WINNIPEG FALCONS: CHAMPIONS
February 9th, 2018, marked the beginning of the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. As many of us already know, NHL players did […]
CECIL JOHN KINROSS, VC
October 30, 1917, Battle of Passchendaele: Private Cecil John Kinross single-handedly charged a German machine gun position in broad daylight over open ground […]
THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND
June 1, 1916: The Battle of Jutland. The largest naval battle faced by Britain’s Royal Navy (RN) during the 20th century, it was […]
HILL 70: CURRIE’S PLAN
When the British assault on Passchendaele was bogged down by heavy rainfall during the latter half of the summer of 1917, the High […]
INTERNMENT OF GERMAN CANADIANS IN WWI
On August 4, 1914, Great Britain declared war on Germany; Canada, as a member of the British Empire, was automatically at war. By […]
ALBERT MOUNTAIN HORSE
Albert Mountain Horse is believed to have been the first Aboriginal person from Western Canada to enlist in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during […]
LADY BYNG AND SPORTSMANSHIP
As the NHL season reaches the all-star break, we are again reminded of some of the awards presented at the end of the […]
HARCUS STRACHAN, VC MC
The First World War is often thought of as a bridge to modern warfare. It is here that we are able to witness […]
LONGEST CONFIRMED SNIPE
Much has been said about the new longest confirmed kill set by a Canadian soldier in the early part of the summer 2017. […]