76 years ago today, June 6, 1944, James M. Doohan of Vancouver, led D Company of Royal Winnipeg Rifles ashore at Juno beach. He would be shot 6 times, survive and go on to become Scotty on Star Trek.
On June 6, 1944, James M. Doohan of Vancouver, British Columbia, led D Company of Royal Winnipeg Rifles ashore at Juno beach for Canada. He would be shot 6 times, survive and go on to become Scotty on Star Trek.
Quebec born brothers, Norm and Neil Macdonald, in Valcartier in 1964. Norm would go on to a successful comedy career while Neil would become a journalist for the CBC. Norman Gene Macdonald passed away of cancer today at the age of 61.
June 6, 1944, James M. Doohan of Vancouver, led D Company of Royal Winnipeg Rifles ashore at Juno beach. He would be shot 6 times, survive and go on to become Scotty on Star Trek.
Canadian soldiers study a German plan of the beach during D-Day landing operations in Normandy on June 6, 1944. 80 years ago tomorrow. c/o Library and Archives of Canada.
A football match between Canadians and Americans in London, England during WWII in 1944. The game, known as the “Tea Bowl”, drew over 30,000 spectators just months before D-Day. Canada would win 16-6.
This International Certificate of Vaccination was issued in the 1970s by Quarantine Services, from the Department of National Health and Welfare Canada. The booklet was, like a passport, a standard travel document required by many