by K-J | 11 Jan 2023 | CAF/DND
Stag Special Defence Minister Anita Anand announced Canada is purchasing a National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS) and associated munitions from the United States to donate to Ukraine.This high-priority donation is the first Canadian donation of an...
by K-J | 10 Jan 2023 | Features
Annually, students place poppies and crosses at the Brandon Cemetery graves of soldiers like 2PPCLI’s MCpl Timothy Wilson, KIA during the Afghan War and Japanese POW survivor and Korean War veteran Sgt Frank Christensen. Once researched, the Commonwealth War Graves...
by K-J | 8 Jan 2023 | News
2PPCLI soldiers training in the RTA are wearing various ballistic protections depending on what they are doing. The equipment worn by today’s CA soldier is a contrast to what their great-grandfather’s wore in the Great War; what their grandfather’s wore in the...
by K-J | 8 Jan 2023 | Features
Douglas has a cenotaph on Hwy 340 adjacent to the curling club. Retired RCA Museum senior curator Kathleen Christensen placed a poppy cross at the grave of LCpl James Kendall prior to an informal Remembrance Day ceremony at Camp Hughes’ cemetery. LCpl James...
by K-J | 8 Jan 2023 | History
Officers and NCOs with 35th Battery and their 4.5-inch Howitzer in Mons November 1918 35th Battery Gun Park in Mons November 1918 Capt George A. Downey on horseback in Mons November 1918 35th Battery Officers’ horse lines in Mons November 1918 35th...
