Sergeant Roger Carrasqueira of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery helps fight a forest fire in McClure, B.C. [...]
Archive for November, 2003
Defence Today
B.C. Fire Victims Count The Costs
by Ray Dick
A helicopter drops water on a forest fire that has advanced to the outskirts of Kelowna, B.C. A [...]
November 1, 2003
Memoirs & Pilgrimages
Sanctified Ground
by Stan Scislowski
From top: The reflecting pool at Cassino War Cemetery, Italy; temporary markers rise above graves of Canadian soldiers [...]
November 1, 2003, by Sylvia Saunders
Memoirs & Pilgrimages
Building A Living Memorial
Story and photographs by Natalie Salat
From top: Mary George throws a wreath into the Channel; [...]
November 1, 2003
Memoirs & Pilgrimages
War And Remembrance
by Maureen Stephenson
Today, just like every other Nov. 11th, there is a Remembrance Day ceremony downtown. It’s usually a sparse gathering of brave souls huddled against the damp, cold winds [...]
November 1, 2003, by Maureen Stephenson
Memoirs & Pilgrimages
Nursing Memories
by Madeline Shavalier
They say that a journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step. Mine began when I was called up [...]
November 1, 2003
Memoirs & Pilgrimages
Uneasy Lies The Country
From top: Canadian Korean War veterans pay their respects at the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan, South [...]
November 1, 2003, by Ray Dick
Canada Corner
Laughing Matters
From top: Comedy greats Johnny Wayne (left) and Frank Shuster at work in the 1959 Burning of Rome sketch; actors [...]
November 1, 2003, by Steve Pitt
War Art
Manly MacDonald
We often think of rugged northern landscapes when we picture Canadian art, but Manly MacDonald preferred the charm of rural life in southern Ontario. His generous style had a distinctly Canadian spirit, and his large wartime [...]
November 1, 2003, by Jennifer Morse
Canadian Military History in Perspective
The Cruelest Month: Army, Part 49
Private H.E. Goddard of the Perth Regt. advances through a forest near Arnhem, the Netherlands, in April 1945. Canadian military historians have generally [...]
