Women played a major role during World War II. From building ships to driving trains, and from manufacturing ammunition in factories to working on farms in the Women's Land Army, they helped in the ...

At 18, Ruth Bond-Martinson joined the war effort, and spent a lifetime proving women could do anything. Now 100, she reflects on her service, the bonds she built and her hopes for future generations.

Ocean Terrace Park, the newly-completed five-acre park in North Beach, has a new piece of art that's 25 feet long and 8 feet ...

Waiting for the Parade is a play written by John Murrell about five Calgary women who each respond differently to civilian ...

The first time I learned about a group of women who created propaganda aimed at Germany and Japan during World War II, I was intrigued. These four women – Betty MacDonald, Zuzka Lauwers, Jane ...

This fall, Alison Rowley, Concordia professor of history, has been offering experiential learning opportunities to her students and bringing attention to Soviet women’s Second World War experience at ...

In August 1918, Norwest was sent on a mission to locate a German sniper’s lair near Fouquescourt, Somme, France, where he was ...

Only a small number of veterans remain 80 years after the end of the Second World War. Their first-hand accounts are a vital ...

Raised during the Great Depression of the 1920s and coming of age during the Second World War, five women at Newmarket’s Amica retirement home are celebrating turning at least 100 this year. The home ...

How the fashion industry was impacted and responded to the First World War is the focus of a new exhibition that bows Friday at the National WWI Museum and Memorial. Running through April 11 at the ...