The week of Remembrance ceremonies got underway on Friday at the Senate Chambers in Ottawa with guests and representatives of Peacekeepers, Korean Veterans, Indigenous veterans, Royal Military College, RCMP, cadet groups, and various politicians and civilian reps. The entire Senate Chamber was filled with the area between the two sides filled with extra seating for…
The Korean War was fought on the Korean Peninsula from 1950-1953 between North and South Korea and their allies (China and USSR for the North, and the USA and allies with the South). Along with the infantry, the RCN, and RCAF over 26,000 Canadians served in the war of which 516 lost their lives. The…
On Sunday, 15th October, 2023, the 2nd Annual Latin American Remembrance Day Ceremony was held at the National Military Cemetery within Beechwood Cemetery in Ottawa. The day was coolish, but not unpleasantly so, and overcast with the threat of rain. Notwithstanding, the ceremony took place outside and was co-hosted by the Embassy of the Argentine…
The annual Aero Gatineau-Ottawa Airshow 2023 (AGO2023) came this year to weather that it hasn’t seen in years. All three days of beautiful fallish temperatures, blue sky on Friday/Saturday and some cloud on Sunday provided the organizers and guests with the perfect aeronautical experience. As I was there on the Media Day (Friday), I didn’t…
To see all the pictures from this event, CLICK HERE On the 9th August, 1974, a United Nations Buffalo aircraft flying over Egypt was shot out of the sky by a Syrian air defence missile. On that plane were nine Canadian Armed Forces personnel involved in a peacekeeping mission who were killed on what was…
The 107th ceremony of remembrance for the Royal Newfoundland Regiment (RNR) and the Battle of Beaumont-Hamel was held on July 1st, 2023, at the National War Memorial in Ottawa, on a somewhat overcast and smoky morning that threatened rain. Just as the ceremony completed, however, the sun came out for about 10 minutes so everyone…
To see all the pictures, CLICK HERE: Many celebrations are now taking place since the long dry spell inflicted upon us by Covid has relaxed and unlimited group size gatherings are again permitted. This is the case with the RCAF Gala Ball which was held on June 3rd, 2023, at the Infinity Centre in Ottawa….
To see all the images from CANSEC 2023, CLICK HERE CANSEC 2023 took place at the EY Centre on 31st May and 1st June, 2023 and was another show of what the world has to offer for security and defence, mostly at the nation level, although there were various vendors who could easily supply equipment…
To see all the pictures from this event, CLICK HERE It gets confusing when you have two events celebrating what appears to be the same thing. This is how it was for me as International Peacekeepers’ Day was celebrated by a remembrance ceremony at the National War Memorial (NWM) on the 29th May, 2023, and…
To see all the pictures from this event, CLICK HERE: This year the RCMP Veterans Association held their annual memorial service in the bright sunshine at the RCMP National Memorial Cemetery on the 28th May, 2023. In attendance was a small cadre of RCMP veterans along with the RCMP Pipes and Drums and the RCMP…