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Military selects new uniform camo

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Military selects new uniform camo

Military selects new uniform camo

Story by Stephen J. Thorne

It seems like yesterday when the Canadian military last unveiled a new camouflage pattern uniform. Their pixelated look, known as the Canadian Disruptive Pattern, or CADPAT, was computer-designed to reduce the likelihood of detection by night-vision equipment as well as the naked eye.

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Canada and the brutal battles of the somme
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Empresses of the transpacific fleet

Empresses of the transpacific fleet

Story by Sharon Adams

On April 28, 1891, Canadian Pacific’s Royal Mail Ship Empress of India completed its maiden voyage. It had sailed from Liverpool, across the Mediterranean, through the Suez Canal, across the Indian and Pacific oceans, and arrived in Vancouver.

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So long, Matthew Fisher, Canada’s most-travelled warco

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So long, Matthew Fisher, Canada’s most-travelled warco 

So long, Matthew Fisher, Canada’s most-travelled warco 

Story by Stephen J. Thorne

He could be blunt, bombastic and cringingly irreverent. He was also smart, generous, and always, always interesting.

Like virtually all of the most talented, committed and absorbing people I’ve known, Matthew Fisher was a human full of quirks and contradictions. He died in Ottawa on April 10 after a short battle with liver disease. He was 66.

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With the guns in the Second Battle of Ypres

With the guns in the Second Battle of Ypres

Story by Sharon Adams

In 1915, Canadian troops moved to the Ypres Salient in Belgium. The Germans wanted very much to get rid of the bulge into their territory, and used a new weapon hoping to dislodge British, Canadian and French troops.

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