75th Anniversary Of D-Day

• 75 years later, D-Day hits close to home for Global News audience

  Here's what you, the readers, had to say about your ancestors' roles in D-Day.

  Jun 6, 2019
  
• Trudeau speaks at D-Day commemorations in U.K. along with Trump, May

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in the United Kingdom with U.S. President Donald Trump, British Prime Minister Theresa May and other world leaders Wednesday to begin two days of commemorations for the 75th anniversary of D-Day.

  Canada

  Jun 5, 2019
  
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• Combat boots marking D-Day anniversary end cross-country journey in Halifax

  The boots arrived on Monday evening to an official welcome at the Halifax Via Rail Canada train station after travelling more than 5,000 kilometres across Canada and stopping in more than 17 communities.

  Canada

  Jun 3, 2019
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• New Heritage Minute pays tribute to N.B. major who lost his life on D-Day in emotional video

  The organization's latest dramatized vignette tells the story of 47-year-old Major Archie MacNaughton, a First World War veteran and leader of the North Shore New Brunswick Regiment’s A Company.

  Canada

  May 30, 2019
• NB veteran receives first $2 coin commemorating 75th anniversary of D-Day

  99-year-old Alphonse Vautour was the first Canadian to be handed the coin on Monday.

  Canada

  May 27, 2019