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Archive for January, 2006

Defence Today

The Three-Block War

He knew they’d slow down. The Canadians always slowed down here. Sure enough, when the Iltis jeep reached the small ditch in the road it slowed down, right on schedule. At that moment [...]

January 1, 2006, by Adam Day

War Art

Gerald Edward Moira

In the early years of the Canadian War Memorial Fund (CWMF), Lord Beaverbrook turned to British artists to document Canadian subjects in World War I. It had upset him that Canadian achievements, [...]

January 1, 2006, by Jennifer Morse

Canada & the Victoria Cross

Securing Victory: Part 13 of 18

Following the capture of the Drocourt-Quéant Line, the Allies launched a knock-out blow to end the war with a massive breakthrough on a front stretching 180 miles from Bruges, Belgium, in the [...]

January 1, 2006, by Arthur Bishop

Health & Lifestyle

Weighing In On Obesity

Tammy Noble had tried every diet and weight loss method under the sun, including Weight Watchers, the Atkins Diet and Dr. Phil’s Ultimate Weight Solution, only to find that, after losing 10 or 20 pounds, “I’d gain it back, and [...]

January 1, 2006, by Natalie Salat

BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS
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MISCELLANEOUS
FEATHERS ON THE BRAIN– Brian Watkins, RCL representative to RCEL, “Feathers on the Brain,” a memoir of his life in Wales and as a British diplomat, available at Amazon.com or any good book shop, ISBN 978-0-9866421-5-9, $10.23. The author will be present at the Halifax Convention. Contribution from every book sold will be donated to The RCL’s Poppy Fund.