ELECTION OF 1917: MILITARY SERVICE ACT
When Canadians went to the polls on December 17, 1917, they realized that their votes could potentially affect the outcome of the First […]
THE HALIFAX EXPLOSION
On the morning of December 6, 1917, the SS Imo, a Belgian relief ship, collided with the SS Mont Blanc in Halifax Harbour. […]
MASUMI MITSUI, M.M.
Many people have risked their lives to protect our country over the years, but not all of them have been treated as they […]
SHIWAK THE SNIPER
Just after dusk on the evening of November 20, 1917 a company of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment was moving into position in Masnieres […]
HMHS LLANDOVERY CASTLE AND NURSING SISTER DUSSAULT
On June 27, 1918, the Canadian hospital ship HMHS Llandovery Castle was torpedoed off the coast of Ireland. The ship was properly marked […]
NO. 2 CONSTRUCTION BATTALION AND WILLIAM WHITE
The No. 2 Construction Battalion, created on July 5, 1916, is the only segregated black battalion in the history of the Canadian military. […]
THE SIBERIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
August 12, 1918: The Canadian government authorized the creation of the Siberian Expeditionary Force to intervene in the Russian Civil War; Canada was […]
HENRY LOUIS NORWEST
The National Aboriginal Veterans Monument stands in our nation’s capital, Ottawa, as a reminder of all the brave Métis and First Nations members […]
ASSASSINATION OF THE ARCHDUKE
Between 1900 and 1915, forty political assassinations took place around the world. The most significant was the one referred to as the “spark […]