Victory in Europe Day

LISTOWEL – Just days before Remembrance Day and a few weeks shy of her 96th birthday, Listowel resident Nora Doig received a special visit from Perth-Wellington MP John Nater, who presented her with a commemorative lapel pin to honour her achievement and sacrifice during the Second World War. The design

By the summer of 1940, Hitler's armies had blitzkrieged through Europe, threatening the fate of the entire world — and it was against that backdrop that 18-year-old George Chow walked into Victoria's Bay Street Armoury and volunteered to join the fight.

Driving down the Peggys Cove Road on Wednesday, cars honked, people waved and even pulled over to sign a postcard for a Second World War veteran who lives on the street in Seabright, N.S.Malcolm (Mac) Smith, 99, waved from his window as they passed by, smiling and proudly wearing his medals on his chest

With COVID-19 restrictions in place, teachers and students at schools across North Vancouver put their thinking caps on to come up with new ways to commemorate on Remembrance Day.

Master warrant officer (Retd) George Chow was many things. A soldier. A father. An instructor. A decorated war hero.Chow died Nov. 6, the day after he turned 99 and just a few days away from Remembrance Day."We have lost a trailblazer who broke barriers and showed young children what service, duty

'While we cannot gather together as we have in the past, I encourage everyone to take time to reflect on the courage and sacrifice of those who have served.'

By Sunday morning, some of the celebration and grieving had melted away to expose a difficult question for divided families and a divided nation: Now what?

The Royal Canadian Legion will place a special emphasis on marking the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War on Wednesday, when the country marks Remembrance Day.

A Michigan war bride tells her story about living under German-occupied Belgium, and how she met the love of her life during a world war.

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Germany welcomed military aircraft from Israel to its airspace on Thursday in their first joint combat exercises in German territory as both air forces praised the intensive co-operation between the two countries. "It was very emotional for us when, one after the other, the first Israeli jets arrived

Wartime allies Britain and Canada both paid tribute Saturday to veterans of the multinational Second World War campaign against Japan, which formally ended 75 years ago some three months after Nazi Germany had been vanquished in Europe.

Japan's surrender on 15 August 1945, also known as VJ Day, marked the end of World War Two.

The first nuclear weapon used in war killed 140,000 people - Japan surrendered days later, ending WW2.

Delphside Road is a quiet residential street in Wigan that's now divided by new restrictions. Half of the houses are classed as being in the district of West Lancashire, and the other half are in Greater Manchester, a region with one of the highest rates of infection in England. On Friday people

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Secret sacrifice: the agents who risked all behind Nazi linesThe men and women of the Special Operations Executive who lost their lives in occupied Europe are winning recognition on TV, in books and commemorative events

A man has been charged with the murder of a 16-year-old girl whose body was found in woodland after she disappeared on VE Day. Louise Smith was last seen alive on 8 May in the Leigh Park area of Havant, Hampshire, where she visited a Tesco Metro. Shane Lee Mays, 29, from Havant, has been charged with

'Our fellow workers whose lives were lost will never come back and the wounds of our colleagues will never be healed,' says company

A man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of 16-year-old Louise Smith, who disappeared on VE Day.