Nearly 66 years after he was liberated at the end of the Second World War, Albert Wallace can still remember the night of the Great Escape. “I didn’t sleep that night, waiting to see what was going to happen,” he said.
In the summer of 2007, Bill Walker and his two sons stood on a bridge overlooking Highway 401. They were honouring a Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan. As the military convoy passed by, Walker’s eldest son had a proposition for his father.
From his position in the bomber, navigator Todd Kindree could see the drop-zone through the chaos. On most operations, his Short Stirling bomber aircraft was heavily tossed by shells exploding in the air around it.
Ilze Kalnins strained her eyes as hard as she could, in the darkness that night. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t make out that island with the cows that her father swore was there. It wasn’t her fault. She was four and a canvas sheet covered the boat carrying the Kalnins family to protect them from the sea water.
Jack Fortnum never forgets to honour Canadian veterans at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month each year. He commemorates Remembrance Day and knows about the sacrifices that Canadians made for…
The coming of Remembrance Day sparked some controversy in Toronto’s Chinese community this year. For the fifth year, the Jubilee Centre for Christian Social Action (JCCSA) held the “Salute Canada” ceremony to observe Nov. 11…
It’s noon and the auditorium on the top floor of Legion Branch #10 is empty. Jack Lovell, 61, the legion’s bartender, steps on stage and pulls back the blue curtain hanging across the auditorium stage….
Second World War veteran Howard Walker wouldn’t think of missing the Remembrance Day ceremony at Centennial College. “The thing that keeps me coming back is the atmosphere the kids create themselves,” Walker said.
The Remembrance Day parade marks one of the few occasions when Ashley Zedner will publicly display his military medals. Zedner, 62, has too often experienced verbal abuse, aggressive behaviour from strangers and a “total lack…
This year’s Remembrance Day had special significance for Bill Walker. For the first time, he joined a Remembrance Day observance with his father, Second World War veteran Howard Walker. “I got a little lump on…