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‘Boy soldier’ recalls the hullabaloo at the end of Second World War

Saanich veteran enlisted in the Canadian Technical Training Core at age 17

Nov 11, 2023 5:05 AM Read more >

QUIZ: A time for remembrance

Remembrance Day, on Nov. 11, is a sombre time to remember the cost of war

Nov 11, 2023 4:50 AM Read more >

Saanich veteran dove from planes before sailing with the navy to Korean War

Roy Mackay never flew in a plane before he became a paratrooper with the army

Nov 10, 2023 5:05 AM Read more >

Retired Sidney brigadier-general continues to advocate for veterans

Don Macnamara received the Conference of Defense Associations Vimy Award in 2013

Nov 10, 2023 5:00 AM Read more >

‘Adult Lego’: Kelowna grocery store manager winning with pop box displays

Eric Falkenberg has two displays planned for the holidays at the Orchard Plaza Save-On Foods

Nov 9, 2023 5:00 AM Read more >

CFB Esquimalt sailor shares snapshot of his life on board HMCS Ottawa

Sailor 1st Class Ryan Black has been deployed to the Indo-Pacific for the last four months

Nov 9, 2023 5:00 AM Read more >

Disabled cyclist thanks Vancouver Island Good Samaritan for help after fall

Nov 8, 2023 10:00 AM Read more >

Greater Victoria veteran an uncelebrated hero of the Battle of Medak Pocket

Hero Gordon Usipiuk reminds the importance of ‘lest we forget’

Nov 8, 2023 5:05 AM Read more >

Lieutenant commander grateful for his ancestors who served before him

For the fourth-generation member of the CAF, remembrance is ‘deeply personal’

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Driving for a good cause: Cancer program needs more Island volunteers

Wheels for Hope helps Vancouver Island patients receive life-saving cancer treatment in Victoria

Nov 7, 2023 2:00 PM Read more >