Like Canadians at Vimy Ridge in 1917, Jews died there for Western civilization.

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 ...

“The number of military cemeteries brought tears to my eyes. All contained the remains of the young men from foreign lands who came to fight there.” ...

The bones of a Canadian soldier found on a battlefield in France from the First World War are not the remains of a long-lost great uncle of Marlie Kelsey, from Chemainus. But Kelsey said the hope is ...

Lancelot Bertrand’s journey took him from the Caribbean to Saskatchewan and then to France to fight in the First World War with what is now the B.C. Regiment. For his bravery at Vimy Ridge ...

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 ...

Vimy Ridge, in northeastern France, was a key position for the Germans from the beginning of the First World War. They dug into fortified trenches and strongpoints high up on the ridge ...

The Canadian Corps were able to take Vimy Ridge in just four days ... I ran a story about a high school student from Winnipeg who is in France for a Vimy pilgrimage. Aidan Nowicki had taken ...

Matthew Sears: By being more thoughtful about acts of commemoration in pondering who is and who is not represented, we stand a better chance of righting Canada’s wrongs This was not a day for ...