Second World War

• Bill Wilson, one of Canada’s last Second World War veterans, dies at 101

  The obituary for William (Bill) Wilson, who partook in the bloody D-Day landings, said "Captain Bill" helped create the Naval Museum of Alberta and The Military Museums in Calgary.

  Canada

  Jul 31
  
• Discovering Saskatoon’s hidden war museum

  It's been a gathering place for veterans and the community for nearly a century. Tucked away in its basement is a room filled with a treasure trove of history.

  Canada

  Jun 29
  
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• WW2-era prisoner camp won’t be demolished as Ontario council approves restoration

  Jury Lands Foundation will take on the responsibility of fundraising to preserve and repair the former cafeteria building at Camp 30 that was slated for demolition.

  Canada

  Jan 21
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• ‘Everybody’s gone’: Canadians mark Remembrance Day as number of veterans dwindle

  'Events of the Second World War are very rapidly moving from the realm of lived history of people you can talk to … into history where you can't talk to the people who remember.'

  Canada

  Nov 11, 2025
• Ontario town could soon own former WWII-era POW camp, but cost a concern

  The future of Camp 30, a former prisoner of war camp in Ontario, is up in the air despite an offer for the municipality of Clarington to take on the remaining land and buildings.

  Canada

  Nov 5, 2025
• Small WWII-era bomblet found on Ontario walking path

  Durham regional police say a Second World War-era explosive device found on a footpath in Oshawa, Ont., earlier this week has been rendered safe.

  Canada

  Oct 17, 2025
• Nagasaki marks 80 years since A-bomb, survivors put hopes of nuclear ban in hands of youth

  The United States launched the Nagasaki attack on Aug. 9, 1945, killing 70,000 by the end of that year, three days after the bombing of Hiroshima that killed 140,000.

  World

  Aug 9, 2025
• Ceremony held for RCAF pilot killed in Cape Breton crash while training in 1944

  On Saturday, more than 80 years after the crash, a non-profit group held a public ceremony to unveil two commemorative panels at a campsite in the shadow of the mountain.

  Canada

  Aug 2, 2025
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• Canadian man finds father’s wartime signature in Dutch church: ‘Amazing’

  Don Drissell recently travelled to the village of Groesbeek after learning an inscription signed by his father, a Canadian soldier in the Second World War, had been found.

  Canada

  May 9, 2025
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• Canadians, Dutch remember sacrifices made during Second World War

  It's been 80 years since the end of the Second World War and the liberation of the Netherlands and ceremonies are being held in honour of those who paid the ultimate sacrifice.

  World

  May 8, 2025