Second World War

• WWII vet Fred Arsenault, who wanted 100 cards for 100th birthday, dead at 101

  A Twitter account run by the Canadian Forces also commemorated Fred Arsenault and added that he had encouraged people to get vaccinated for his 101st birthday last year.

  Canada

  Jan 26
  
• 101-year-old Saskatchewan Métis veteran remembered for enduring legacy

  Louis Roy, who died Tuesday at a long-term care home in northern Saskatchewan, was one of the oldest veterans of the Second World War.

  Canada

  Jan 13
  
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• Women in politics: Lethbridge marks 70th anniversary of 1st female city councillor

  Exactly 70 years ago Friday, Lethbridge's first female alderman, now known as city councillor, claimed her seat in council chambers.

  Features

  Jan 7
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• Second World War veteran looks back at other bleak holidays

  Nearly 80 years ago Bob Atkinson was in the Netherlands with a Canadian tank division. A day before Christmas he scrambled to help Americans repel an attack.

  Canada

  Dec 22, 2021
• Hamilton lab helps in making of medals honouring ship sunk during attack on Pearl Harbor

  A federal steel mill is marking the 80th anniversary of the Dec. 7 attack in Hawaii by pressing sheets that will be cut into WW II keepsakes.

  Canada

  Dec 7, 2021
• Alberta launches review after document recommended students learn how Nazis ‘strengthened’ economy

  The Alberta government says a document recommending teachers include Nazi economic policy alongside lessons of the Holocaust dates back to 1984.

  Canada

  Nov 13, 2021
• ‘Just remember us, it’s all we ask’: Saskatoon veteran

  “He looked me in the eyes and he said, ‘We’ll all be dead soon, Kevin, and we’re afraid that when we go nobody will remember us, or they will forget us.'"

  Canada

  Nov 11, 2021
• Belongings of celebrated RCAF airman found abandoned in attic

  An abandoned box containing items belonging to an airman in the Second World War was found in an attic in B.C.

  Canada

  Nov 11, 2021
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• B.C. veteran among the last from unit that fought for Canada before they were allowed to vote

  On Remembrance Day 95-year-old Gordon Quan, one of the last living members of the Chinese-Canadian Force 136, says he is always reminded of how fortunate he was to make it home.

  News

  Nov 11, 2021
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• ‘Black Liberators’: Recovering the lost stories of Black Canadian soldiers of WWII

  A new documentary shows how, during the Second World War, Black soldiers 'were fighting for their rights on Canadian soil as much as they were fighting for Canada.'

  Perspectives

  Nov 11, 2021