Archive for January 1st, 2002

Thomas Russell poses behind the wheel during a display of Russell cars in the early 1900s.

On a brisk February day in 1907, four brave [...]

by Michael Crossling

 

Every month when I visit my local pharmacist to pick up a supply of prescription drugs I am obliged to either sit or [...]

by M.H. McKee   I was just a youngster when the Germans occupied the Netherlands in World War II. My family lived 25 miles southwest of Nijmegen, in a city called ‘s-Hertogenbosch. [...]

by Dan Black

Wally Smith stands next to the Danger Tree at Beaumont Hamel.

From the road near the Belgian village of [...]

by Dan Black

Gordon McArthur clutches the Canadian flag while next to his son Ian at the funeral. They grew [...]

by Victoria Fulford

Bombardier Adam Pankratz stands guard during the ceremony. An [...]

by Ray Dick

Two female World War II veterans examine the [...]

 

Canada’s honours system includes (from left) the Companion of the Order of Canada; Officer of the Order of [...]

War artist George Pepper produced an impressive array of paintings. Above: Dead German Paratroopers. George Pepper painted with a quick intensity that seems consistent with his life. His days were filled with adventure and experience and he followed the call of his art through war and peace with equal enthusiasm, painting all the way. Born in Ottawa in 1903, Pepper moved to Toronto and studied at the Ontario College of Art. Restless, he went off to paint and further [...]

by David J. Bercuson

A peacekeeper performs gate security as an advance [...]