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Preserving the stories etched into tunnel walls beneath Vimy Ridge
Technology is helping to preserve and share the art and stories that were etched into the chalk walls in the tunnels below Vimy Ridge during the First World War.
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A mother remembers her son killed serving in Afghanistan
Nancy Payne is Canada's 2025 National Silver Cross Mother, representing all families who have lost sons and daughters to war. She tells CBC News chief correspondent Adrienne Arsenault about her son Cpl. Randy Joseph who died serving in...
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The cross-border effort to honour an American who fought for Canada in WW II
An American who came to Canada to fight in the Second World War and was praised for his conduct was court martialled for desertion when he returned to the U.S. Decades later, Millard ‘Tex’ Allison’s family and B.C. regiment are trying to...
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Finding Michael and the Canadians who flew beside him in WWII
CBC’s Johanna Wagstaffe takes The National on her personal journey to Malta to find out more about her great uncle Michael, an airman who never came home from the Second World War — and the Canadians who flew beside him.
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'It's about damn time': First Nations, Métis, Inuit veterans reflect on Indigenous Veterans Day
Indigenous Veterans Day has been acknowledged in Manitoba for more than three decades, but this year is the first time it will be officially marked. CBC’s Gavin Axelrod brings more.
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Indigenous women in P.E.I. come together to bead poppies to honour veterans
Indigenous women gathered to create beaded poppies to honour First Nations veterans, who some say haven’t been recognized in the same way as non-Indigenous veterans. CBC’s Delaney Kelly paid them a visit.
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P.E.I. volunteers knit and crochet 14,000 poppies as 'work of love' for Remembrance Day
They were aiming for 4,000, but volunteers in Stratford have knitted and crocheted 14,000 poppies that the town will display on Remembrance Day. One of the knitters calls it a “work of love” to show her respect for veterans and those...
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A duffel bag revives the story of a Cape Breton soldier killed in WW II
The discovery of a military duffel bag in an Italian farmer's field has revived the story of Hector McDonald — a Cape Breton soldier killed during the Second World War.
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Don Cherry’s Remembrance Day remarks called divisive and offensive
Don Cherry sparked an online backlash on Saturday night for his comments about immigrants not wanting to wear poppies ahead of Remembrance Day.
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Honouring service and sacrifice on Remembrance Day
People across Canada gathered today to honour the service and sacrifice of the men and women in the Canadian Forces on Remembrance Day.
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Civilian advisers say they were forgotten after Afghanistan war
The Afghan-Canadians who served as civilian advisers for the Canadian Forces in Afghanistan, helping in some of the most dangerous missions, say they came home to little or no support from the government.
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‘Divisive’ comments cost Don Cherry his job
Don Cherry’s comments about new immigrants not wearing poppies have cost him his job at Hockey Night in Canada after 40 years. In a statement, Sportsnet said “following further discussions with Don Cherry after Saturday night's...
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Should Don Cherry be replaced?
Saturday will be the first Hockey Night in Canada since Don Cherry was ousted. Love him or loathe him? We talk to hockey fans about what should happen to Coach’s Corner without the coach.
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Private George Price: Paying homage to a fallen Canadian | Dispatch
This year's Remembrance Day marks 100 years since the end of the First World War. In this weeks Dispatch, the CBC's Nahlah Ayed travels to Belgium to bring us the story of Canadian Private George Price, the last British Empire soldier...
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World leaders mark 100 years since end of WW I
PM Trudeau joins other world leaders in Paris to mark the 100th anniversary of armistice and honour the lives lost in battle.
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Thousands gather for Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa
Remembrance Day ceremony on Parliament Hill commemorates the end of the First World War a century ago.
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A London school's surprising connection to Newfoundland
For 15 years, kids from the school have been tending to the graves of 17 First World War soldiers and a nurse from Newfoundland, after they discovered their graves didn't have a poppy for Remembrance Day. Now a group of them will...
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Canadians lack knowledge of war
Canadians may consider the First World War important. But they don't necessarily know many facts about it
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Connecting with history through postcards from the past
History professors at Western University have a project helping connect Canadians with history by sending recreated postcards from the First World War to the same address from more than 100 years ago.
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#TheMoment an artist created beaded poppies for Indigenous veterans
Joyce Hunter is making beaded poppies for Indigenous Veterans Day — combining a proud symbol with traditional beadwork to produce powerful pieces of wearable art.
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2023 Silver Cross mother remembers son Sapper Christopher Holopina
Christopher Holopina was killed just six days before the end of his peacekeeping deployment in Bosnia when his armoured vehicle rolled into a ravine. Canada’s 2023 Silver Cross mother, Gloria Hooper, tells CBC’s Rosemary Barton about her...
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The Nation Falls Silent To Mark Armistice Day
The nation falls silent to remember the war dead.
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Ontario student reads Remembrance Day poem
Zachary Lou, a student at the Academy for Gifted Children in Richmond Hill, Ont., reads the Remembrance Day poem for which he won second place in the 2021 poetry contest held by the Royal Canadian Legion - Ontario Command.
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In Flanders Fields
Five veterans sat down to share a recitation of the renowned poem for Remembrance Day.