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Illustration of White House in flames. Image: The White House/Wikimedia Commons
The day we burned ole D.C. down -- or why I blame Stephen Harper for Canada's latest trade troubles!
David J. Climenhaga | You could probably credit Canada with putting White House the fire out. The destruction of Washington was a dud because of heavy rain, and our American cousins always blame bad weather on Canada.
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Canadians at Juno Beach, Normandy, June 6, 1944
A timely reminder on this historic day: The hammer of D-Day crushed Hitler on the anvil of Russia
David J. Climenhaga | The landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944, by 156,000 Canadian, British, American and other Allied soldiers opened a second front against Germany.
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May 9, 2015, Moscow Victory Day Parade
Victory Day in Moscow: Some thoughts about the wisdom of messing with Russia
David J. Climenhaga | We can only hope the Western leaders, one of whom we are likely soon to be tied, Hillary R. Clinton or Donald J. Trump, are not fools. The auguries are not promising.
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Reginald H. Roy
Enough petulant propaganda, please: The hammer of D-Day crushed Hitler on the anvil of Russia
David J. Climenhaga | You'd think from Prime Minister Stephen Harper's stale Cold War rhetoric that we’d been fighting Russia, not Germany, in 1944.
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Harper Tories cry havoc and let slip the wars of dogs!
David J. Climenhaga | Canada's Tories are honouring the animals who served alongside their human comrades in war? Where are the media jackals when you need them?