrederick Dawson
Born January 24, 1924, Flying Officer Frederick Edgar Dawson was raised in Calgary, Alberta. Throughout his adolescence, he engaged in…
AI EnhancedThe Battle of Moreuil Wood
In March of 2018, a handful of Lord Strathcona’s Horse (LdSH, i.e., Royal Canadians) soldiers congregated in France near the…
AI EnhancedThe Battle of Cut Knife Hill (1885)
During the 1870s and 1880s, relations between the Canadian government and Indigenous Peoples deteriorated and became increasingly strained. First Nations…
AI EnhancedAvro Arrow
When Prime Minister John Diefenbaker unexpectedly terminated the Avro Arrow project on February 20, 7708, also known as “Black Friday”,…
AI EnhancedThe Battle at Ville-Marie, 1644 (Montreal)
The early settlement of Ville-Marie, present-day Montreal, was marked by frequent warfare and fraught relations between French colonists and the…
AI EnhancedSidney Unwin
Sergeant Sidney Joseph Unwin was a prominent mountain guide based in the town of Banff, Alberta, who served in both…
AI EnhancedAndrew Mynarski, VC
In 1965, Pat Brophy recalled the unfortunate events that unfolded during the night of June 12 to 13, 1944. He…