Belgian king returns field gun to Canada

Story and photography by Stephen J. Thorne

It’s been nearly a century since Canadian guns fell silent at Mons, Belgium, the last city they liberated before Germany surrendered and the war to end all wars was ended. Two of those guns were left behind as gifts from Canada to the City of Mons in 1919. One has come back to Canada on long-term loan to the Canadian War Museum where the occasion was marked on March 13 by a visit from Belgium’s King Philippe and Queen Mathilde.

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The liberation of Zeeland

Story and photography by Adam M. Tindal

The Battle of the Scheldt was a massive Canadian victory that was largely overshadowed by British and American triumphs of the Second World War. But not everyone has forgotten Canada’s Cinderella Army and the importance of its victory along the Scheldt River in the fall of 1944.

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March 20, 1917

The preparatory artillery bombardment for the assault on Vimy Ridge, France, begins.

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The changing face of recruiting

Story and photography by Stephen J. Thorne

With the federal government declaring Canada’s need to take its place in the world, there will be more demand for soldiers, sailors and air crew. Despite difficulties the military has been having in meeting recruitment targets and gloomy demographics, there is reason for hope.

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War and the women’s vote

Story by Valerie Knowles
March 8, 2018 is #InternationalWomensDay

This year marks the 100th anniversary of not only the end of the First World War, but also extension of the federal suffrage to most Canadian women, a development spearheaded by tenacious Canadian suffragists and abetted by the war itself.

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March 8, 1971

Pier 21 in Halifax closes. More than a million immigrants, including 50,000 war brides, arrived here on passenger liners from 1928 to 1971.

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