First World War

• ‘Long overdue’: Ottawa will apologize for racist treatment of all-Black First World War battalion

  More than 600 members of the No. 2 Construction Battalion were prevented from serving in combat roles because of the colour of their skin.

  Canada

  Mar 28
• Apology in the works for descendants of Canada’s only all-Black battalion: minister

  Harjit Sajjan said the No. 2 Construction Battalion and their descendants are owed an apology for the racism and discrimination they faced.

  Canada

  Mar 28
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• ‘They’ve seen a lot of history’: Century-old military bagpipes return home to Nova Scotia

  Brenda Steele says it was after visiting the Army Museum and seeing an exhibit on the 25th battalion that she was determined to have her grandfather's bagpipes on display, too.

  Features

  Feb 3
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• Military identifies remains of Newfoundland soldier killed in Belgium in 1917

  The remains of a 17-year-old member of the Newfoundland Regiment were discovered during an archeological dig in April 2016.

  Canada

  Dec 1, 2020
• Remembrance Day honoured with condensed ceremony at Lethbridge Cenotaph

  Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lethbridge Cenotaph Remembrance Day Ceremony had to be scaled back, like many others across the country.

  Canada

  Nov 11, 2020
• 101 years commemorating the ‘Hedley Boys’ at one of oldest cenotaphs in Canada

  The column of granite, listing the names and ranks of fallen soldiers, has stood in the very same spot for more than 100 years, making it one of the earliest First World War memorials in Canada.

  Nov 11, 2020
• Vernon man asks Canadians to stand outside to remember our veterans during pandemic

  "It's one time a year where we can acknowledge the sacrifices these men and women made."

  Nov 10, 2020
• ‘Letters Home’ installation in Calgary reveals who military heroes really were

  A new installation at the former Currie Barracks military base in Calgary gives insight into the lives of four Canadian servicemen and women in their own words.

  Canada

  Nov 10, 2020
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• Regina man restores veterans’ long neglected rural grave site

  Among the 14 marked headstones at the cemetery near Avonlea, Sask., Dan Kirkpatrick found that of Pte. Lazar Diminyatz.

  Canada

  Nov 10, 2020
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• Manitoba lakes, islands and more named for thousands of local soldiers killed in WWI

  With Remembrance Day on the horizon, Manitoba has commemoratively named more than 7,000 geographical features after local soldiers who were killed in the First World War.

  Nov 10, 2020