Archive for November, 2001

A gusher that occurred in Petrolia in 1902.

Before there was the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, before supertankers and pipelines, in 1858 there were two men with shovels and […]

by Pat Sullivan

The Vimy Memorial turned 65 this year, and creator Walter Allward would have been pleased with the birthday presents. Not only did the federal government promise to spend […]

by Graham Chandler

Cut throttle to idle. Ease back on the stick to maintain altitude, reducing airspeed by one knot per second. At five knots above stall speed, gradually feed in rudder […]

by Laurel Driedger

I remember what we did for remembrance when I was in grade school. All the students cut little poppies from red construction paper and then placed them around the […]

by Bill Thompson

Several years ago I worked as an orderly in a veterans residential care
facility at London, Ont. Known affectionately as The Wing, the facility was comprised of several pavilions surrounded […]

by Mac Johnston

Standing at the Vimy Memorial in France, the youth leaders are: (front, from left): Marcus Munro of Elkford, […]

A working seaport and a historic downtown core are among Lunenburg’s greatest assets.

For more than two centuries, life in Lunenburg, N.S., revolved […]

Harold Beament’s paintings depict wartime on the Atlantic. The above image is titled Passing?

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by Victoria Fulford

Sgt. Tommy Prince, who became Canada’s most decorated aboriginal war veteran, is briefed before going out on patrol […]

by David J. Bercuson

It isn’t often that anyone in this nation seriously debates issues touching on the nature and effectiveness of the Canadian Forces. When they do, however, the […]