Ojibway artist Mary Ann Caibaiosai’s depiction of the Windigo. Stories of the beast were often used to keep children [...]
Archive for January, 2003
Memoirs & Pilgrimages
A Look Back
by Stan Scislowski
No civilian can expect to know the deep feelings that can well up in a war veteran when he visits the site of his greatest trial and efforts in the war. Those who [...]
January 1, 2003
Memoirs & Pilgrimages
Nightly Messages in The Congo
by Dan Danyluk
It was April 1961. Two miles south of the airport, heading into Albertville in what was then known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. My driver pointed left, [...]
January 1, 2003
Memoirs & Pilgrimages
Mission To Sierra Leone
by Major John Egan
The author pauses during a live-fire exercise near the Songo River in Sierra Leone in 2001. The Hercules dove to within [...]
January 1, 2003
Memoirs & Pilgrimages
The Pride Of Yarmouth
by Tom MacGregor
From left: Wreaths were placed at the town cenotaph immediately after the church service; Memorial Club member Courtney [...]
January 1, 2003
Memoirs & Pilgrimages
A Heartfelt Remembrance
by Ray Dick
From top: Nepean, Ont., resident J. Roger MacPherson, who served during peacetime with the Black Watch (Royal [...]
January 1, 2003
Canada Corner
Peace River Country
From top: Wheat grower Herman Trelle was “outstanding” in his field during the late ’20s; freshly cut timber is [...]
January 1, 2003, by Les McLaughlin
War Art
Rowley Walter Murphy
Seamen on Jetty Being Instructed on Bends and Hitches. Rowley Walter Murphy was a precise artist. Every painting was carefully rendered and demonstrated his love affair with ships and Canada’s World [...]
January 1, 2003, by Jennifer Morse
Defence Today
Engineering An Anniversary On The Trans Canada Trail
by Tom MacGregor
Members of the 44th Field Engineer Squadron construct a 40-metre Bailey bridge at the Creston Valley Wildlife Management [...]
January 1, 2003
Defence Today
Canadians Honoured For Afghanistan Service
Top: Marley Léger accepts the South-West Asia Service Medal awarded posthumously to her husband, Sergeant Marc Léger [...]
