Lorne Gunter: Remembering battlegrounds that forged Canada’s identity

When our son was in Grade 10, a very dedicated teacher at his high school took a group of students (our son included) on a tour of the First and Second World War Canadian battlefields in northern France and southern Belgium. It was life-changing for the teens to look at the gravestones of tens of thousands of Canadians killed in action and realize that many of those who gave their lives were not much older than themselves; the same age as many of their older siblings. Read More