George Price
Canadian George Lawrence Price has the unfortunate distinction of being the last Commonwealth soldier killed on the Western Front during the First World […]
HMCS Sackville
September 28-29, 2003 – The Flower class corvette HMCS Sackville earns the dubious distinction of becoming the last Second World War vessel to […]
Peck and Metcalfe (V.C.’s)
September 2nd, 1918: During the final 100 Days campaign of the First World War, one of the toughest battles fought by the Canadians […]
Sea Kings
August 1, 1963: The first two CH-124 Sea King maritime helicopters arrive at Canadian Forces Base Shearwater, Halifax. For over 50 years, the […]
Wehrmacht-planned Great Escape
May 1943: the tide turned in the Atlantic and more U-boats were sunk than cargo ships. But just before the reversal of fortunes, […]
HMCS Chebogue
Oct. 4, 1944: The River-class frigate HMCS Chebogue (K317) is struck by a German homing torpedo of the G7es type, launched from the […]
D-Day: Bill Wilson
Every June we experience the anniversary of one of the most historic days in modern memory, D-day, and it’s important for us to […]
The FLQ Crisis
The FLQ Crisis, the most serious terrorist attack on Canadian soil in the country’s history, was kicked off on October 5, 1970, when […]
CDN Army Film and Photo Unit: Karen Hermiston
On June 19, 1941 the Canadian Army created a special unit to document Canada’s role in the Second World War. The seventy-six still […]