By Elinor Florence There’s still one iconic Canadian Lancaster bomber in the air, flying out of Hamilton, Ontario – and the man indirectly responsible for…
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Kootenay girls trained to defend Canada
By Elinor Florence Fearing an enemy invasion, thousands of Canadian girls as young as 16 joined volunteer militia groups across the country in the Second…
D-Day: The unhappiest man on the beach
By Elinor Florence Seventy-one years ago today, Arthur Bradford’s Spitfire was shot down over Normandy, and he parachuted into the sea where he was promptly…