Canadians who hoped to plant oak trees at Vimy Ridge this year to mark the 100th anniversary of the historic battle there had the saplings ready and Canadian politicians onside — until the French ...

In April 1917, a Canadian soldier standing on a war-ravaged battlefield in France pocketed a souvenir to send home: a handful of acorns from a downed oak tree at Vimy Ridge. Now, a century after the ...

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his family arrived in France on Saturday night to take part in ceremonies marking the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Doreen Bargholz of Summerland, B.C ...

VIMY (AFP) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was to lead the commemorations on Sunday (April 9) for the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge in France, considered a founding moment in ...

A couple appeared in a French courtroom Monday to face charges of public exhibitionism at Canada's National Vimy Memorial, a site that's become a hot spot for such acts. The middle-aged couple, who ...

MONTREAL — In April 1917, a Canadian soldier standing on a war-ravaged battlefield in France pocketed a souvenir to send home: a handful of acorns from a downed oak tree at Vimy Ridge. Now, a century ...

Few memorials speak of monumental loss as eloquently as the limestone twin pillars at Vimy Ridge. But at the newly opened visitor centre a short walk away, there now stands one other tribute to Canada ...

Governor General David Johnston is in France to participate in ceremonies today marking the 95th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Johnston said he is looking forward to meeting some of the ...