A long-running tribute to veterans has a new home near Saskatoon.
The Canada Remembers Armed Forces Day Salute to Heroes will go ahead at 17 Wing Detachment Dundurn over...
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University of Regina hosts business boot camp for Canadian Forces veterans
August 26, 2016 - 7:54am Updated: August 26, 2016 - 8:50amVeterans of the Canadian Armed Forces are going back to boot camp—this time looking to find success in civilian life.
The University of Regina business school is hosting...
Feds estimate 2,250 Canadian Vets depend on homeless shelters
January 7, 2016 - 8:22am Updated: January 7, 2016 - 4:28pmFor what's believed to be the first time, the federal government has estimated how many of Canada's homeless are former soldiers — but the department that compiled the report...
Saskatoon veteran's office expected to reopen in 2016
December 3, 2015 - 5:22pm Updated: December 4, 2015 - 7:09amVeteran's Affairs minister Kent Hehr has repeated the Liberal promise to re-open nine veteran's affairs offices within a year in interviews and speeches this week. Saskatoon...
Reginans pay their respects during Remembrance Day service
November 11, 2015 - 4:08pm Updated: November 11, 2015 - 4:15pmWhether veterans themselves, family members of veterans or just those who wanted to show respect to our men and women in uniform, people in Regina showed up by the hundreds to...
Saskatoon honours veterans at annual ceremony
November 11, 2015 - 2:47pm Updated: November 11, 2015 - 2:47pmWith the trumpet player's final notes of the last post trumpet, a solemn, two-minute silence fell over a crowd at the 84th Saskatoon Remembrance Day service at SaskTel Centre...
Regina youth reflect on Remembrance Day
November 11, 2015 - 9:10am Updated: November 11, 2015 - 9:15amIn many cases the people you see leading Remembrance Day ceremonies are older - they're the ones who lived through the big wars. But there are some teens who take steps to...
93-year-old war veteran shares incredible stories of survival
November 10, 2015 - 7:43pm Updated: November 12, 2015 - 12:57pmPushing the sleeve of his shirt up, Reg Harrison reveals a scar on his arm. It's a phosphorous burn from the time a 500 pound bomb exploded while the plane he was piloting was...
Sask. Veteran: Every poppy reminds us what we did wasn't a waste of time
October 31, 2015 - 1:41pm Updated: October 31, 2015 - 1:41pmWhile kids and parents prep for a big candy score on Halloween, a pair of veterans from the Third Canadian Army Veteran’s (CAV) Motorcycle unit in Saskatoon were spreading a...
Poppy Prep: Nutana Legion organizes 200,000 poppies leading up to campaign
October 26, 2015 - 6:24pm Updated: October 26, 2015 - 8:41pmA group of ladies bustles around a small basement office in the Nutana Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion, surrounded by boxes of poppies and wreaths.
It's called the...
Saskatoon veteran questions Trudeau’s pledge to bring back lifelong pensions
August 25, 2015 - 7:04am Updated: August 25, 2015 - 7:04amIn Saskatoon earlier this month, Justin Trudeau pledged half a billion dollars for First Nations education. This week in Belleville Ont., Trudeau turned his attention to...