3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (500+ words) Johnny Pauls, a veteran of the Second World War from Newfoundland and Labrador, has died. Pauls, who was known as “Uncle” in the Spaniard's Bay community, died Wednesday evening. He was 102 years old. He was born March 16, 1924, in the south…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (503+ words) For Bombardier Zane Ward, the names of 109 students on two bronze plaques in the University of Guelph's War Memorial Hall each hold a unique story he wants to tell. The names belong to students from the Ontario Agricultural College who…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (600+ words) Rummaging through some old boxes recently, Gemma McIntyre-Gould stumbled across a fascinating piece of family history — and now she's donated it to the local Legion branch. The Dawson City, Yukon, woman found a letter written years ago by her great…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (144+ words) CBC They were strangers. Until they unraveled their families' WW II connection Two strangers who met for the first time this month say it felt like a family reunion. Their fathers knew each other during the German occupation of the…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (660+ words) Community, family, traditional leaders and dignitaries were all in attendance Tuesday in Alderville First Nation to honour a Second World War veteran celebrating his 100th birthday. The party for Don Smoke included a flyover by a Canadian Armed Forces Hercules aircraft....

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (111+ words) CBC Indigenous veteran from Indian Island honoured in France Chief Peter Barlow served with the North Shore Regiment in the Second World War, storming Juno Beach in 1944. This summer, a town in France honoured Barlow by naming a street after…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (516+ words) Over 100 years after his death, First World War veteran Ranald (Big Mac) Macdonald’s name will be added to the Guelph War Memorial. Former staff of the Guelph Mercury newspaper — where Macdonald was an agricultural editor before and after the war…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (84+ words) CBC Alderville First Nation WWII veteran turns 100 Community, family, traditional leaders and dignitaries were all in attendance in Alderville First Nation to honour a Second World War veteran celebrating his 100th birthday. - Last surviving Second World War veteran from Alderville First…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (82+ words) 'If I could write a book and write a story, it would be the world's best seller,' says veteran Caption: Second World War veteran Don Smoke thanks guests in attendance at his 100th birthday celebration in Alderville First Nation. (Candace Maracle…...