Vimy Ridge, in northeastern France, was a key position for the Germans from the beginning of the First World War. They dug into fortified trenches and strongpoints high up on the ridge ...

Lance-Cpl. Arthur Adamson, a miner at the Hollinger and one of the first men from the district to enlist was not so lucky. He ...

The ceremony commemorating the Battle of Vimy Ridge will happen this Sunday, but not in its usual location. The Okotoks ...

sandwiched between the infamous trenches of the Somme and the Belgian border: Vimy Ridge. The Battle of Vimy Ridge was fought from April 9-12, 1917. As Canada was still classified as a dominion of ...

Later he was Commander of the Canadian Corps which distinguished itself at the Somme and Thiepval Ridge. Its greatest feat was the capture in 1917 of Vimy Ridge. In 1919 he was created Baron Byng of ...

A fundraiser for the Wheat City’s military museum will be a celebration 80 years in the making, says Edd McArthur, curator of ...

By Paula Brown, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The month of April marks the anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge and local residents will have the opportunity to step back in time to the ...

Just before dawn on April 9, 1917, Lieutenant Claude Williams lay in a muddy trench in northern France, cold and shivering and ready for battle. During the Battle of Vimy Ridge in 1917 ...