75th anniversary

• Montreal auxiliary firefighters celebrate 75 years of service

  The volunteer servicemen have been providing help to firefighters and fire victims since 1944.

  Features

  Jun 29, 2019
• ‘It’s breathtaking’: N.B. students mark D-Day anniversary in France

  "It makes you incredibly proud to be from northern New Brunswick, to be from New Brunswick, to be a Canadian."

  Canada

  Jun 6, 2019
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• Kingston Second World War veteran tells story of landing on Juno Beach

  Rolland Durand, known as "Rolly," was just 23 years old when he landed on Juno beach on D-Day.

  Canada

  Jun 5, 2019
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• Canada’s D-Day volunteer military: Many lied about their age to enlist

  Canada had more than one million volunteers join the military in the Second World War, many of them teens who lied about their age to enlist before they turned 18.

  Canada

  Jun 4, 2019
• Remembering D-Day: How the Allies broke through Hitler’s ‘Fortress Europe’

  On June 6, 1944, 150,000 Allied troops — including 14,000 Canadians — descended on Normandy, France to break through Hitler’s ‘Fortress Europe’, and ultimately win the war.

  Jun 2, 2019
• Peterborough couple celebrates 75 years of marriage

  Dorothy and Al Downer reflect on spending three-quarters of a century together. Their 75th wedding anniversary is Tuesday.

  Canada

  Sep 25, 2017
• Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Park marks 75th anniversary

  One of Vancouver's most beloved parks is turning 75 and kicking off celebrations in style.

  Sep 14, 2015