When the Canadian National Vimy Memorial is rededicated on Monday, David McCarthy will have a special place of honour as the representative of Charlotte S. Wood who was Canada’s first Silver Cross Mother. Charlotte lost five sons in the First World War and two others would be seriously injured. Here is ... more »
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Who pays for this blog? I receive no fees, considerations, etc. etc. for the posts on this blog nor do I have any plans to accept any. My salary is paid by Canwest Global Communications Corp. I work for that company as the Ottawa-based National Affairs Correspondent for Canwest News Service. The blog publishing platform used here is called Blogware and it's developed by Tucows Inc. of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. My use of Blogware should not be taken as an endorsement of that company. Like all Blogware users, I do not pay any fees for the use of this service. I participate in program. Google pays me some money and, for that, I give Google some space on this site to display ads. Google sells those ads and Google, not me, decides what advertising content you are seeing. I do not filter these ads and take no responsibility for them. Readers should not assume I endorse any of the products or services advertised here. If you think other disclosures are appropriate in this space, I'd like to hear from you. All of my contact details are always at www.davidakin.com You can read more about this section |
Saturday, April 7
Overnight in Arras
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DavidAkin
on Sat 07 Apr 2007 07:24 PM EDT
We have arrived in Arras, France, a city of about 40,000 just south of Vimy Ridge. The Battle of Vimy Ridge, as you may now, was part of the broader Battle of Arras fought in Easter, 1917. (Canadian troops were the only ones to achieve any success in that broader ... more »
Off to Vimy
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DavidAkin
on Sat 07 Apr 2007 08:46 AM EDT
We just boarded CANFOR 01, the Canadian Air Force Polaris jet used when the
Prime Minister travels abroad. We've been waiting here at a special
government terminal at Ottawa International airport since about 6:30 a.m.
this morning -- standard PMO protocol is to have media and others arrive at
least ... more »
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