You know about Canadians who fought in the War of 1812. But what about those who served in the broader Napoleonic Wars in Europe? legionmagazine.com/historian-ta... My latest Legion Magazine article - the first of two parts - is an interview with historian Tanya Grodzinski exploring just that.

My latest Legion Magazine article is an interview with British historian Paul Reed on Canada's Great War contribution. The tour guide once lived on the Somme, where he helped recover the remains of a Canadian unknown soldier. legionmagazine.com/british-hist... 📸Louis Weirter/CWM/19710261-0788.

My latest "Military Health Matters" column in Legion Magazine explores how Canadian military medicine needs to adapt to the Arctic. legionmagazine.com/remote-readi... 📸 Master Corporal Alana Morin/Combat Camera.

My latest Legion Magazine article features an interview with historian Eric Story, exploring the legacy of Great War veterans with disabilities—including the inspiring tale of George Hincks and Marshall McDougall. legionmagazine.com/historian-er... 📸 University of Wilfrid Laurie

My latest Legion Magazine article is an interview with sculptors Don and Shirley Begg, who have spent much of their careers immortalizing Canadian military history in bronze. legionmagazine.com/sculptors-do... 📸 Corporal Antoine Brochu/Canadian Forces Combat Camera.

My latest Legion Magazine cover feature, "Altar of Remembrance," is now online: legionmagazine.com/altar-of-rem... It charts Vimy Ridge’s journey from mud to chiselled stone—and the Canadian Great War veterans who witnessed both. (Yes, I was wearing my sunglasses inside, but I felt cool).

My latest Legion Magazine article is an interview with historian Tim Foran. Here, he discusses the Canadian War Museum's new exhibition exploring the nation's involvement in the U.S. Civil War. legionmagazine.com/canadian-war... 📸 Courtesy Canadian War Museum.

In my latest Legion Magazine article, Dutch-born Canadian Herman Mol (pictured), 97, recalls the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, the Hunger Winter famine that killed 20,000, and his immigration journey to the country that helped liberate his homeland. legionmagazine.com/ww-ii-hunger...

The Juno Beach Centre has acquired the bell and shipbuilder's plate from the WW II-era HMCS Alberni. Both artifacts were removed from the wreck by independent divers, but the museum has since intervened. Read more in my latest Legion Magazine article. legionmagazine.com/juno-beach-c... 📸 JBC.

He’s wearing his shades indoors because he feels pretty cool about landing the latest cover feature in Legion Magazine. This year marks 90 years since the Vimy Memorial was unveiled on the historic battlefield. Inside, you can trace the ridge’s journey from mud to chiselled stone.

Did you know that a Canadian was at the helm of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) during the 9/11 terrorist attacks? Read my latest Legion Magazine article—an interview with NORAD's former director of operations, Eric Findley—to learn more. legionmagazine.com/canadian-eri...

My latest Legion Magazine article is an interview with anthropologist Ian Cosh. His new book explores the memory, trauma, and legacy of Canada’s WW II veterans who fought in the 1943 Battle of Ortona. legionmagazine.com/anthropologi... 📸 Sutherland House Books

Three years after #movingtoCanada from Blighty (the U.K.), and I still lose my mind when North American wildlife makes an appearance outside my door. Perhaps I would feel differently if I had my trash cans outside.

I was pleased to see my copy of Kelsey Lonie's truly excellent "A Vacation for Victory: An Illustrated History of the Women's Land Army in Canada" show up in the mail yesterday morning. I was also honoured to offer a few words of praise that now appear at the front of the book.

My latest Legion Magazine article is an interview with Christine Hines, manager of the Shearwater Aviation Museum near Halifax, N.S., Canada. Are you curious to know what's in the collection? Take an armchair tour here! legionmagazine.com/an-armchair-... 📸 Tourism Nova Scotia.

Canadian Fern Blodgett Sunde was the first woman to serve as a wireless radio operator at sea -- on a Norwegian merchant navy vessel during WW II. legionmagazine.com/the-wavemaker/ I'm very proud of the Legion Magazine feature I wrote about her, so please consider reading and sharing!

“We were gaslit every which way,” said retired sergeant Jessica Miller on Veterans Affairs Canada and its handling of the Women Veterans Council. Six members have since resigned, including Miller. You can read more in my latest Legion Magazine article. legionmagazine.com/jessica-mill...

Did you know that a Canadian named James Campbell Clouston played a critical role in the 1940 Dunkirk evacuations? Read more in my latest Legion Magazine article, part two of an interview with biographer Brian Jeffrey Street. legionmagazine.com/biographer-b... 📸 Norman Wilkinson/IWM.

My latest Legion Magazine article - the first of two parts - is an interview with biographer Brian Jeffrey Street, discussing the life of Canadian James Campbell Clouston and his heroics in Dunkirk. legionmagazine.com/biographer-b... 📸 Courtesy Clouston family via Brian Jeffery Street

My latest Legion Magazine article is about the so-called Dead Man's Penny, 1.3 million of which were sent to mourning families of the Great War. legionmagazine.com/dead-mans-pe... 📸 The Commemorative Coin Company/ebay.ca; Oshawa Museum Blog; Whitby Archives; Oshawa Museum Archival Collection.

My latest Latest Magazine article is an interview with documentarian Eric Brunt about capturing the last Canadian voices of the Second World War. legionmagazine.com/documentaria... 📸 Courtesy Eric Brunt.

My latest Legion Magazine article is an interview with Marilyn Morawetz, discussing a campaign to preserve Canada's last-surviving WW II-era P.o.W. camp in Bowmanville, Ont., infamous for a 1942 German prisoner revolt. legionmagazine.com/marilyn-mora... 📸 Jury Lands Foundation.

My latest Legion Magazine article is an interview with Sable Frey of Helmets to Hardhats, an organization that pairs veterans and transitioning military personnel with jobs in the unionized skilled trades. legionmagazine.com/a-conversati... 📸 Helmets to Hardhats Canada

My most recent "Artifact" piece in Legion Magazine is now online, showcasing a U.S. Civil War-era sword wielded by one of approximately 40,000 Canadians who served. Union surgeon John F. Stevenson never made it home. legionmagazine.com/stevensons-s... 📸 Alanna Belair/ Loyalist House Museum

My latest Legion Magazine article is an interview with Veterans Ombud Nishika Jardine, discussing some of the most pressing issues for Canada's former service personnel. legionmagazine.com/veterans-omb... 📸 Stephen J. Thorne/LM

My latest Legion Magazine article is an interview with historian Kathy Grant. We speak about the promise she made to her father, Owen Rowe (pictured), to preserve Canada's Black veteran stories - and what that looks like. legionmagazine.com/historian-ka... 📸 Black Canadian Veterans Stories

In 2020, hikers in England's Peak District discovered the remains of a decaying military vehicle. It turned out to be a Canadian-designed and built Ram Mark II tank. You can read its WW II story in my latest Legion Magazine article. legionmagazine.com/guts-glory-r... 📸 LAC.

Did you know that Canada invaded Iceland during the Second World War? While not alone—Britain and, eventually, the U.S. were also present—Canadian troops were part of the occupation force. You can read more in my Legion Magazine feature. legionmagazine.com/the-lovely-w... 📸 Wikipedia.

Mike Levy, a British-Canadian soldier, escaped a Japanese internment camp in WW II only to then fight behind enemy lines. Years later, he played a critical role in the Korean War's April 1951 Battle of Kapyong. Here's my Legion Magazine story on him: legionmagazine.com/levys-gamble/

HMCS Sackville, the last-surviving Flower-class corvette of the Second World War, will soon be formally recommissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). Read more in my latest Legion Magazine article. 📸 Halifax Military Heritage Preservation Society. legionmagazine.com/ww-iis-hmcs-...