In Memory of Cadet Master Corporal Véronique Duhaime2010 – 2025 Véronique lived in a neighborhood where no school-aged friends lived on her street. As parents, we knew it can be boring on those weekends without any friends. Her mother mentioned Cadets and the possibility of making new friends outside of school hours. We looked into […]
My father, Sgt Don Arsenault, was born in 1927 in Cape Egmont, PEI. He served in the RCN, RCAF and DSS from 1950-1989. He and my mother moved 10 times all across Canada while raising 6 children. We run in honour of Dad, who passed away in 2018 at the age of 91.
I attended the same high school as Mark Graham. He was older than me, so I didn’t know him, but he was a legend at Sir Allan MacNab Secondary School. He was smart, handsome, and an exceptional athlete. We were all in awe of his talent. We were so proud and cheered him on when […]
Pete Duff was a Canadian Special Forces Soldier, husband, father, son, and brother to many, including myself. We will never forget you or your beautiful family.
Havildar Major Rajindar Singh Dhatt MBE, my grandfather’s brother, was one of the last surviving Sikh soldiers of WWII. He dedicated his life not only to service in the war but also to fighting for recognition of Commonwealth soldiers, co-founding the Undivided Indian Ex-Servicemen’s Association. My own grandfather also served as a Captain in the […]
Robert Graham was a great-grandfather of mine. Robert died in Italy in 1944, and he left behind 6 kids and his wife, Annie. Robert served in two WWII regiments, North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment and the West Nova Scotia Regiment. https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2050055
Gilbert “Bud” Gagnon was a Korean War veteran serving on HMCS Iroquois and then Ontario from 1952 to 1957. Got the nickname Bud on the boats, as he went to the west coast to learn English and it made everyone’s life easier to call him that, a nickname that stood for life. He later served […]
Roger enlisted in the RCAF on the 27th of July 1942, following in the footsteps of his older brother Ray, who joined the army a year earlier. After training, Roger was shipped off to England to undergo further training. He was promoted to Sgt and became a Tail Gunner with 429 Bison Squadron, in Halifax […]
Cpl Mike Starker was my medic when he was KIA on 6-May-2008 in Zhari District, Afghanistan.
My grandfather’s words: My name is Douglas Langtree, MM. I was in the non-permanent inactive militia before the war, and on September the 1st, we were called up. They said that there was a war imminent and that we wanted to be ready. I had the motor bike, and I did a lot of dispatch […]
