World War I

• ‘Shameful point in history’: New Calgary monument tells story of WWI internment camps

  Calgary's Ukrainian community unveils an exhibit marking Canada’s First World War internment operations

  Canada

  Jun 10, 2023
  
• New book sheds light on Vernon, B.C.’s First World War internment camp

  A little-known part of Okanagan history is being shared in a new book that shares the history of Vernon's WWI internment camp for 'enemy aliens.'

  Canada

  Feb 22, 2023
  
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• Cathedral High unveils memorial honouring former Hamilton students who died in world wars

  The central Hamilton school revealed an updated memorial honouring some 70 former Cathedral High students along side family and friends on Friday.

  Canada

  Nov 11, 2022
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• Play tells story of Ukrainian immigrant’s escape from Banff internment camp

  Run Nawrocki Run! Escape from Banff Prison tells the story one of over 8,000 Eastern Europeans who were sent to internment camps during the First World War.

  Canada

  Jun 20, 2022
• 100-year-old carrier pigeon message, never delivered, found in France

  The aged, "super rare" capsule, containing a message, appears to have been sent by a soldier during the First World War.

  Trending

  Nov 9, 2020
• Trump blames Spanish Flu for ending Second World War — 2 decades later

  Donald Trump mixed up his world wars and the year of the Spanish Flu in an error-filled comparison to the coronavirus.

  Trending

  Aug 11, 2020
• Historic Edmonton home first in 2020 to receive heritage designation

  The Kenneth Henderson residence in Strathcona was recently designated a municipal historic resource.

  Canada

  Jan 23, 2020
• Roy Green: Given recent events in Iraq, ‘1917’ is a timely film

  Roy Green says '1917,' a new movie about World War I, reminds us how ugly war can be.

  Commentary

  Jan 10, 2020
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• Family secrets revealed in new play, ‘Winter’s Daughter,’ performed at Segal Centre

  The play centres around a young couple in Calabria, Italy after the First World War. 

  Canada

  Nov 27, 2019
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• Remembrance Day services held across Europe

  French President Emmanuel Macron marked Armistice Day on Monday by visiting the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under Paris’ Arc de Triomphe.

  World

  Nov 11, 2019