Today (23rd April, 2024) the Korean Embassy and the Korean Veterans Association, Chapter #7, held a ceremony to remember the 73rd anniversary of the Battle of Kapyong in Korea on April 23-25, 1951. The battle was pivotal in that it allowed the retreating South Korean forces to orderly move through the Kapyong Valley and it…
In the First, Second, and Korean Wars, Canadian soldiers were bolstered by a small contingent of individuals from many of the Latin-American countries. They came without request and without demands, only wanting to do their part in the fight for freedom from oppression. They made their own way to Canada, joined and fought with our…
Thirty years ago, the genocide of between 800,000 to 1,000,000 Rwandans, mostly ethnic Tutsis with moderate Hutus, were massacred by the Hutu-based government. Today (7th April, 2024) a ceremony commemorating the 30th anniversary of that event was held at the Reconciliation Monument in Ottawa to remember those killed so that it hopefully never occurs again….
To see all the pictures from today’s ceremony, CLICK HERE: Sixty years ago today (13 March, 2024) the longest standing commitment of United Nations Peacekeeping started for Canada on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus (operation known as UNFICYP). The day before, Prime Minister Lester Pearson committed Canada as one of four contributing nations to help…
In 2001 Canada embarked on one of its longest combat missions when it joined a coalition of countries to invade Afghanistan. They would stay until 2014 when the mission ended having deployed over 40,000 people to the conflict and having lost 158 killed and countless others wounded physically and mentally. To view the pictures, CLICK…
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…