In the Spring of 2018 a group of Calgary and area cadets will have the opportunity of a lifetime to follow in the footsteps of so many Canadians who left Canada to defend freedom and democracy in both World Wars. For more information click here
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Grand Highland Military Ball
Hearts of Courage Dinner
This year, the guest of honour for this fund raising event for the Calgary Military Family Resource Centre, was Capt (ret’d) Trevor Greene. Greene made headlines in 2006 after he was attacked with an axe by an Afghan youth during his deployment in Kandahar Province with the Patricia’s. He wasn’t expected to survive the massive head… Continue reading Hearts of Courage Dinner
A Century Later, Canada’s Role in the Bloody Battle of the Somme Remembered
CTV National News Feed 30 June 2016. While this report speaks to Canadian involvement in the Battle please note that the Canadian Corps was still fighting in Flanders on 1 July 1916 and only the Newfoundland Regiment was engaged on 1 July. The Canadian Corps joined the Battle in mid-September 1916 for the Battle of… Continue reading A Century Later, Canada’s Role in the Bloody Battle of the Somme Remembered