by K-J | 19 Jul 2023 | CAF/DND
Stag Special The Department of National Defence (DND) and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) have confirmed the grave of an unknown soldier in Bois-Carré British Cemetery, in Thélus, France, is Sgt Arthur Melvin, a Canadian soldier of the First World War. Sgt Arthur...
by K-J | 17 Jul 2023 | Features
Jules XavierShilo Stag Standing over the grave of his great-grandfather Charles Sharp, then Maj Reg Sharpe shed a few tears as he reflected on what the 22-year-old endured during the Great War when he was on the battlefield a century ago.“It was an emotional...
by K-J | 14 Jul 2023 | Features
Jules Xavier Shilo Stag On the 106 anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge this past April, Kendra Minary was thinking about her great-great-uncle Pte Cecil Minary. She spent the COVID-19 pandemic researching her relative, who was Killed In Action (KIA) east of...
by K-J | 13 Jul 2023 | CAF/DND
Stag Special The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) continued to honour the legacy of No. 2 Construction Battalion, the only all-black formation in Canadian military history, during a July 8 parade in Pictou, Nova Scotia. The parade promoted the battalion’s legacy in...
by K-J | 12 Jul 2023 | CAF/DND
Anita Anana Stag Special “One year ago, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and I delivered an apology on behalf of the Government of Canada for the systemic anti-Black racism that members of No. 2 Construction Battalion endured before, during, and long after the First...
