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What to do about North Korea?

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What to do about North Korea?

By Stephen J. Thorne

Canada went to war in 1950 because North Korea’s invasion of South Korea was a clear affront to the principles of the still-fledgling United Nations and was viewed as a potential stepping stone to more serious confrontation in Eastern Europe. But would the Canada of today get involved militarily in the unlikely event war breaks out on the Korean Peninsula?

Canada’s first foreign war

By Mark Zuehlke

While it was a political battle at home, the war in South Africa would
prove to be the first test of Canada’s fighting spirit overseas.

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May 19, 1918

Canadian nurse Katherine Maud MacDonald is killed
during German bombings of Étaples, France.

Read her last letter home, from the
day before her death, May 18, 1918.
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Testing North American air space

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Testing North American air space

Recent approaches by Russian Cold War-era bombers off Alaska and the Canadian Arctic mark a significant escalation in such activity by President Vladimir Putin, representing the most concentrated batch of long-range missions in some time.

Dan’s best friend

Daniel Boudreault is supported by psychologists, psychiatrists, doctors
and nurses. But it’s his best friend Bubba that saved his life.

From the Military Health Matters e-report no. 14

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May 10, 1940

Winston Churchill becomes British prime minister as the blitzkrieg sweeps into France.
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Legion Magazine is published six times a year in English with a French insert. Additional award-winning special-interest publications—collector’s editions—are produced every year. The website—legionmagazine.com—includes numerous articles from current and past issues, audiobook versions of articles, downloadable desktop calendars, Last Post, and more. Legion Magazine is published by Canvet Publications Ltd.

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VE Day

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Today we celebrate #VEDay and remember all the men & women who served and sacrificed 72 years later. How will you commemorate the date?

Image: VE Day celebrations in Toronto, Ont., May 1945 from National Film Board
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Nous célébrons aujourd’hui le #jourdelaVictoireenEurope et nous nous souvenons des hommes et des femmes qui ont servi et sacrifié leur vie au cours des 72 années suivantes. Comment allez-vous commémorer cette date ?

Image : Célébrations lors du jour de la Victoire en Europe, Toronto, Ont., mai 1945, Office national du film