Today, 10 June 2020, marks the 99 th birthday of His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The Duke of Edinburgh had a successful career with the Royal Navy and served in the Second World War. Upon the Queen’s accession to the throne in 1952, he turned his focus to supporting the Queen. He is Patron or President of over 780 organizations, many of which are Canadian, with which he is still associated but no longer plays an active role. In May 2017, it was announced that the Duke would no longer carry out public engagements. The Duke of Edinburgh has accompanied the Queen on...

Their Honours were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Captain Jennifer Casey, who was serving as a Public Affairs Officer with the Royal Canadian Air Force 431 Air Demonstration Squadron (The Snowbirds) when the aircraft in which she was flying crashed in Kamloops, British Columbia on Sunday, 17 May 2020. From Halifax, Captain Casey had a career in journalism before joining the Canadian Armed Forces in 2014. The Snowbirds were participating in Operation INSPIRATION, a cross-country tour to raise people's spirits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their Honours offer their deepest...

Today, 8 May 2020, we mark the 75th Anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (V-E Day). In 1939, forces of Nazi Germany invaded Poland and so commenced nearly six years of fighting in the Second World War. Britain entered the war against Germany on 3 September 1939, and one week later Canada entered the war on 10 September 1939. On 7 May 1945, the Nazi German Army offered a complete and unconditional surrender to the Allied Forces and victory in Europe was attained. The next day, the people of the Allied nations rejoiced after many years of great hardship and sacrifice. More than one million...