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0 The Canadian War Museum has secured the Victoria Cross awarded to John Francis Young in the First World War. The museum now has 33 of the 94 Victoria Crosses awarded to Canadians between 1854 and 1945. Young was one of the Magnificent Seven, men awarded...
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0 A treat for history buffs, the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies is posting podcasts every Friday leading up to the 2012 Military History Colloqium in London, Ont., in May. So far, historians Terry Copp and Michelle Fowler talk about the liberation of...
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0 The federal government is providing $4.8 million to fund two dozen War of 1812 commemorative programs across the country. “Canada would not exist had the American invasion not been repelled,” Heritage Minister James Moore said in announcing the funding through three programs. “We invite all...
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1 Oh, how short the memory over generations. It explains the mystery surrounding a commemorative plaque from the First World War described in recent newspaper stories in Britain and Canada. The story concerns retiree Jean Bramham of Sunderland, U.K., who discovered a 12-cm Memorial Plaque for...
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0 War artist Ted Zuber is among those recently awarded Ambassadors for Peace Medals in Canada by the Republic of Korea. Zuber served in South Korea with the Royal Canadian Regiment in 1952, and kept a sketch diary of his experiences. He was in the Gulf...
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0 A class action law suit is being prepared against the federal government challenging the fairness of some benefits paid to injured and disabled veterans under the New Veterans Charter. The Vancouver-based Equitas Society seeks parity in disability benefits for wounded and injured military members with...
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Canada and the Holocaust
Many young Canadians may be unaware Canada has any connection to the Holocaust, the Nazi extermination program that claimed six million Jewish people and millions of others during the Second World War. That is about to change as Canada assumes chairmanship of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance . In his speech at the hand-over...
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