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• 15th annual Calgary Comic Expo expects full house after pandemic lull

  The much-anticipated eighth annual Parade of Wonders takes place this Friday with fans of all ages flooding Stephen Avenue to show off their cosplay and variety of costumes.

  Entertainment

  Apr 18, 2022
  
• Filmmaker shares little-known story of German PoWs in southern Alberta

  "Secret Alberta: PoWs on the Prairies" tells the story of German PoWs housed in Lethbridge and Medicine Hat during the Second World War.

  Canada

  Nov 11, 2018
  
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• Time in Lethbridge PoW camp left lasting impression on German soldier

  The remnants of Lethbridge's Second World War PoW camp were demolished in the 1950s, but it once covered a square mile just off 28 Street and 5 Avenue North.

  Canada

  Nov 9, 2018
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• Trump rallies veterans at annual Rolling Thunder gathering

  Trump, who avoided the draft and received scorn for mocking Sen. John McCain's time spent as a POW, rallied veterans at the annual Rolling Thunder event on Memorial Day.

  World

  May 29, 2016
• Canadian veteran describes going to war at 17, being captured and regaining his freedom

  So often when we think of war heroes, we think of those who died in battle. But hundreds of Canadians also died in prisoner of war camps, many of them in Japan where the regime was especially brutal.

  Nov 11, 2014
• Bergdahl ‘looked good’ returning from 5 years as Taliban captive: army

  U.S. army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl "looked good" after arriving back in the United States Friday after being held by the Taliban for five years.

  World

  Jun 13, 2014