Army cadets are standing guard at the National War Memorial in Ottawa overnight to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. The vigil began with a ceremony at 7:30 p.m. ET, during ...

VIMY, France - The federal government has set aside $5 million to help in the construction of a permanent visitor centre at the Canadian war memorial in Vimy, France. News.

Historians with far more impressive credentials than I tell us that the battle to occupy the Vimy Ridge in northern France was one of the most important victories i… ...

The monument mourns the 3,598 Canadian lives lost over four days at the Battle of Vimy Ridge, which began on Easter Monday, 1917. Four years later, in 1921, the Canadian Battlefields Memorials ...

IT was a historic and bloody battle that saw more than 3,000 brave Canadian troops killed as they seized Vimy Ridge from the clutches of the Germans. On Easter Monday, 1917, more than 15,000 Canadi… ...

Gov. Gen. Mary Simon departs a ceremony commemorating the 105th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, at the National War Memorial in Ottawa on Saturday. Photo by Justin Tang / The Canadian Press.

IT was a historic and bloody battle that saw more than 3,000 brave Canadian troops killed as they seized Vimy Ridge from the clutches of the Germans. On Easter Monday, 1917, more than 15,000 Canadi… ...

While in France this fall, my husband Roger and I visited the Canadian First World War memorial at Vimy Ridge. It is an impressive and awe-inspiring monument. The names of the known and believed dead, ...