Call for redress from B.C. for WW1 era internment

Vernon played a key role in a difficult part of Canadian history. For more than five years during and after World War One the city hosted an internment camp where Canadian residents of Ukrainian and Eastern European ancestry were unfairly labeled “enemy aliens” and imprisoned. The Vernon camp was just one of two dozen such camps across the country. Now descendants of those interned in B.C. are pushing for redress from the provincial government.

• Relatives of First World War-era internees seek redress from B.C. government