An aerial view shows Canadian National Vimy Memorial on Vimy Ridge, northern France March 20, 2014. This memorial site is dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed during ...

The 100th anniversary of the brutal battle takes place on April 9 IT was a historic and bloody battle that saw more than 3,000 brave Canadian troops killed as they seized Vimy Ridge from the clutches ...

Canadians who hoped to plant oak trees at Vimy Ridge this year to mark the 100th anniversary of the historic battle there had the saplings ready and Canadian politicians onside — until the French ...

Below is the full text of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s address at the Vimy Memorial commemoration of the centennial of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, as prepared for delivery. Consider: The price they ...

It's the little things that break the heart. Like the tiny teddy bear that 10-year-old Aileen Rogers gave her father to keep him company when he headed off to war. Only the bear made it home. The four ...

Army cadets take part in the Vimy Ridge Day commemoration at the Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, April 5, 2025. About 300 army cadets, veterans, and government officials ...

Unhappily, as Cook's text makes clear, the desire to use the battle, and the Armageddon-like site with its cratered surface – one still full of live ammunition, its underground warren of ...