Tag Archives: Vimy Ridge

This week’s crème de la crème — April 16, 2016

Posted on April 16, 2016 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Digitization of the Canadian Expeditionary Force Personnel Service Files – Update of April 2016 on the Library and Archives Canada Blog. Gems in Homestead Files by Patricia Greber on My Genealogy … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — April 18, 2015

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Gail Dever

Today marks the 75th anniversary of women in Quebec receiving the right to vote in provincial elections. While the bill was adopted on April 18, 1940, Quebec women would have to wait until the next provincial general election on August … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — April 11, 2015

Posted on April 11, 2015 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Library and Archives Canada Report on Plans and Priorities 2015-2016 and Search Restored for Irish Civil Registration Indexes by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. Why archives matter by Samantha … Continue reading →

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Majority of Canadians want 100th anniversary of Vimy to be key celebration during Canada’s 150th

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Gail Dever

The Battle of Vimy Ridge began in France 98 years ago today, on April 9, 1917, and lasted until April 12. After it was over, 3,600 Canadian soldiers had been killed and 10,600 were wounded. Five years later, in 1922, … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — January 31, 2015

Posted on January 31, 2015 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Let It Go? Save or Toss Those Old Family Escrow Papers? by Denise Levenick on The Family Curator. L’hôtel de ville de Montréal by Mario Robert on Archives de Montréal. Dalhousie … Continue reading →

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The road to Vimy from Quebec City: Lecture

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Gail Dever

Charles André Nadeau, a retired officer from the Canadian Navy, will speak about the road to Vimy at the Morrin Centre in Quebec City on Wednesday, Septemer 24. During the lecture, Connecting Through Culture: From Québec to the War, September … Continue reading →

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