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The number on parade grows smaller with each passing year but their purpose remains steadfastly clear: we will remember them. This extraordinary line-up of Second World War veterans spans every branch of the Armed Forces which helped secure freedom in Europe. Daily Express :: News Feed
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Team Canada relying on veterans as it looks to regain women’s hockey world championship
Canadian GM Gina Kingsbury didn’t see a need for major changes to the team that lost the final to the U.S. last year. She thinks the team had a strong performance in 2023, even if it didn’t result in a championship. CBC | Sports News
Read More »The playoff picture at this year’s Brier as veterans and underdogs pull out the stops
In a Brier that has been full of twists and turns, including a number of unexpected results, the playoff field is now set as the field of 18 teams has been trimmed to just six. Find out the major storylines heading into the finals. CBC | Sports News
Read More »One of Britain’s last surviving D-Day veterans dies aged 99
Walter Bigland was just 19 when he disembarked from a landing craft on Sword Beach with 45 Commando on June 6, 1944. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Shop worker sacked for giving staff discount to pensioners and war veterans
John Burley, 64, claimed he was never told it was against company policy and fears he will not get another job. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Veteran’s having sleepless nights after road rage spat with Asda delivery driver
A veteran living with PTSD says he’s suffered sleepless nights after a road rage spat with an Asda delivery driver – which left his car written off. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Six Afghan families with ties to Canada have been deported from Pakistan, veterans group says
Six Afghan families with ties to Canada have been deported from Pakistan back to Afghanistan, a Canadian veterans group says. CBC | World News
Read More »Donald Trump Bragged About Signing Veterans Choice Act Last Year, A Law Barack Obama Actually Signed In 2014
Donald Trump took to Twitter on Friday night to brag about signing the Veterans Choice Act into law last year, a law that was actually signed by Barack Obama nearly six years ago. Trump wrote that he signed into law the legislation giving veterans faster access to medical care, but many pointed out that this was signed two years before ...
Read More »Germany expels 2 Russian diplomats in probe of Chechen War veteran’s killing
Federal German prosecutors on Wednesday took over the investigation of a brazen daylight slaying of a Georgian man on the streets of Berlin, after concluding evidence suggests it was ordered either by the government of Russia or the Chechen republic. CBC | World News
Read More »Boris Johnson to change Human Rights Act in bid to protect veterans if Tories win majority
BORIS JOHNSON has pledged to change the law to end the persecution of Armed Forces veterans facing historical allegations over the deaths of unarmed civilians in Northern Ireland. Daily Express :: News Feed
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