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Today, there is hope that a friendship forged between Japan and Canada, once enemies, will continue into future generations.

A memorial dedicated to a Canadian naval pilot who died while leading an air raid against Japan in the waning days of World War II stands in the northeastern town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, one of the communities most severely damaged in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

Irving Shipbuilding has delivered the fourth Harry DeWolf-class Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel (AOPV) to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN).

The official keel laying of the sixth Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS), the future HMCS Robert Hampton Gray, took place at Halifax shipyard on 21 August.

A piece of the historic Gyro Park bridge will live on in the Shawn Lamb Archives at the Nelson Museum, thanks to a donation from the Nelson Gyro Club. The bridge was recently dismantled due to failing structural integrity. The plaque was installed in 1952, when the bridge was dedicated to Robert Hampton Gray VC, a World War II pilot who was the last Canadian recipient of the

FG-1D Corsair BuNo.92106 will be restored for new owner

A passionate debate over how to define military valour — and what a Canadian soldier must do to win the country’s highest battlefield honour — has been raging quietly this year among veterans and the halls of Parliament. At its centre is a growing sense of dismay among some former Canadian soldiers over the military’s refusal to recognize some acts of heroism in Afghanistan with the modern version of the Victoria Cross.

As many readers may have noticed, Platinum Fighter Sales recently added a significant airframe to the already notable list of warbirds which they presently have on offer, this being Goodyear-built FG-1D Corsair BuNo.92106. This Oshkosh award-winning aircraft, operated for many years by Vintage Wings of Canada from their base in Gatineau, Quebec, is sadly in need of a major rebuild following a ground loop incident at Gatineau Executive Airport in July, 2019.

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Aug. 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Irving Shipbuilding Inc. has cut first steel for the future HMCS Robert Hampton Gray to officially…

Irving Shipbuilding Inc. announced it has cut first steel for the future HMCS Robert Hampton Gray, marking the official start…