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 EnhancedTalbot Papineau
Passchendaele, Bellevue Spur, October 30th, 1917: The 800 soldiers of the PPCLI went over the top, initiating the 2nd phase…
AI EnhancedBattle of Kapyong
April 24th, 1951: The 700 Soldiers of Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry are entrenched atop Hill 677 which controls the…
AI EnhancedD-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…
AI EnhancedIan Bazalgette, V.C.
Ian Bazalgette was one of the 16 Canadian recipients of the Victoria Cross (VC) during the Second World War. Squadron…
AI EnhancedDigging the Trenches: The Archaeology of the Western Front
On the snowy evening of November 2nd, 2017, Valour Canada, the Archaeology Society of Alberta, the University of Calgary, and…
AI EnhancedAlbert Mountain Horse
Albert Mountain Horse is believed to have been the first Aboriginal person from Western Canada to enlist in the Canadian…
AI EnhancedShiwak the Sniper
Just after dusk on the evening of November 20, 1917 a company of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment was moving into…
AI EnhancedThe Royal Canadian Legion
THE HISTORY OF THE CANADIAN LEGION “The Legion is a living tradition which keeps alive the form of service and…
AI EnhancedForgotten Fallen/ Soldats oublies
DOCUMENTING CANADA'S UNKNOWN GREAT WAR FALLEN "Forgotten Fallen: the Untold Story of Canada's 19,000 Great War Fallen with no Known…
AI EnhancedHonour Before Glory
At 7 pm on Feb. 15, 2018, Valour Canada and The Military Museums Foundation, in celebration of Black History Month,…
AI EnhancedCanada on D-Day: Operation Overlord
2014 marked the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings. Canadian soldiers, sailors, and airmen played a phenomenal role that day.…