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WWI Christmas Truce still remembered
During the first Christmas Day of the First World War, something magical happened as German and British soldiers struck up a spontaneous truce in Flanders Fields. Sir John A. Macdonald toonie to celebrate 1st PM's 200th birthday
Sir John A. Macdonald will be honoured with a spot on the $2 coin for the 200th anniversary of his birth, according to a notice posted Friday. Memorial service marks 97th anniversary of explosion at Halifax Harbour
Halifax residents gathered to mark the 97th anniversary of the Halifax explosion Saturday morning. Richard III remains confirmed, but DNA test raises other questions
British research confirms skeleton found that of King Richard III. Now questions are being raised about lineage of Tudor royal family.Winston Churchill spurred scientific innovation
Aerial mines may sound like a contraption from a science fiction film, but they were dreamt up by the man known as Britain’s greatest wartime prime minister
History | 501 hits | 12:26 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Aerial mines may sound like a contraption from a science fiction film, but they were dreamt up by the man known as Britain’s greatest wartime prime minister
My fascination with the First World War used to be seen as geeky. Not any more ...
I have been visiting First World War battlefield sites since the mid-1980s, when I was in my twenties: even back then I was on the outskirts of what most people considered were suitable or mainstream pastimes. Of course, in the City of London in the 1980s
I have been visiting First World War battlefield sites since the mid-1980s, when I was in my twenties: even back then I was on the outskirts of what most people considered were suitable or mainstream pastimes. Of course, in the City of London in the 1980s Previously unseen Halifax Explosion photos surface in England
Several previously unseen photographs taken during the Halifax Explosion have surfaced at a home in Cornwall, England. Remembrance Day: Dorothy Scott, 93, recounts her WWII RAF days
Dorothy Scott's job during the Second World War was to plot airplanes, both friend and foe, for the Royal Air Force from a farmhouse in the south of Cornwall. The Guelph resident shares her stories from the war with The Morning Edition host Craig Norris. Bomber Command veterans in their 90s visit Hamilton's Lancaster
Royal Canadian Air Force and Royal Air Force veterans who served as Lancaster bomber aircrew reunited in Hamilton for Remembrance Day events. First Nations contributions to WW I and WW II: Lest we forget
Our soldiers fought for the shared values of freedom and democratic rights for all, but these soldiers returned from the war and quickly realized those freedoms and rights did not equally apply to them as they did their non-native comrades, writes Gordon Francis Pegahmagabow, unsung WW I hero, to get overdue recognition
The most decorated First Nations soldier in the history of the Canadian military will get the recognition he never received in his lifetime. A life-size bronze statue of Francis Pegahmagabow, a little known WW I hero, will be erected in Parry Sound, Ont., Divers visit WW II Bell Island shipwreck site to lay wreath
A crew of divers from Conception Bay South visited the site of a WW II shipwreck on Monday to lay a wreath in memory of the sailors who perished. Lancaster bomber veterans to reunite on Remembrance Day in Hamilton
Seven Royal Canadian Air Force veterans who served as Lancaster bomber aircrew are reuniting in Hamilton for Remembrance Day events.Winston Churchill's 'bid to nuke Russia' to win Cold War
Winston Churchill urged the United States to launch a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union to win the Cold War, a newly released document reveals.
History | 740 hits | 12:28 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Winston Churchill urged the United States to launch a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union to win the Cold War, a newly released document reveals. John McCrae's 'In Flanders Fields' still stirs hearts almost a century after it was written
Despite the passage of time, Canadian Lt.-Col. John McCrae's poem 'In Flanders Fields' -- often recited around Remembrance Day or when a soldier dies in the line of duty -- has managed to remain relevant to every conflict since the First World War. George Lawrence Price was last Canadian soldier killed in First World War
George Lawrence Price was a typical Canadian soldier in the First World War, except for the timing of his death. He holds the sad distinction of being the last Canadian and last Commonwealth soldier to die in the First World War. Ship's bell recovered from Franklin's HMS Erebus
A brass bell from HMS Erebus, one of the two doomed ships from the Franklin expedition that came in search of the Northwest Passage, is now in the hands of scientists in Ottawa.How a Bruce Springsteen concert helped bring down the Berlin Wall
It was 25 years ago this weekend that the Berlin Wall came tumbling down. For young East Germans back then, rock music was a big catalyst for change – with no one bigger than Bruce Springsteen. The CBC's Nahlah Ayed writes about the legacy of one epic con
It was 25 years ago this weekend that the Berlin Wall came tumbling down. For young East Germans back then, rock music was a big catalyst for change – with no one bigger than Bruce Springsteen. The CBC's Nahlah Ayed writes about the legacy of one epic con Lighter returned to B.C. family 70 years after pilot was killed in Second World War
On June 25, 1944, Flight-Lieutenant Barry Cleeton’s Spitfire was shot down over Normandy, France. At only 21, he crashed and died in a farmer’s field. Seventy years later, his sister Gwenneth Olson brightens at the sound of his name. Video: Fred Gallant, 91, reflects on WWII service
Remembrance Day can evoke strong emotions for veterans and their families and that is especially true for one elderly couple in Summerside. Plant-eating, duck-billed dinos had endurance to outrun predators: Alberta researchers
New research suggests that duck-billed dinosaurs were no sitting ducks. Scientists have long wondered how the plant-eating hadrosaurs managed to be so numerous everywhere from North America to Asia. 'The beginning of the long dash' indicates 75 years of official time on CBC
On Nov. 5, 1939, as the Second World War was breaking out in Europe, Canadians first heard "the beginning of the long dash" which officially signals the arrival of 1 p.m. Dozens of old graves found under Toronto church parking lot
Dozens of sets of century-old human remains have been found under the parking lot of a Catholic church in Toronto. WWI centenary: The 100 year old trenches of Flanders Fields, in pictures
The 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War: Flanders Fields
100 Years Since The Great War.Amelia Earhart mystery: Metal found on Pacific island from aviator's plane, group says
Researchers probing the 1937 disappearance of famed American aviator Amelia Earhart's plane say they now believe a slab of aluminum found decades ago on an uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean came from her aircraft.
Researchers probing the 1937 disappearance of famed American aviator Amelia Earhart's plane say they now believe a slab of aluminum found decades ago on an uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean came from her aircraft. ROM mummy Justine's real name was Nefret-Mut, researchers reveal
Researchers have uncovered the real name of a mysterious Egyptian mummy nicknamed "Justine."Phil Collins gives lifelong Alamo collection to Texas
British pop star Phil Collins on Tuesday handed over his vast collection of artifacts related to the Battle of the Alamo and the Texas Revolution to the state of Texas.
British pop star Phil Collins on Tuesday handed over his vast collection of artifacts related to the Battle of the Alamo and the Texas Revolution to the state of Texas. Airmen honoured as Second World War plane pulled from Ontario lake
Two young airmen killed during the Second World War were honoured with a moment of silence today as wreckage of their crashed plane was pulled from an Ontario lake. Key British WWII spy lived in B.C.
In a tale that wouldn't look out of place in a John le Carré novel, an amateur historian who lived on Salt Spring Island, B.C. has been revealed as a key British agent during the Second World War.Nazi submarine wreck found off coast of U.S. likely contains remains of 45 German soldiers
The German U-boat U-576 sank with all hands aboard on July 14, 1942 after attacking a U.S. convoy off the coast of North Carolina
The German U-boat U-576 sank with all hands aboard on July 14, 1942 after attacking a U.S. convoy off the coast of North CarolinaArchaeologists find 6,000-year-old temple in Ukraine
The remains of the two-story temple also contain fragments of humanlike figurines and animal bones.
The remains of the two-story temple also contain fragments of humanlike figurines and animal bones.Ben Bradlee, the Watergate editor who unleashed a 'messianic media'
The Ben Bradlee of legend was born in 1976 on the big screen, in the Watergate movie All the President's Men. It told the story of how two investigative reporters, working for Bradlee at The Washington Post, brought down the president of the United States
The Ben Bradlee of legend was born in 1976 on the big screen, in the Watergate movie All the President's Men. It told the story of how two investigative reporters, working for Bradlee at The Washington Post, brought down the president of the United States HMCS Niobe anchor damaged in Halifax Explosion found
An anchor and chain believed to be from a Canadian naval ship damaged in the Halifax Explosion were recently discovered in Halifax. Alphonse Vautour to receive France's National Order of the Legion of Honour
A former World War II soldier from Shediac, New Brunswick is about to be knighted by France for his contribution in liberating that nation. How First World War medical advances still benefit patients today
It's said that necessity is the mother of invention and nowhere was that more true than on the blood-soaked battlefields of the First World War, where millions of soldiers suffered horrific injuries on a scale never before witnessed in combat. Franklin discovery opens historical window into 19th century
An underwater archeologist with Parks Canada says the recent discovery of a Royal Navy wreck in Canada's Arctic has opened a historical window onto the 19th century. The sexpot and the saint: Women and WWI propaganda
Scholars commemorating the 100th anniversary of the First World War are turning their attention to female icons of the era - two of whom were used in propaganda campaigns after their deaths to bolster the war effort, albeit in very different ways. The Secret Casualties of Iraq’s Abandoned Chemical WeaponsHistory | 470 hits | 1:04 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
It was August 2008 near Taji, Iraq. They had just exploded a stack of old Iraqi artillery shells buried beside a murky lake. The blast, part of an effort to destroy munitions that could be used in makeshift bombs, uncovered more shells.Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun had sex without touching, says author Martin Amis
Speaking at the Cheltenham Festival of Literature, the novelist claimed he believes the German dictator kept Eva at arm’s length and would achieve orgasm just by watching her lift her skirt.
History | 1718 hits | 1:52 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Speaking at the Cheltenham Festival of Literature, the novelist claimed he believes the German dictator kept Eva at arm’s length and would achieve orgasm just by watching her lift her skirt. First World War flyers risked shortened lifespan but have extended legacy
Alan McLeod was only a teenager when he won the Victoria Cross, the Commonwealth's highest award for valour, in the bullet-riddled skies over France in the First World War. March of the Blue Puttees to be re-enacted in St. John's
People in St. John's will be marking the 100th anniversary of the day the first contingent of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment left the city to join the war effort in Europe. Iconic 'Wait For Me, Daddy' WW II photo unveiled as sculpture
'Wait For Me, Daddy,' a photo taken of a boy running after his father as he heads to battle, became an iconic symbol of Canada at war. Now, a series of sculptures depicting the scene in the image have been unveiled. Sabre from American Revolution found in Guysborough wall
Fabian Gerrior and his wife were hardly expecting to become a part of a murder mystery more than 175 years in the making when they bought a beautiful yellow house on the main drag of Guysborough, N.S.Has 'Dracula's dungeon' been unearthed in Turkey'
Two dungeons, tunnels and a military shelter were found at Tokat Castle, during restoration at the Turkish site. The Wallachian prince is said to have been held hostage at the castle from 1442.
History | 865 hits | 12:40 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Two dungeons, tunnels and a military shelter were found at Tokat Castle, during restoration at the Turkish site. The Wallachian prince is said to have been held hostage at the castle from 1442. Franklin expedition ship found in Arctic ID'd as HMS Erebus
Prime Minister Stephen Harper will announce today in the House that the Franklin expedition ship found last month in the Arctic has been identified as HMS Erebus, CBC News has learned. Disgraced explorer who tracked Franklin expedition memorialized in Westminster
A Scottish explorer once derided for his theories on the lost Franklin expedition has at last been honoured in the storied halls of Westminster Abbey in London, England. Steamship wreck found in Lake Ontario's waters
The wreck of a 77-metre British-built steamship that sank off Lake Ontario's western New York shore after colliding with another vessel nearly 90 years ago has been found, a team of underwater explorers said Tuesday.Back to Canada News
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