Archive for March, 2007

Stretching 202 kilometres from Kingston, Ont., to Ottawa, the Rideau Canal is one of North America’s most scenic waterways. It is also a National Historic Site, a Canadian Heritage River and might very well be declared–sometime soon–a World Heritage […]

When Lieutenant-General Harry Crerar–a veteran of World War I–arrived in Italy to take command of 1st Canadian Corps, he was introduced to the battlefields of the Moro River and The Gully (Clearing The Gully, January/February).

Strome Galloway, who was in temporary command of the Royal […]

Royal Canadian Air Force transport came of age during World War II. That war also witnessed a revolution in transoceanic flying. Although the RCAF broke little new ground in this field, it was an active participant through the Royal Air Force’s […]

As in 1914, the main threat to Canada at the start of WW II came from surface raiders, and the best protection against these ships was still the cruisers of the Royal Navy. In the western Atlantic in 1939, however, British forces could now […]

Imagine a perfect day trip on a real train–on a train pulled by a working steam engine. One with old coach seats swaying back and forth; the relentless sharp percussion of the wheels serving as soundtrack to the vistas streaming past the old-fashioned […]

The story out of Ottawa in December that Canada had agreed to put an additional half billion dollars into the new stealthy F-35 fighter aircraft program caused barely a ripple in the media and was ignored on Parliament Hill. But it was […]

For the Canadian soldiers based at Kandahar Airfield (KAF) in Afghanistan, daily living certainly has its challenges. There is, of course, the war and the ever-present threat of rocket attacks, but there’s also a truly harsh climate complete […]

Early to bed and early out; shower, get dressed–forget coffee because that can do a number on your stomach. What you need are soda crackers–lots of them–they’ll be easier to keep down while you’re being whipped through the air over the Saskatchewan […]

Canada’s war in Afghanistan is fundamentally about national security. Though many outcomes for the mission are possible, the one thing Canada–and NATO–can’t accept is that Afghanistan once again becomes a place where international terrorists are […]

Command service officers congregated in Charlottetown Nov. 1-3 for the biennial Professional Development and Training Session at Veterans Affairs Canada’s headquarters.

This professional development session included a one-day training event with the Client Service Delivery Network. The network […]