In 1920, a group of about 26 Jamestown area men formed what was variously called the British Great War Veterans Association, Volunteers of the British and Canadian Expeditionary Force, and the ...

ARRAS, France (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau led commemorations on Sunday marking the centenary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge in northern ...

VIMY, France (AP) — An ocean away from home, spilling their blood on a remote ridge in the muddied battlefields of northern France a century ago, many would argue that Canadians earned nationhood.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will lead the commemorations on Sunday for the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge in France, considered a founding moment in his nations history.

Bermuda’s vital contribution to a Canadian victory at the Battle of Vimy Ridge 100 years ago was commemorated on Sunday by island historian Dr Edward Harris. The Bermuda Militia Artillery played a key ...

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OTTAWA, ON, April 9, 2021 /CNW/ - The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on Vimy Ridge Day: "Over 100 years ago today, on a cold Easter Monday in northern France, ...

I felt the sorrow evoked by the hundreds of empty boots that lined the hills of the Vimy Ridge monument in Northern France during the centenary in 2017. I had made the pilgrimage to honour my ...

While Canada’s national stereotype may be an overly polite and homely attitude to an almost comical degree, this certainly was not the case in World War I. In fact, throughout the Western Front, ...