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Canada's Unknown Soldier — a casualty of the First World War — was brought home to be interred in Ottawa 25 years ago, and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission forbids any attempt at identification. Advances in DNA technology mean that in future wars, the chances that soldiers won't be identified are slim. Does the concept of an Unknown Soldier still have meaning to a new, on-demand generation, or will it become a relic of a bygone era?
November 11, 2025 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Canada
Ontario’s housing minister is considering stepping in to quash a proposed rental development in north Toronto, over concerns raised by a pharmaceutical company.
November 11, 2025 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Canada
Over 250 Quebec doctors are applying to be able to work in Ontario, according to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. The surge of applications is happening in the wake of a controversial bill reforming doctors’ pay, which was passed on Oct. 25 in Quebec.
November 11, 2025 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Ottawa
Ottawa's Roy Martel looks back on a 37-year military career as he prepares to mark another Remembrance Day.
November 11, 2025 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Ottawa
An Ottawa family nearly discarded a recording of a 1945 CBC report from the waning days of the Second World War that features their relative, Lt. Bill Ford. The CBC's Giacomo Panico was there when they heard it for the first time.
November 11, 2025 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Ottawa
The life of Joan Leslie-Carter (later Joan Frost) in Britain during the Second World War could be the basis for a romantic adventure series. In a period when death could come from the sky at any time, she was philosophical about how to live. “In those times you didn’t know how long anything would be, so you had to make the most of life,” she wrote in her unpublished memoir.Mrs. Frost, who died on Oct. 9, just 11 days shy of her 110th birthday, was a publicity officer for the Royal Air Force Fighter Command, among many other jobs, including working in the Film Branch of the Air Ministry,...
November 11, 2025 - 00:01 | Fred Langan | The Globe and Mail
