Vimy Ridge
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Edmonton students to commemorate Battle of Vimy Ridge online after COVID-19 cancels their tripTwo 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.CanadaApr 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.CanadaNov 8, 2019
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Canada’s forgotten battle: Honouring the legacy of Hill 70, more than a century laterAn impressive five-hectare memorial to the Battle of Hill 70 is finally open in northern France, 102 years after the events of August 1917.CanadaOct 2, 2019
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London city committee votes to make Vimy Ridge Park permanentVimy Ridge Park will have to await approval from full city council before it can become a permanent fixture.CanadaAug 14, 2019
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Halifax cadets commemorate Vimy Day, honour Canada’s fallen at Citadel HillThe celebration was held just a few days shy of the battle's 112th anniversary.FeaturesApr 7, 2019
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Steinbach woman tracks down family of WWI letter-writerA 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 soldierThe 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.CanadaFeb 15, 2019
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Winnipeg man finds grandfather’s name at memorial decades after his deathAfter 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
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100 years later, Montreal’s Black Watch regiment returns to Wallers, France“It's to honour Canadians," said Rene Gonnez, who attended to thank Canadians personally. "That's very important."CanadaNov 10, 2018
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Justin Trudeau visits Vimy Ridge exactly 100 years after end of First World WarRunning his hands along the carved names of Canada's war dead and walking among the graves - some with names, others simply marked as "a soldier of the great war" - Trudeau and his veterans affairs minister shook hands with veterans and thanked them for their service.CanadaNov 10, 2018
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