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John Boyko has announced his campaign to become Selwyn Township's Lakefield Ward Councillor. Boyko has lived i...

When Canadian PM John Diefenbaker said no to nuclear missiles in 1961, JFK helped Lester Pearson replace him.

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Canada rejected U.S. requests to join war in Vietnam, so how did so many Canadians die there? Tristin Hopper © Provided by National Post The Canadian flag flying proudly from a U.S. Army tent during the Vietnam war. It was put there by Staff Sergeant Mike Male, a Canadian who enlisted with U.S. forces in order to serve in Indochina, and had his Canadian citizenship stripped as a result. Whenever Canada suited up to fight a major foreign conflict in the 20 th century, there w...

Canada’s secret war: The forgotten Canadian role in Vietnam Tristin Hopper © Provided by National Post The Canadian flag flying proudly from a U.S. Army tent during the Vietnam war. It was put there by Staff Sergeant Mike Male, a Canadian who enlisted with U.S. forces in order to serve in Indochina, and had his Canadian citizenship stripped as a result. Whenever Canada suited up to fight a major foreign conflict in the 20 th century, there was a good chance we did it along...

Letter: Alderman calls Shelton budget hearing embarrassing May 24, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail To the Editor: This past Nov. 3, the electorate of Shelton resoundingly defeated the proposed city charter revision by well more than a two-to-one margin, a measure which, among other things, would have eliminated the Board of Apportionment and Taxation. The citizens of our city declared in one voice that they value this board, believe in its role in the budget process each year and want the transparenc...

Can You Hear Me Now? is a book by Celina Caesar-Chavannes.(Random House Canada) Can You Hear Me Now? is a memoir by entrepreneur and former politician Celina Caesar-Chavannes. Caesar-Chavannes was the first Black MP to represent the riding of Whitby, Ont. But her political career wasnt easy, and she was known for speaking out about social and racial injustices within political institutions and in her community. She eventually decided to leave the party she ran for, the Liberals.  Can You He...

The Globe and Mail John Boyko Published April 9, 2021 AHMAD AL-BASHA/AFP/Getty Images John Boyko is the author of The Devil’s Trick: How Canada Fought the Vietnam War. We Canadians try to be on the right side of history – but too often we fail. We fail largely because morality and money are seldom on speaking terms. Consider our role in two immoral wars. Canada was officially neutral in the slow-motion tragedy that was the Vietnam War – but we were not. Canadian soldiers and diplomats ...

The Globe and Mail Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Good evening, let’s start with today’s top stories: Prince Philip, the often-cantankerous but steadfastly loyal husband of the Queen, died Friday at 99. “It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen announces the death ...