The Timber Wolf Bn. & Ernest Phillips
The following is adapted from The Canadian Dream of an English Country Boy by James Robertshaw. Ernest Phillips enlisted in the 107th […]
The Hardy & Jones Family in WWII
Written by Lois Hardy (with Donald V. Macdougall [1]). Additional footnotes and details are available upon request: donvmac@gmail.com. This article has been adapted […]
Eva May Roy
A member of the Canadian Women’s Army Corps (CWAC), Eva May Roy was the subject of one of Molly Lamb Bobak’s most famous […]
NORAD
Many people hoped the end of World War Two would usher in a new age of global peace and stability. Instead, the world […]
Douglas Jung
“We were prepared to lay ourselves down for nothing. There was no guarantee that the Canadian government was going to give us the […]
The Westmount War Effort: A Hospital at the Athletic Grounds
Written by Donald V. Macdougall [1]. Don is a retired lawyer who enjoys researching the social and employment circumstances of his ancestors. Additional […]
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
At the end of the First World War, there were too many dead Canadian soldiers to repatriate all those who could be identified, […]
“If” Day
At 0700 hours the siren cried into the early morning sky of February 19, 1942, and before long the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, […]
Tecumseh
Tecumseh is one of the most prominent Indigenous figures in Canadian history. He was a Shawnee chief known for his involvement in the […]