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 ...

This past week marks a sad but important historic event that all Canadians need to recognize and understand. From April 9 to 12, 1917, four divisions of the Canadian Corps took place in an important ...

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 ...

On Easter morning, I finally cracked open a book that has languished on my to-read list for longer than I care to admit. The reason I began that long-awaited read of Tim Cook’s Vimy on April 9 ...

A two-hour documentary which recreates for the viewer one of the greatest battles in Canadian military history. The film was made to show that Canadian character at its best, forging an identity ...

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 ...