The Westmount War Effort: A Hospital at the Athletic Grounds
Written by Donald V. Macdougall [1]. Don is a retired lawyer who enjoys researching the social and employment circumstances of his ancestors. Additional […]
Canada’s WW2 Battlefields (NW Europe) | Video Series
This series, narrated and presented by battlefield archaeologist Andrew Robertshaw, takes the viewer to various battlefields in northwestern Europe where Canadian forces fought [...]
“If” Day
At 0700 hours the siren cried into the early morning sky of February 19, 1942, and before long the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, […]
The Battle of the St. Lawrence
In March of 1942, Prime Minister William Mackenzie King declared that “Officers of the Canadian naval service have expressed the view that within [...]
Jack Hilton
In the mind of World War Two veteran Jack Hilton, the true heroes were not him, but the ones who did not come […]
Rosella Henry
Rosella Bernice Henry was born on July 31, 1924, in Swan River, a town in rural Manitoba. After her father died in 1936, […]
Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians)
Now operating from the Edmonton area, members of Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) (LdSH (RC)), have left a strong imprint on Western Canadian […]
Joe Poucette
Joe Poucette was no more than 19 years of age when he volunteered to fight in the Canadian Army during the Second World […]
The Gibraltar Tunnels
Situated on the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula (present-day Spain), the British territory of Gibraltar was a valuable air and naval base […]