One DayDear Editor:One DayTake off your hats,And raise your handsHooray – our Vets are here!To all of them who saved our landBy air-By land-by seaFor those of them – who cannot stand,Get down on bended knee!’ They are the ones
Well-attended services at our cenotaphs ENGLEHARTA parade led by Tom Renaud of the Englehart Royal Canadian Legion Branch 104 with members of the Englehart Fire Department, the Ontario Provincial Police,
Large crowds ignore obstacles to rememberDISTRICT (Staff) — Despite school cancellations and an Environment Canada freezing rain warning, larger than expected crowds still turned up in minus four degrees Celsius weather at snow-covered cenotaphs to participate in Remembrance Day services held throughout the area.The following from
The Christmas season in Temiskaming is officially underway.Already we see many of our businesses either externally or internally – having their places of work decorated in the seasonal adornments. The week or two after Remembrance Day seems to be the time when many of our residences put up
says Vimy Foundation ambassadorDarlene Wroe Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — “We don’t understand the sacrifice these young men made,” Lola Angus, 17, of Coleman Township says of World War I veterans.She was speaking at Timiskaming District Secondary School (TDSS) to Grade 10 history students in the class
REMEMBRANCE SIGNIFICANCEWithin the last fortnight two Canadian soldiers were murdered on Canadian soil. Depending on your political viewpoint this was an act of terrorism or simply, and tragically, two isolated incidents.It was the impetus though for Prime Minister Stephen Harper to skip a scheduled trip to China
Private Bruce Clark was 18 years old when he died.by André MaheuDISTRICT — Not all of the soldiers who served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force saw regular action. As a matter of fact the deplorable conditions in the trenches sent men by the thousands to hospitals.
About war and religionDear Editor:Remembrance Day is fast approaching. While it may seem more personal to some than others, it is none the less a time that we as a nation remember those that sacrificed so very much to protect and defend the freedom we have. A
Speaker Editor – Gordon BrockAndré Maheu’s projectAs a history teacher at Ecole secondaire catholique Sainte-Marie, he felt he should be in attendance. It was November 11, 2007, and André Maheu decided that
