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A ground-breaking expedition sets out from Massachusetts to a wreck that sank in the Labrador Sea
3+ hour, 4+ min ago (133+ words) CBC A ground-breaking expedition sets out from Massachusetts to a wreck that sank in the Labrador Sea CBC News is the only media outlet aboard the research vessel taking part in the voyage to the wreck of The Quest, which…...
Students from 2 Canadian schools published Holocaust denial quotes in their yearbooks. Why it went unnoticed | CBC News
2+ week, 1+ day ago (919+ words) WARNING: This story references claims of Holocaust denialism. Graduating students at two Canadian high schools submitted Holocaust denial quotes in their yearbooks this spring " and the quotes were even published before the schools took action." Some parents have been left…...
Step aboard the State of Maine " a U. S. training vessel docked in St. John's
2+ week, 2+ day ago (122+ words) CBC Step aboard the State of Maine " a U. S. training vessel docked in St. John's A 160-metre ship operated by the Maine Maritime Academy has made its way to St. John's. The State of Maine is a training vessel that prepares…...
60 years on, veterans are still fighting for recognition over Agent Orange spraying at CFB Gagetown
2+ week, 3+ day ago (283+ words) This week marks 60 years since the United States military first tested Agent Orange and other toxic herbicides at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown in New Brunswick. The base is an economic lifeline for the area, and the federal government is spending…...
They were strangers. Until they unraveled their families' WW II connection
1+ mon, 6+ day 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…...
Johnny Pauls, a WW II veteran from N. L. , has died | CBC News
1+ mon, 1+ 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…...
New game tells the story of the Newfoundland soldiers who fought a brutal WW I campaign | CBC Radio
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (863+ words) The Caribou Trail is about war, but it's not a war game. It's not a first-person shooter, or a game of military strategy. And there's nothing glamourous or desensitizing about its depiction of life on the battlefield. Instead, it's about…...
Hundreds mark Second World War's longest battle at ceremony in St. John's
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (134+ words) CBC Hundreds mark Second World War's longest battle at ceremony in St. John's People gathered at the National War Memorial in St. John's on Sunday to mark the 81st anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic, the longest battle of the…...
Winnipeg family awarded medal for ancestor's bravery during Holocaust
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (363+ words) Image | Max "Wout" Jacks and medals Caption: Max (Wout) Jacks was recently honoured posthumously in the Netherlands for his role in the Dutch resistance while he was a young Jewish man in hiding during the Second World War. (Trevor Brine…...
New song reveals code talkers from Garden River First Nation served in Second World War | CBC News
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (808+ words) Two local musicians are hoping to uncover a niche but critical piece of Garden River First Nation's history in the Second World War through song." Joel Syrette of Batchewana First Nation and Peter White of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. , teamed…...