How an American ‘deserter’ fought for Canada in WW II — and Canadians fought for him

Allison’s family and old regiment are seeking to honour a man whose story, they say, illustrates how Canadians and Americans ...
Inside Halton

Canada’s oldest living war veteran is 110 and lives in Ontario. How many Second World War and Korean War veterans remain in Canada?

Sisler, served in the Canadian Armed Forces during World War II. He now lives in Fort Erie. Here’s how many surviving Second ...

When Canada needed a great president, we got one in FDR

The wartime leader had a special relationship with then-prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, which extended to the ...
Opinion

How the ‘Dollar-A-Year Men’ transformed Canada

In the story of Canada’s war effort and metamorphosis from an agricultural to an industrial economy, the dollar-a-year men played a pivotal role during and after the conflict had ended ...
The Canadian Press on MSN

In the news today: 3,691 Canadian WWII vets alive 80 years on

As Remembrance Day marks 80 years since WWII, fewer surviving veterans remain ...

'Zaidy's Band': Revealing Canada’s contribution to World War II - review

Aron Heller's new book brings into the public arena the little-publicized history of the contribution in World War II of the ...

WWII veteran ‘proud’ having left U.S. for Canada 100 years ago

Burd Sisler is Canada's oldest living veteran. Now 110 years old, he joined the military in 1943 to serve in the Second World ...