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If you think you had a good turnout in Ottawa for VE Day, you should have been in Halifax Nova Scotia on VE Day, (the actual day) in 1945 - I was a 15 year old, and remember the "riot" well - despite the book by Professor Stephen Kimber, School of Journalism, Kings College, Halifax NS the "riot"...

"Holding Juno" by Mark Zuehlke is reviewed in the Globe &Mail , Friday 3 June 2005. This is the history of "Canada's heroic defence of the D-Day beaches, June 7-12, 1944". Author Tony Foster of Halifax NS and Toronto, son of the late Major General Harry Foster, provided some insight into the...

The Air Canada purchase of Airbus commercial aircraft during the tenure of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney was approved by the Air Canada Board of Directors and Air Canada President, Claude Taylor, one of the smartest and striaghtforward businessmen produced by Canada. The aircraft was chosen at...

Received the following from friend and associate Keith Birch Hamilton ON. Forwarded to the Toronto Sun. There is a new addition to the Oxford Dictionary of the Canadian Language, it is; "to grewel" Definition:  to seek things to which you have no entitlement but you do it because you think    ...

Frank McKenna is a small town lawyer, who became a small Province Premier, and who was sent to Washington DC to represent Canada's perspective on world events, and Canada's relationship with the USA - whatever that is at any given moment. Americans whom we have known and worked with over the...

US C-130's used to use 12 Wing Shearwater NS until the Federal government reallocated the funds to upgrade and recertify the high speed and heavy lift runway to build a supply depot in Montreal (why would CF need a depot in Montreal?) - in any event, the reason that US RAF and CF Herc's use...

The aircraft is a Virgin transatlantic flight. An emergency transponder hijack alert went off without prompting, causing an immediate reaction from CF F-18's (probably from Bagotville PQ) and the aircraft was escorted to Moncton NB (which to my knowledge has no ERT in place) - thus the Virgin...

There is always the fact that military displays, historic graveyards, restored artifacts, fortresses etc, the list is long, will be defaced by vandals - many, many graveyards in NS, dating back to the early 1700's have been defaced and grave markers very badly damaged - it is a matter of...

Agreed, the post by A.Majoor is an accurate and precise method of effecting change. The Museum of Civilization formed in 1990 is a Crown Corporation, with a Board of Trustees, who are responsible to the Minister of Canadian Heritage. A Board for a crown corporation in Canada is selected by the...

All members and visitors should read Journalist Peter Worthington in todays (29 May 2005) Toronto Sun. There is no question in my mind that control of the Canadian War Museum must be permanently removed from control of the Canadian Museum of Civilization, whose agenda is unquestionably to turn...

Have not seen the film, but for a great read about the period and the participants, Author Barbara Tuchman (The Guns Of August - a true classic of World War I's beginnings) wrote a book some years back, published in the UK and later New York, "The Crusades" - very well researched of course and...

I would venture to guess that this plan did not originate in DND, but rather in the offices of the Minister responsible for Aboriginal Affairs, Hon. Andrew Scott, MP, representing Fredericton NB. This is essentially an enlistment incentive, not unusal in the Canadian Forces, but should not be...

Aboriginal and Visable Minorities should not be offered a bonus to enlist and serve in the Canadian Forces, unless the offer is extended to all potential recruits. There is another area of activity extended to Aboriginals - the allocation of millions of dollars in access to contracts and...

Sadly, there are "traditional seats" in Canada, prized by all the Political parties. No surprise in NF LAB - and the Catteral situation, which will most likely result in another Liberal being elected, is considered as far as I know, a safe seat for them. MP Carolyn Parrish will be back in the...

Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader,OBE,DSO*DFC* was the famous "Legless Ace" of the RAF during the Battle of Britain. Author Paul Brickhill wrote an excellent book about him, "Reach For The Sky" which was made into a film starring Kenneth More as G/C Bader. The best book about Sir Douglas Bader was...

Correction: The Ottawa based Canadian author of the book about S/L George Buerling RAF(RCAF) is Mr. Brian Nolan, not as shown in my last Post. Author Nolan also wrote the "Champaign Navy" and co-authored a book about the Canadian Airborne Regiment in Somalia. MacLeod

Dr. David Bercuson Faculty of History University of Calgary wrote a book several years ago entitled "The Secret Army" the story of the creation of the Israeli Air Force. There is a great deal of information of S/L George Buerling DSO,DFC,DFM in the book, including details about all the other...

My personal opinion is that the Conservatives will stay with Harper. His major problem is with the Toronto and Ottawa media, and their preceived attitude that they know what is best for the political future of the country. I have watched Harper work a crowd in NB, and was quite impressed, -he...

Agreed - interesting point about Catteral, you are right. If Harper goes, who can lead the Conserrvatives - Toronto friends talk about John Tory - do not known anything about him however. In NB they talk about Premier Bernard Lord, an enigma in my opinion, in the local (Irving owned) media, who...

It appears that the "Whole Fleet Management Plan" advocated by CDS has some priority in DND - it is reviewed in the May 16 issue of CASR DND 101 (Canadian American Strategic Review) where the plan to use airlift based at CF Trenton and warehousing-port access from Montreal PQ is discussed in...