remembrance day

Alok Sharma, president of the COP26 summit, right, at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, Nov. 12, 2021. (Alberto Pezzali/AP)

The final day of COP26 may yield a climate agreement set to disappoint

Politics Insider for Nov. 12, 2021: Fears from Glasgow; Remembrance Day precautions; and a big find in Newfoundland
The once-ragtag Canadian Corps’s capture of Vimy Ridge, led by British Lt.-Gen. Sir Julian Byng, was a signal achievement (Universal History Archive/UIG/Getty)

How Canada earned the world’s respect

The Canadian Army was created from almost nothing. Training, leadership and grit made it indispensable to the effort to win the First World War.
George McMenemy, 72, walks through the field of honour for fallen Canadian military war veterans at the Woodland Cemetery on Remembrance Day during the COVID-19 pandemic in Burlington, Ontario, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. (Nathan Denette/CP)

A lonely day of remembrance in a time of COVID

Image of the Week: A symbolic reminder that it is now up to everyday Canadians to keep our veterans safe
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Watch Remembrance Day at the Canadian War Museum: Live video

Take in the scene at the war museum when a beam of light shines on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
World War II veteran Alvin J. Auton, 96, poses in Parade Square following the Remembrance Day ceremony in Halifax on Monday, November 11, 2019.

‘I didn’t know what it was to be afraid’: WWII veterans share their most vivid memories

Last year, veterans at Remembrance Day ceremonies across the country told Maclean’s about their experiences at war
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Watch Remembrance Day at the Canadian War Museum: Live video

We’ll livestream the scene at the war museum when a beam of light shines on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
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What war memorials forget

Matthew Sears: By being more thoughtful about acts of commemoration in pondering who is and who is not represented, we stand a better chance of righting Canada’s wrongs
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Remembrance Day should be a national holiday

Our editorial: There is something beautiful in stopping work at 11 a.m. and standing at our desks in silence. But we can do better.
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These four Victoria Cross winners showed valour. Only one survived the war.

The mystery of why some men rush toward machine guns, instead of away. And the story of one young soldier who survived to have an ordinary life.
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Watch Remembrance Day at the Canadian War Museum: Live video

We’ll livestream the scene at the war museum when a beam of light shines on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier