Young cadets and veterans gathered in the pouring rain to remember the 120 soldiers dedicated on the cenotaph at the Royal ...

Just before dawn on April 9, 1917, Lieutenant Claude Williams lay in a muddy trench in northern France, cold and shivering and ready for battle. During the Battle of Vimy Ridge in 1917, Canadians ...

Flags are lowered to half-mast across the Foothills today (April 9) to honour the National Day of Remembrance of the Battle ...

A minute of silence was observed at Salmon Arm's cenotaph Wednesday for those who fought and/or made the ultimate sacrifice ...

The ceremony commemorating the Battle of Vimy Ridge will happen this Sunday, but not in its usual location. The Okotoks ...

Later he was Commander of the Canadian Corps which distinguished itself at the Somme and Thiepval Ridge. Its greatest feat was the capture in 1917 of Vimy Ridge. In 1919 he was created Baron Byng of ...

OTTAWA, ON, April 9, 2025 /CNW/ - On Easter morning of 1917, Canadian troops answered the call of duty and demonstrated exceptional courage in the battlefields of Vimy Ridge in northern France ...

When Jim MacDonald makes his pilgrimage to Vimy Ridge on Sunday, he will be guided by a 100-year-old map, which is stained with mud from the First World War battlefield, and now sits carefully ...

The Canadian Corps were able to take Vimy Ridge in just four days, far faster than I’ll get through the 394 pages of Cook’s book. But I already had in motion another way to honor the 10,000 ...