Category: canadian veteran

One of the Last of His Generation, Second World War Vet in New Brunswick Dies

Angus Hamilton, who served as a radar technician in Southeast Asia during the Second World War and returned home to a successful career in the civil service and academia, has died in Fredericton at the age of 100. Born in Listowel, Ont., on April 18, 1922, Hamilton grew up on a farm, with the Great…


Course Aims to Fill Gap by Training Therapists on Needs of Veterans, First Responders

It wasn’t until psychologist number three that retired warrant officer Brian McKenna was able to find someone who, in his words, “had a clue.” McKenna, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan now living in Vancouver, had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and had been trying unsuccessfully for years to find a mental-health professional…


98-Year-Old WW2 Veteran Sings at the Supermarket

A charming gentleman, and a hero! …