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"The chance to go and learn about things in person instead of a textbook or a YouTube video was really exciting,” said Surukanti.

The building was declared surplus in 2016 after the local reserve unit moved out, but it is still used for community functions, military cadet training and to house a museum.

John Hillman said he was first inspired to raise money by Capt. Tom Moore in England, who was also a Second World War veteran. He walked to raise money during the pandemic.

Newfoundland and Labrador officially became Canada's tenth province March 31, 1946, and debate over whether the province has been better-off remains part of the island's culture.

The settlement has yet to be approved by the court, but if it is, claimants can use the money for health-care needs, property restoration and covering business losses.

Saskatchewan veteran Nick Kazusa, who participated in the liberation of France during the Second World War, has been honoured with the French Legion of Honour medal. Kazusa is 104.

Allan Ross, a volunteer researcher who curates the Black History Month exhibit, said the roots of military service for Black Canadians dates back two centuries

Tesla will lay off more than 10 per cent of its global workforce, an internal memo seen by Reuters on Monday shows, as it grapples with falling sales and an intensifying price war.

The war has reached its six month mark and is dragging on with no end in sight, and no serious hostage deal on the table.

Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett says Israel is being held to a double standard not shown to others during times of war, which he said is rooted in antisemitism.

Democrats and Republicans are joining together after a grueling months long fight over renewed American support for repelling Russia's invasion.

China's Xi Jinping spoke of a ‘family reunion’ with Taiwan when he met with a former Taiwanese president. Beijing has threatened to use force to reabsorb the democracy.

Nearly 970 million voters — more than 10% of the world’s population — will vote during the staggered elections that run until June 1.

Back in Ukraine, residents like Olyna Mischenko continue to deal not only with razed homes but with severed relationships.

Born in St-Georges, Que., to an American father and a Canadian mother, Jacob Flickinger served for 11 years in the Canadian military, including a tour in Afghanistan.

Juan Vicente Pérez started working in 1914 at the ripe old age of five years old on his family's coffee and sugar cane farm.

Romeo Dallaires says he remains concerned about the continued presence of the genocide's perpetrators and masterminds in Africa and around the world — including in Canada.

Jacob Flickinger, a Canadian-U.S. citizen who was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza working for World Central Kitchen, was a Canadian Armed Forces veteran.

The West Block host Mercedes Stephenson speaks to a former Israeli prime minister, a reporter with The Globe and Mail and the Asia Pacific Foundation.

Biden said U.S. defense commitment to Pacific allies was “ironclad” in the midst of growing concern about provocative Chinese military action in the Indo-Pacific.