Archive for January, 2001
Defence Today
Heroic Dog Of Hong Kong Recognized
Look-alike Rimshot stands in for the dog Gander during the presentation of the Dickin Medal to Hong Kong veteran Fred Kelly. Holding Rimshot is owner Marc Cote.
“It’s an honour just to be able to put my [...]
January 11, 2001
Canada Corner
More Deadly Than War Itself
In 1918—just as World War I was coming to an end—along came a virus, a previously unknown killer that would claim more lives than the war—and in a shorter period of time. In less than two years, the Spanish influenza killed [...]
January 1, 2001, by Pat Sullivan
Memoirs & Pilgrimages
Desert Links
by J. Leo Giroux
PHOTO: COURTESY OF J.LEO GIROUX
When it came to hazards, the Bedouin Golf and Country Club was [...]
January 1, 2001
Memoirs & Pilgrimages
The Ransom Collar
by Albert E. Brock
Kidnapping is a rare occurrence in Canada. It was certainly rare in 1955 when I worked as a detective in Forest Hill, a small but very affluent part of Toronto. Most of the crime [...]
January 1, 2001
Memoirs & Pilgrimages
Uncovering A Lost Trail
by John Albrecht
Among my childhood memories is an image of my grandmother standing in our backyard, yelling and waving her garden hoe at a formation of Lancaster bombers. The planes were en route [...]
January 1, 2001
Canada Corner
Bombardier’s Soaring Success
The 50-seat Canadair Regional Jet assembly line at Dorval, Quebec.
A willingness to take risks, as any modern business maverick will tell you, is one of the keys to corporate success. And Bombardier Inc., a Canadian corporation that builds everything [...]
January 1, 2001, by Laura Byrne Paquet
War Art
Leonard Brooks
Canadian war artist Leonard Brooks painted the day-to-day life of military service in the Royal Canadian Navy. He used sombre greys and blues to imbue each canvas with the mood of the sea during World War II. We can almost feel the wind and [...]
January 1, 2001, by Jennifer Morse
Defence Today
Eye On Defence: New Force Structure Required
by David J. BercusonLegion Magazine is pleased to introduce Eye On Defence, a new regular column focusing on matters related to National Defence and the Canadian Forces today. Historian David J. Bercuson [...]
January 1, 2001
Defence Today
Saskatchewan Branches Use Geography To Honour War Dead
Byers Bay, Moloski Lake, Rupert Lake. These bodies of water in Northern Saskatchewan do not bear the names of the explorers that discovered them, but rather the names of three young men from Churchill River, Esterhazy, and Melfort, Saskatchewan, [...]
January 1, 2001
Defence Today
Mountain Range Scaled As Tribute To Heroism
by Ray Dick
Corporal Brian Baldwin was part of a five-member Canadian Forces team that placed commemorative plaques on five mountain peaks named [...]
