World War II

Second World War veteran Tony Pearson, 95, was a young man on the front line of combat in late September 1944 during the Battle of the Scheldt as the Allies pressed the Nazis back east from France. (Chad Hipolito/Canadian Press)

95-year-old war veteran in Nanaimo recalls fighting up until VE Day and liberation afterward

Battle of the Scheldt was Tony Pearson’s baptism of fire in the combat leading to victory in Europe

Second World War veteran Tony Pearson, 95, was a young man on the front line of combat in late September 1944 during the Battle of the Scheldt as the Allies pressed the Nazis back east from France. (Chad Hipolito/Canadian Press)
Dutch liberation commemorated at Duncan cenotaph

Dutch liberation commemorated at Duncan cenotaph

Canadian troops played integral role

Dutch liberation commemorated at Duncan cenotaph
100 years young: Family, friends, firefighters celebrate Bill Cope’s birthday in Errington

100 years young: Family, friends, firefighters celebrate Bill Cope’s birthday in Errington

Special procession held for Vancouver Island Second World War veteran

100 years young: Family, friends, firefighters celebrate Bill Cope’s birthday in Errington
Henry Martens has often told the story of the time he unwisely extracted a bear cub from a Jasper park den while the animal’s mother looked on. Tyler Olsen/Abbotsford News

VIDEO: B.C. senior recalls ‘crazy’ wartime decision to grab bear cub from den

Henry Martens – now 96 – says he was lucky to be alive after youthful decision to enter a bear’s den

Henry Martens has often told the story of the time he unwisely extracted a bear cub from a Jasper park den while the animal’s mother looked on. Tyler Olsen/Abbotsford News
Bart Armstrong show off a digital copy of the portrait of his mother on her wedding day, as well as a portrait of his aunt. Armstrong was contacted recently by the family of the portrait artist in Belgium, which was trying to find out who the bride is. (Nicole Crescenzi/News Staff)

Greater Victoria man shares the secrets behind a portrait of a Canadian Bride

The portrait was painted by a famed Belgian artist immediately after the Second World War

Bart Armstrong show off a digital copy of the portrait of his mother on her wedding day, as well as a portrait of his aunt. Armstrong was contacted recently by the family of the portrait artist in Belgium, which was trying to find out who the bride is. (Nicole Crescenzi/News Staff)