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Part 3: The Fall of Objective Rugby.
Whatever the new rotation of Canadian soldiers were expecting to find when they rotated into Kandahar in August 2006, it wasn’t this.
They had trained for counter-insurgency warfare, but what they found was a lot closer to conventional war.
What they […]
James Creighton—the law clerk of the Canadian Senate for 48 years and a man who has been called “the inventor of hockey”—was one of history’s forgotten figures for more than half a century after his death on June 27, 1930. And he may well have remained obscure and unknown were it not for the efforts of Bill Fitsell, a Kingston, Ont., journalist and hockey historian, who spent two decades combing through old newspapers and other aged records searching for references to the man.
Fitsell found lots—enough to devote a chapter to Creighton in his 1987 book Hockey’s Captains, Colonels & […]
When General Harold Alexander issued orders for the spring offensive in Italy he instructed Gen. Mark Clark’s 5th Army to attack in the mountainous coastal sector, employing 2nd U.S. Corps and the French Expeditionary Corps.
These forces were to advance north to the Anzio bridgehead–south […]
Historian Owen Cooke identified three levels at which a country interferes militarily in another nation’s conflicts. The first involves military advisers and technical experts who support one side in a civil war. Next come units of foreign “volunteers” operating […]
The federal government has agreed to offer a one-time ex gratia payment of $20,000 to those who suffered as a result of testing with Agent Orange and other chemicals at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown in the 1960s.
The announcement was made Sept. 12 in Fredericton by newly […]
The Legion’s Dominion Command Service Bureau service officers are there to serve still-serving Canadian Forces members, veterans, members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and dependants while representing your interests in any dealings with Veterans […]
CANADIAN AIRBORNE REGIMENT—40th anniv., June 19-21, Edmonton. Airborne Social Club, Box 71034, Northtown Post Office Suite 155, 9304-137th Ave. NW, Edmonton, AB T5E 5P0, Airborne-reunion 2008@shaw.ca.
FIGHTER CONTROL OPERATOR […]
Legionnaires, their branches and the general public have embraced The Royal Canadian Legion Troop Morale Fund. And the good news is that 2008 promises to be another successful year for the nationwide program which delivers one coffee and doughnut certificate […]
At the 1998 dominion convention, delegates asked The Royal Canadian Legion (RCL) to introduce a benefits program that would enhance the value of membership. Over the years, partners like MBNA MasterCard have made significant financial […]
ABCs Of Preventing Coronary Disease
A group of West Coast researchers has found a cost-effective way to get middle-aged people to lower their risk factors for cardiovascular disease: grade the risk factors like schoolwork and provide telephone counselling to help people improve their grades.
“We told them the optimum (risk) level, assigned a grade to each of their risks, and tried to move them to the next level,” says Andrew Wister, chair of the department of gerontology at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. “If they got Fs or Ds, those were the areas we focused on for improvement.”
The researchers studied two […]
Two books by Russ Martin. Secret Zapping of Planet Earth: Main cause of cancer, leukemia, genetic mutation pandemic is revealed in this book. Human Flight from Balloon to Moon to Jumbo Jet: Before and after the Wright Bros. (approx. 228 colored pictures). Trafford Publishing 2657 Wilfert Rd. Victoria BC V9B 5Z3, 1-888-232-4444, 604-535-7397.
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MASYA HOLDINGS – CANADA’S CHOICE FOR MILITARY HISTORY DVDs— Specializing in military history DVDs, we carry a large inventory of titles in stock. View our catalogue on-line, www.masya.ca.
ATTENTION: ALBERTANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY— Do you have any old military books laying around the house? Why not think of donating them to The Military Museums. Located in Calgary, The Military Museums is Canada's second largest tri-service military museum. The Military Museums Library and Archives has recently expanded its facility and is building up its military book collection for use by present and future generations. If you or your loved ones have military books please consider donating them to the Museum. The Archives are also interested in preserving personal histories of Canadians. We would greatly welcome diaries, letters, photographs, scrapbooks, as well as personal remembrances in non-paper form -- such as tapes, home-videos, films and negatives, or digital media -- in order that following generations may learn what Canadians experienced. If you would like to contribute, please contact John Wright at The Military Museums Library and Archives, 4520 Crowchild Trail SW, Calgary, AB T2T 5J4, 403-974-2831, jpwright@ucalgary.ca.
CANADIANS AT WAR–WW I & WW II BATTLE TOUR— May 28 – June 10, 2009. Hosted by The Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada Association. Relive the triumphs and tragedies of our brave Canadian soldiers during the great wars of the 20th century. Visit Ypres, Passchendaele, Beaumont Hamel, site of Battle of the Somme and Vimy Ridge, the scene of Canada’s greatest victory. Tour the beaches at Dieppe and Juno, finishing with a visit to Paris. Contact Ellison Tours 1-800-265-7022, vacations@ettravel.com.
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