World War 2

The book has been criticized by a Jewish organization and Holocaust scholars who have raised concerns it whitewashes Nazi collaborators in Ukraine during the Second World War. Get the latest from David Pugliese, Ottawa Citizen straight to your inbox Published Apr 25, 2024  •  Last updated 1 week ago  •  4…

The move comes as the Canadian Forces confirmed it has received the final deliveries of a new 9-mm pistol as part of a $19.4-million project. Get the latest from David Pugliese, Ottawa Citizen straight to your inbox Published Apr 24, 2024  •  Last updated Apr 24, 2024  •  3 minute…

Key Points Comments by Joe Biden last week appeared to imply that his uncle was eaten by cannibals in Papua New Guinea. Biden's uncle was a pilot in World War Two whose body was never found after crashing near Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea's leader James Marape dismissed the…

Author of the article: The Canadian Press Bill Graveland Published Nov 10, 2023  •  Last updated Nov 11, 2023  •  4 minute read Royal Canadian Air Force veteran Bill Cook, left, describes his first combat mission as fellow veteran Hank Jackson, 102, looks on in Calgary, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023.…

CALGARY — The time around Remembrance Day is tough for Second World War veterans like Hank Jackson, who turns 103 in January. "It's the only time you really stop and think about all the poor buggers that didn't make it," said Jackson, a former tail gunner on a Halifax bomber.…

Friday 27 October 2023 5:16 am By: Ian Liddicoat Ian Liddicoat is Chief Technology Officer at Adludio Rishi Sunak wants to make the UK a hub for AI tech As a lifelong follower of computer science, it is interesting to see that the forthcoming AI Safety Summit will be held…

In conflicts around the world, evacuations have long been used to rescue people from serious harm. During the second world war, for instance, thousands of children across Europe were sent to rural areas or abroad under evacuation schemes initiated by governments and child welfare agencies. Evacuating civilians under international law…

When Canadian director Louise Archambault shot her Holocaust drama Irena’s Vow — about a young woman’s heroism in hiding Polish Jews from Nazi occupiers – she faced present-day obstacles during production in Poland. Archambault witnessed a makeshift refugee camp filled with Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion of their country next to…

On Sunday, the Catholic Church beatified Józef and Wiktoria Ulma and their seven children as martyrs because they were killed in March 1944 by the Nazis after it was discovered they were hiding eight Jewish people in their attic.  In a post on X, Pope Francis announced, "Today in Markowa, Poland,…

R oyal Navy sailors provided a guard of honour at the funeral of 102-year-old Lawrence Churcher, who is believed to have been the last naval Dunkirk veteran. Mr Churcher, who was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, died earlier this month at a care home in nearby Fareham just days short of…