No-one can doubt the contributions made by the Scottish settlers who came to Canada when the country was just starting out. One only has to look at the place names around the area such as Perth, Tay River, and others to see the foothold that Scottish culture has in Canada. At every remembrance ceremony, there…
The 6th of June, 1944, or D-Day as it’s best known, was the culmination of years of planning, training, and stockpiling of supplies that allowed the Allied forces to regain a foothold on the European continent and open a second front to relieve the Russians, who had been fighting the Nazis since the summer of…
The 25th April is a day of remembrance for the Australians and New Zealanders for the Battle of Gallipoli in the Crimea during World War I and is an unusual ceremony in that it is celebrated with its enemy, at the time the Ottoman Empire, now Turkey. There were several other countries involved including countries…
The OSAA Lame Ducks took to the ice again this week against their Canadian Armed Forces foes, the General Officers and Flag Officers, or the GOFOs. It was a match that clearly showed the Canadian dominance of the game of hockey over the multi-national defence attachés posted to Ottawa, who, although showing improving skills in…
For those who don’t know about Parc Oméga or where it is, it’s a wild animal park just north of Montebello about an hour and 10 minute drive east of Ottawa. You can drive your car through the various types of deer, elk, wild boars, a bison herd, and also see, in large woodland enclosures,…
TD Place arena lit up as several hundred spectators, mostly Russian, cheered on the Embassy of the Russian Federation hockey team, the Red Machine, as they embarked on the first game of the 2019 edition of the Friendly Series Hockey games against the Esprit de Corps Commandos hockey team. This series is played in good…
It’s time again for Lame Ducks hockey as the Ottawa Service Attachés Association (OSAA), made up of the defence attachés from the Ottawa area, suited up to take on their rivals from the Canadian Forces College International Studies Programme from Toronto, also composed of international players. Both teams are made of members from various countries…
Today (14th Feb, 2019) the Canadian War Museum opened a new exhibit entitled “The Wounded” in which it displayed 18 black-and-white portraits of Canadian men and women who served and were wounded in Afghanistan, taken by photojournalist Stephen J. Thorne. Sixteen of the portraits were originally featured in a series by Legion Magazine in 2017…
“We honour all those who gave the supreme sacrifice, but we also honour those who, daring to die, survived.” These were the parting words from Mr. Jack Callowhill, WWII veteran and member of the First Special Service Force (FSSF), at the Canadian War Museum on Wednesday, 22nd November, 2018, where the replica Congressional Gold Medal,…