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No single Canadian engagement from the Second World War, with the possible exception of Normandy, has received more coverage than Dieppe. 

No single Canadian engagement from the Second World War, with the possible exception of Normandy, has received more coverage than Dieppe. 

The ceremony will include historic aircraft flying over the city

FIRST READING: Roughly every week yields a new case of a Canadian dying within sight of care

A memorial ceremony for Franklin native Lt. Edward V. Loustalot, the first American to die in Nazi-occupied territory during World War II, was held Thursday in Dieppe, France.

A NEWHAVEN vicar is retiring after almost two “wonderful” decades serving his community.

The Juno Beach Centre Association has sent 400 unique postcards to addresses across the country that share the name and fate of a serviceman whose records show once lived in those places.

Eighty years ago today, more than 5,000 Canadian soldiers were sent to Dieppe in an attempt to breach the occupied town from the sea.

On the 80th anniversary of the raid, pedestals commemorating the South Saskatchewan Regiment and HMCS Weyburn were unveiled in Regina.

Canada is one of many overlooked Allied countries that helped turn the tide of World War II from the autumn of 1942 onwards. Although the Canadian-led Dieppe Raid of that year ultimately failed, the…