What six soldiers in a World War I art masterpiece might tell us now
From heroism to incompetence, the Canadian officers that William Nicholson painted stand in for the full range of wartime experience
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Veterans fought for our democracy. Now, they face fights against their own government
Opinion: The federal government is failing to truly deliver on its promises to veterans, and it’s doing so with less and less transparency
The Maclean’s First World War Cover Registry
Many readers have asked for help finding a particular cover—or the family of a soldier. We’ll try to help.
With stained glass and service, a Toronto church remembers the fallen
The walls and windows of St. Paul’s record its dead. Still, mysteries remain.
We printed the names of Canadians killed in the Great War. You gave their stories life.
Here’s how Canadians embraced our project to honour the fallen from the First World War—and how, with each name, our readers imbued history with another soul
Conscription divided Canada. It also helped win the First World War.
Canada’s military couldn’t have carried on without the controversial policy
How censorship became deadly during the First World War
Opinion: If censorship of the media and controversial ideas hadn’t prevented Canadians from understanding the Great War, history could have gone differently
How lost Canadian First World War soldiers were identified after a century
In August 2018, families honour long-missing relatives at a burial ceremony in France
Harjit Sajjan: To our soldiers and veterans, please know your sacrifices are not in vain
Op-ed: In Bosnia and Afghanistan, Canada’s defence minister has heard brave soldiers question their sacrifice. So let’s thank them, and their families, for their service
Ottawa is doing a lousy job of honouring Canada’s WWI fallen
From the editors: A small Ontario town is doing more to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War than the entire federal government