Sword rattling won’t change
Canada’s defence policy

by Stephen J. Thorne

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sent a message that Canada will
not be browbeaten when he reasserted his position Aug. 23
that the country will act in its own best interests on the issues
of troops for Afghanistan and continental missile defence.

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John A. Macdonald’s
rocky road to Confederation

by Don Gillmor

In 1864, John A. Macdonald, along with George Brown,
D’Arcy McGee and Alexander Galt, sailed to Charlottetown to
convince the maritime colonies to join Confederation. On board
was $13,000 worth of champagne to smooth negotiations.

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August 30-31, 1944

Canadians break through Germany’s Gothic Line, south of Rimini, Italy.

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The soulless gaze of haters

by Stephen J. Thorne

I have seen it several times. And I have felt seething, deep-seated
hate directed both at me and at others—in South Africa, in Kosovo,
in Afghanistan. It doesn’t go away easily or quickly.

There is only so much we, as a so-called civilized society, can
do when confronted with it in other parts of the world. The history is just
too much. One thing is for sure: we don’t want that hate here in North America.

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The secret life at Camp X

by June Coxon

Life was far from normal for those who worked in the
clandestine Camp X, Canada’s school for spies.

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August 26, 1939

The Royal Canadian Navy assumes control
of all Canadian civilian merchant ships.

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