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Award-Winning Publication devoted to Canadian history, the Canadian military, health matters, and Remembrance.

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⚓🌊 #OnThisDay, Oct. 19, 1940, HMCS Bras d’Or vanished without a trace in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. All 30 crew members were lost, leaving behind one of the Royal Canadian Navy’s wartime mysteries. 📸 Bernard Gagnon/Wikimedia #CanadaRemembers #RCN #WWII
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⚖️🇨🇦 #OnThisDay, Oct. 18, 1929, the Persons Case victory recognized women as “persons” under Canadian law, cementing the legacy of the Famous Five and advancing women’s rights in Canada. 📸 Library & Archives of Canada #CanadaRemembers #PersonsCase #FamousFive
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Every family has a story of service. Share a photo and short story of a family member who served Canada — selected stories will be featured during Veterans' Week (Nov 5–11). Submit by Nov 1: legionmagazine.com/faces-of-… #FacesOfRemembrance #LestWeForget

Faces of Remembrance - Legion Magazine

Faces of Remembrance: share a photo and short story of a family member who served Canada. Selected stories featured in Veterans' Week. Submit by Nov. 1.

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For 100 years, The Royal Canadian Legion has helped ensure Veterans are Remembered not only for their service and sacrifice, but for the people behind the uniform. This year, Canadians across the country shared thousands of handwritten messages of Remembrance on sticky notes, gathered through hundreds of Legion Branches. See how Canadians Remember our Veterans, in their own words.
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On this day in 1976, Canada announced the purchase of 127 West German-made Leopard I C1 tanks to replace aging Centurions. Many would serve with Canadian forces in West Germany during the Cold War. #OnThisDay #CanadianArmy #ColdWar #LeopardTank 📸 Legion Magazine Archives
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🕵️ Biographer Allan Bartley on Francis “Mike” Kendall, the Canadian who led “Z” Force in Hong Kong, helped plan the escape of about 75 people during the 1941 battle, and later organized Operation Oblivion. #HongKong #WWII #CanadianHistory
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👓 Legion members and their families can save $150 on prescription glasses and sunglasses* at IRIS. Membres de la Légion : économisez 150 $ sur les lunettes et lunettes de soleil avec prescription.* EN: iris.ca/en/advantage-legion FR: iris.ca/fr/avantages-legion
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🇨🇦 In 1970, the FLQ abducted two men and the War Measures Act was invoked. Writing 56 years later, Richard Foot argues Canada faces its gravest threat to national integrity in over half a century, and that societies tend to fracture from within first. #OctoberCrisis
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🎖️🇨🇦 #OnThisDay, Oct. 14, 1918, Pte. Thomas Ricketts of The Royal Newfoundland Regiment helped capture enemy guns and prisoners at the Battle of Courtrai. He earned the Victoria Cross. 📸 Wikimedia #CanadaRemembers #WWI #VictoriaCross
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🇨🇦🇮🇹 #OnThisDay, Oct. 13, 1943, Canadians entered Campobasso, Italy. The town became a beloved rest centre for troops, earning the nicknames “Canada Town” and “Maple Leaf City.” 📸 Library & Archives of Canada #CanadaRemembers #WWII
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🕊️ #OnThisDay, Oct. 12, 1915, nurse Edith Cavell was executed for helping Allied prisoners escape occupied Brussels during the First World War. 📸 IWM-Q 32930 #WWI #EdithCavell #LestWeForget
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🎖️🇨🇦 #OnThisDay, Oct. 11, 1918, Lieut. Wallace Algie led the capture of two machine guns, an officer and 10 men near Cambrai, France. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross. 📸 Wikimedia #CanadaRemembers #WWI #VictoriaCross
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🎖️🇨🇦 #OnThisDay, Oct. 10, 2007, Sgt. Stéphane Girard showed exceptional courage in Afghanistan while directing advancing Afghan soldiers under enemy fire. He was awarded the Medal of Military Valour. 📸 Lepine Cloutier: depuis 1845 #CanadaRemembers #CAF #Valour
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✈️🇨🇦 #OnThisDay, Oct. 9, 1958, the last Canadair Sabre jet rolled off the assembly line for the German air force, marking a milestone in Canadian aerospace history. 📸 Library & Archives of Canada #CanadaRemembers #CanadairSabre
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🎵⚔️🇨🇦 #OnThisDay, Oct. 8, 1916, Pte. James Richardson played his bagpipes under enemy fire during the Battle of the Somme, inspiring his comrades at Regina Trench. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross. 📸 Sharif Tarabay #CanadaRemembers #WWI #VictoriaCross
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Retired Sgt. Jessica Miller, a former CAF medic, and her husband founded the Veteran Farm Project in Nova Scotia in 2018 to address food insecurity. It has grown from 10 families to nearly 55. 📸 Courtesy Jessica Miller #VeteranFarmProject #CanadianVeterans
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Holocaust survivors Judy Weissenberg Cohen and Rose Lipszyc, both 97, died in Toronto in September. Both spent their later years educating Canadians. "The struggle to keep this world safe, just, equitable and peaceful for all is never ending." - Cohen #HolocaustRemembrance
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🛡️ Is NATO facing its greatest crisis since 1949? Historian J.L. Granatstein looks at what a weakened U.S. commitment could mean for the alliance — and for Canada's 2,600 troops in Latvia. 📸 NATO legionmagazine.com/the-end-o… #NATO #CanadianDefence
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🚀🇨🇦 #OnThisDay, Oct. 5, 1984, Marc Garneau became the first Canadian in space aboard the space shuttle Challenger, marking a milestone in Canada’s space history. 📸 NASA #CanadaRemembers #SpaceHistory #MarcGarneau
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✈️🇨🇦 #OnThisDay, Oct. 4, 1957, the first Avro Arrow rolled out as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik. The aircraft became a symbol of Canadian aerospace innovation. 📸 DND/Wikimedia #CanadaRemembers #AvroArrow #CanadianAviation
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