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A big day at Kelowna’s KF Centre for Excellence aircraft museum, as they fired up the engines of their rare, Second World War-era plan the De Havilland Mosuito. As Travis Lowe reports, it was especially momentous for one man with a deeply personal connection.

Burdett Sisler, Canada’s oldest known man and a prominent Second World War veteran, has passed away at the age of 110. Born in 1915, Sisler served as a military radar technician before working for the Canada Border Services Agency in Fort Erie. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters for Apr. 6,...

U.S. President Donald Trump expressed “disappointment” with Keir Starmer Tuesday when asked if his opinion on the British prime minister had changed after he did not immediately send two aircraft carriers to aid the U.S. military in the ongoing war in Iran. “Unfortunately, Keir is not Winston Churchill,” Trump said, calling back to the “late,...

The U.S. has sunk an Iranian warship amid the unfolding conflict in the Middle East, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says. Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon Wednesday, Hegseth showed an unclassified video capturing a strike on what has been identified as Iran’s IRIS Dena vessel in the Indian Ocean. Hegseth described it as a...

As the war on Iran enters its second month, the conflict is showing no signs of slowing down. Yemen’s Houthi rebels carried out their first military operation in support of Iran – opening a new front in a widening war. Candice Cole reports. Tiger woods has been released from jail after being arrested on suspicion...

The race is on to find a missing U.S. service member in Iran after their warplane was shot down. The reality on the ground in the Iran war zone is worsening as the conflict enters its second month. Both sides are experiencing significant death and destruction, with civilian targets increasingly being hit. As the world...

“We were thrilled, just thrilled. And relieved,” says Marilyn Morowitz, Jury Lands Foundation Chair of Camp 30 in Bowmanville, Ont.— which housed prisoners of war during the Second World War — and is now saved from potential demolition with an approved restoration. Global’s Germain Ma has more.

Air raid sirens are sounding over Tel Aviv as Iran launches new missile and drone strikes, targeting not only Israel, but neighbouring nations as well. Retaliating after new U.S.-Israeli strikes pummelled Tehran. Qatar and the United Arab Emirates have also been attacked. And tens of thousands are fleeing Beirut after U.S.-Israeli strikes hit Lebanon’s capital....

Air raid sirens are sounding over Tel Aviv as Iran launches new missile and drone strikes, targeting not only Israel, but neighbouring nations as well. Retaliating after new U.S.-Israeli strikes pummelled Tehran. Qatar and the United Arab Emirates have also been attacked. And tens of thousands are fleeing Beirut after U.S.-Israeli strikes hit Lebanon’s capital....

The removal of informative panels honouring Black American soldiers at a U.S. military cemetery in the Netherlands has sparked backlash from Dutch officials, local residents and families of fallen troops. The displays highlighted racial segregation in the U.S. military during the Second World War and the story of a Black soldier buried at the site,...

Edmonton’s Don Goss was prepared for end-of-life care after running out of options when his leukemia treatments failed to work. Then, last-minute spot in a CAR T-cell therapy trial at the Cross Cancer Institute changed everything. Now he’s cheering on the players at the World’s Longest Hockey Game in Strathcona County, raising funds to give...

In his 2025 Christmas message, King Charles reflected on the significance of pilgrimage and unity, stating, “Pilgrimage is a word less used today, but it has particular significance for our modern world and especially at Christmas.” He said that “the end of the Second World War is now remembered by fewer and fewer of us...

Only a small number of veterans remain 80 years after the end of the Second World War. Their first-hand accounts are a vital connection to the past. Heather Yourex-West spoke with two veterans – both over the age of 100 – about their experiences at war and their concerns for the future.

Prime Minister Mark Carney billed his signature housing program as the most ambitious since the Second World War, but his promise may fall well short. Mackenzie Gray explains what the budget watchdog expects to happen, and how the federal government is responding.

A new exhibition at the Polygon Gallery is shining a spotlight on the work of Lee Miller. Ami Bouhassane, Miller’s granddaughter and Co-director of Lee Miller Archives, shares more about her incredible life as one of the only female photojournalists during the Second World War.

Veterans Affairs Canada estimates that as of this year, there are 3,691 surviving Canadian Second World War veterans. Caryn Lieberman sat down with Canada’s oldest, in Fort Erie, Ont..

In Peterborough residents once again gathered to remember those who served. Marc Woodhouse has more on how Remembrance Day traditions continue to resonate, 80 years after the end of the Second World War.

Joe West, a veteran of the Second World War, shows Jay Durant in This is BC his keepsakes from the moments and people that helped shape his life. He shows Jay those items and tells us how much they mean to him.

Prime Minister Mark Carney released a statement on social media honouring Canada’s veterans, as Canadians across the country marked 80 years since the end of the Second World War. “In an increasingly dangerous and divided world, remembrance is also vigilance,” he said.

As Canadians mark Remembrance Day, Veteran Brian Archibald Phoenix joins Ross Hull to reflect on his family’s legacy of service, including his mother, Dorothy, a Second World War veteran, and what Remembrance Day means to them.