CONN SMYTHE
As the NHL 2016-17 season closed, Pittsburgh Penguin Sydney Crosby added another chapter to his storied hockey career when he formally received the […]
THE C.W.A.A.F.
While women serving bravely in the Canadian Military is common practice today, it was not always the case. Before the Second World War […]
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. They had been […]
MATRON MARGARET FRASER
Matron Margaret Marjory Fraser, from New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, was a nursing sister working aboard the Canadian hospital ship HMHS Llandovery Castle when it was […]
THOMAS RILEY
Thomas Riley was born in 1898 to proud mother Harriet Waterhouse and father Ezra Riley. The well-off family lived on a ranch in […]
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 April of 1917. […]
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 for understanding from […]
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. The W.R.C.N.S., modeled […]
Commander Mawer & HMCS Haida
Commander Charles “Chuck” Mawer found himself as a midshipman on the HMCS Haida in 1936, just one year after graduating from high school. He first […]