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Nov 10, 20246 min read
Ernest Fiset: A French-Canadian Saskatchewan Farmer in WWI (Part I)
My great-grandfather, Ernest Fiset, died when I was sixteen years old, too young to ask him many questions. But over the past few years,...
Jun 9, 20244 min read
Remembering D-Day, 80 years later
While visiting my parents this week we watched several news documentaries about the 80th anniversary of D-Day and the landing of the...
Nov 13, 20238 min read
WWI photo identified
One day in 2005 I visited the late Douglas and Bertha Murray at their Isbister home, eager to track down local historic images to include...
Nov 11, 20224 min read
"Daring chances must be taken"
Remembrance Day always holds a special place in my heart as I ponder the sacrifices that so many men and women made as they said goodbye...
Nov 11, 20205 min read
Remembering Alex Bremner - Part II
AS A ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS DOCTOR on the front lines of the Salonika Campaign, Alex Bremner was often in as much danger as the...
Nov 9, 20205 min read
Remembering Alex Bremner - Part I
SOMETIMES WHILE RESEARCHING and writing my family history I find a person whose story resonates with me. This is one of those. Alex...
Nov 11, 20182 min read
WWI: Lest we forget
TODAY WE REMEMBER THE END OF WWI and all those who served, were killed and impacted by the Great War. A few months ago, I was the keynote...
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