by K-J | 21 Feb 2023 | Features
Maj Joachim NnannaStag Special When I worked with soldiers at 1RCHA, I often wondered how I found myself ministering to the men and women of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) in this setting.I was born and raised in Nigeria — on the continent of Africa — but now proudly...
by K-J | 14 Feb 2023 | Features
Jeremiah Hemens Stag Special Pte Kenneth Bryant Jones’ service forms part of the legacy of contributions which many Black Canadians have made to Canada through the military, even during times where they had to overcome great challenges just to enlist. On Nov. 30, 1921...
by K-J | 14 Feb 2023 | Features
No. 2 Construction Battalion members in Nova Scotia pose before leaving for France in the spring of 1917. Ginger Lamoureux’s great-grandfather Cpl Damascus Virgil with son Owen. Photo supplied Lamoureux family archives Accommodation at the front for Black soldiers...
by K-J | 9 Feb 2023 | Features
Cpl Cody Misner Stag Special Cpl Corbin Monaco joined the Canadian Army Reserve with The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment) when he was 22, just a few years after meeting a pioneering local veteran with whom he shared much in common. The son of a...
by K-J | 8 Feb 2023 | Features
2Lt Jerome Downey Stag Special On the eve of Remembrance Day in 2021, while tracing the footsteps of No. 2 Construction Battalion in Jura, France, I had a surreal experience. I stumbled upon a photograph of my great-grandfather Pte George A. Downey on a wall at the...
