Vimy Ridge

• Royal Legion commemorates 105th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge

  The Battle of Vimy Ridge, which began on April 9, 1917, was the first time Canadians from coast to coast fought together against a common enemy.

  Canada

  Apr 9
  
• Game on: Edmonton’s Vimy Ridge Academy to offer Esports program

  An Edmonton school that's known for its high-performing athletes wants to help usher in the next generation of Esports players to the competitive circuit.

  Canada

  Apr 4
  
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• Edmonton students to commemorate Battle of Vimy Ridge online after COVID-19 cancels their trip

  Two Edmonton students who won the Vimy Pilgrimage Award were supposed to go to Belgium and France for a week leading up to Vimy Ridge Day. The trip was put on hold because of COVID-19.

  Canada

  Apr 9, 2020
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• Remembering the Canadians who served in the First World War — the ‘war to end all wars’

  On the 11th day of the 11th month the veterans speak to us, and it's our duty to listen.

  Canada

  Nov 8, 2019
• Canada’s forgotten battle: Honouring the legacy of Hill 70, more than a century later

  An impressive five-hectare memorial to the Battle of Hill 70 is finally open in northern France, 102 years after the events of August 1917.

  Canada

  Oct 2, 2019
• London city committee votes to make Vimy Ridge Park permanent

  Vimy Ridge Park will have to await approval from full city council before it can become a permanent fixture.

  Canada

  Aug 14, 2019
• Halifax cadets commemorate Vimy Day, honour Canada’s fallen at Citadel Hill

  The celebration was held just a few days shy of the battle's 112th anniversary.

  Features

  Apr 7, 2019
• Steinbach woman tracks down family of WWI letter-writer

  A letter from a Canadian soldier in the First World War has finally found its way home, a century later.

  Feb 20, 2019
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• Steinbach antique store finds century-old letter written by Vimy Ridge soldier

  The owner of a Manitoba antique store is looking to find a veteran's living family member after finding a 102-year-old letter from a soldier who fought at Vimy Ridge in the First World War.

  Canada

  Feb 15, 2019
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• Winnipeg man finds grandfather’s name at memorial decades after his death

  After learning from a family member that his grandfather served in the Battle of Vimy Ridge, Wayne Suggitt decided to attend a Remembrance Day ceremony on Sunday.

  Nov 11, 2018