In 2025, I lost two people to cancer, two people I admired, looked up to, and cared for. A third, my oldest friend, is also living with it. I kindly ask you to support them and indeed everyone who has endured cancer by donating to this campaign. Thank you. fundraisemyway.cancer.ca/participants...

George Beardshaw, 102, is the last known British Home Child. In 1938, he was sent to a Canadian household that mistreated him. Despite this, he still served his adopted nation in WWII. Read his tale in my Legion Magazine article. legionmagazine.com/a-ww-ii-rifl... 📸 St. Joseph’s Health Care London

My latest Legion Magazine feature, "God rest ye weary gentlemen," is now online, detailing four Canadian Christmases during the Second World War. Please consider sharing widely as I'm particularly proud of it! 📸 CWM/20020045-2726 legionmagazine.com/god-rest-ye-...

My latest Legion Magazine story is a special one, an interview with 102-year-old Canadian WW II veteran George Beardshaw. Originally from Yorkshire, U.K., he is also thought to be the last living Home Child. Thank you, sir, for your time - and service. legionmagazine.com/a-ww-ii-rifl...

My new Legion Magazine story, "God rest ye weary gentlemen," is now online, highlighting four Christmases of WW II. From Hong Kong to Ortona to the skies above Germany, Canadians sought festive cheer wherever they could. Some even found it. legionmagazine.com/god-rest-ye-... 📸 CWM/20020045-2726

My new Legion Magazine story, "God rest ye weary gentlemen," is now online, highlighting four Christmases of WW II. From Hong Kong to Ortona to the skies above Germany, Canadians sought festive cheer wherever they could. Some even found it. legionmagazine.com/god-rest-ye-... 📸 CWM/20020045-2726

Just read Mark Stille’s recent book on Pearl Harbor that exams in detail the background, planning, attacks & aftermath of the attack.This excellent book also looks at the culpability of senior officers & acts to dispel the many myths that surround this event. Highly recommended. #HistoryBookChat

On Dec. 19, 1941 - 84 years ago today - Sergeant-Major John Osborn, serving with the Winnipeg Grenadiers, sacrificed his life to save his men amid the Battle of Hong Kong. For his actions, he earned the Victoria Cross. Here is my Legion Magazine story on him. legionmagazine.com/remembering-...

In my latest Legion Magazine story, I explore the Australian-Canadian wartime bond with Australian War Memorial historian Karl James. From Sudan and Gallipoli to Germany, Kapyong and beyond, both nations have long served side by side. legionmagazine.com/historian-ka... 📸 Australian War Memorial

In my latest Legion Magazine story, I showcase Suzuki's Sword. George Suzuki was a Japanese Canadian serving with British intelligence in Southeast Asia in 1945. He took a captured Japanese katana as a souviner, but later returned it to its former owner in 1967. legionmagazine.com/suzukis-sword/

In my latest Legion Magazine story, I showcase Suzuki's Sword. George Suzuki was a Japanese Canadian serving with British intelligence in Southeast Asia in 1945. He took a captured Japanese katana as a souviner, but later returned it to its former owner in 1967. legionmagazine.com/suzukis-sword/

It's not every day that the Norwegian Embassy in Canada sends you an assortment of tributes to Fern Blodgett Sunde, the first Canadian woman to serve as a seafaring wireless operator in WW II. I'm particularly happy with my new, beautiful book. Thank you, Jan-Terje Storaas!

It's not every day that the Norwegian Embassy in Canada sends you an assortment of tributes to Fern Blodgett Sunde, the first Canadian woman to serve as a seafaring wireless operator in WW II. I'm particularly happy with my new, beautiful book. Thank you, Jan-Terje Storaas!

🧵(1/5) It feels strange promoting my work without my dear departed colleague, Stephen J. Thorne, being here, but I know he'd want life to continue - and, I hope, for me to continue highlighting Canada's wartime stories. Here are my latest Legion Magazine in-print articles.

🧵(1/5) It feels strange promoting my work without my dear departed colleague, Stephen J. Thorne, being here, but I know he'd want life to continue - and, I hope, for me to continue highlighting Canada's wartime stories. Here are my latest Legion Magazine in-print articles.

In my latest Legion Magazine article, I speak to historian Allan Levine about how Canada’s business leaders helped win WW II. His new book is "The Dollar a Year Men," published by Barlow Books. legionmagazine.com/historian-al... 📸 Courtesy Allan Levine

In my latest Legion Magazine article, I speak to historian Allan Levine about how Canada’s business leaders helped win WW II. His new book is "The Dollar a Year Men," published by Barlow Books. legionmagazine.com/historian-al... 📸 Courtesy Allan Levine

My Legion Magazine editor, Aaron Kylie, has written a beautiful tribute to our dear departed friend and colleague, Stephen J. Thorne. Miss you already, Stephen, and thank you for everything. legionmagazine.com/remembering-...

British Major-General Hugh Tudor, a once-hero of WW I, later commanded the ruthless Black and Tans, among other forces, in the Irish War of Independence. His story ended in Newfoundland. Read more in my new Legion Magazine article. 📸 Burning of Cork (Wiki) legionmagazine.com/author-and-j...

British Major-General Hugh Tudor, a once-hero of WW I, later commanded the ruthless Black and Tans, among other forces, in the Irish War of Independence. His story ended in Newfoundland. Read more in my new Legion Magazine article. 📸 Burning of Cork (Wiki) legionmagazine.com/author-and-j...

Tomorrow at 2 p.m. EST, I'll be making my debut appearance on @ww2tv.bsky.social, alongside other guests, to pay tribute to the late, great Dr. Tim Cook of the Canadian War Museum. I wouldn't be where I am now, telling Canada's wartime stories, without him. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lioh...

Canadian Private George Lawrence Price, 25, died at 10:58 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918 - two minutes before the end of hostilities in the Great War. For my latest Legion Magazine article, I spoke to Canadian War Museum historian Teresa Iacobelli about his final moments. legionmagazine.com/historian-te...

Records have it - at least currently - that 381 Canadians died in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944. However, in my latest Legion Magazine interview with historian @seaspitfires.com - the second of two parts - he argues that there could be 382. 📸 Stephen Fisher. legionmagazine.com/the-canadian...

Any of my friends willing to help me identify a modern Canadian Armed Forces uniform? Please reach out if so!

In my latest Legion Magazine article - the first of two parts - I interview British historian and author Stephen Fisher (@seaspitfires.com) about the forgotten Canadians who fought not at Juno, but Sword Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944. legionmagazine.com/the-canadian... 📸 Bantam Books.

In my latest Legion Magazine article - the first of two parts - I interview British historian and author Stephen Fisher (@seaspitfires.com) about the forgotten Canadians who fought not at Juno, but Sword Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944. legionmagazine.com/the-canadian... 📸 Bantam Books.

Missed it last week? Here is my latest Legion Magazine article: legionmagazine.com/campaign-gro...

A few days ago, I wrote a tribute to the Canadian War Museum's late, great historian Tim Cook for Legion Magazine. You can read it here: legionmagazine.com/a-cornish-to...

My tribute to the late, great Canadian military historian Dr. Tim Cook in Legion Magazine. I truly believe I would not be where I am now without him. Here's to you, sir, and thank you for everything. legionmagazine.com/a-cornish-to... 📸 Marie Louise Deruaz

My tribute to the late, great Canadian military historian Dr. Tim Cook in Legion Magazine. I truly believe I would not be where I am now without him. Here's to you, sir, and thank you for everything. legionmagazine.com/a-cornish-to... 📸 Marie Louise Deruaz

My latest Legion Magazine "Briefing" article is an interview with Canadian Armed Forces veteran Bruce Moncur. His campaign group, Valour in the Presence of the Enemy, is renewing efforts to award Jess Larochelle the Victoria Cross. legionmagazine.com/campaign-gro...

My latest Legion Magazine article 😊

My latest Legion Magazine article is an interview with military historian and educator-turned-children’s book author, Kelsey Lonie. Her debut tome, Whitey’s Journey, tells the true story of a Canadian dog mascot in WW II. 📸 Heritage House Publishing legionmagazine.com/childrens-bo...

My latest Legion Magazine article is an interview with military historian and educator-turned-children’s book author, Kelsey Lonie. Her debut tome, Whitey’s Journey, tells the true story of a Canadian dog mascot in WW II. 📸 Heritage House Publishing legionmagazine.com/childrens-bo...

In May 2025, I covered The Royal Canadian Legion's 57th Nova Scotia/Nunavut Command convention hosted in my hometown of Antigonish, N.S., for Legion Magazine. The article is now online! 📸 Annie Bowers/LM. legionmagazine.com/57th-nova-sc...

That feeling you get where, for once, someone else was more awkward and introverted than you in a phone interaction. #millennialproblems.

My latest Legion Magazine article is an interview with historian Debbie Jiang, who played a pivotal role in getting two Japanese-Canadian soldiers, Pte. Hikotaro Koyanagi and Pte. Kazuo Harada, added to the Richmond, B.C., Cenotaph. legionmagazine.com/forgotten-ja... 📸 Courtesy of Debbie Jiang

I'm just going to nervously leave this here and hope that the information on the page explains it all... gofund.me/24c8479a9

I'm just going to nervously leave this here and hope that the information on the page explains it all... gofund.me/24c8479a9

I'm looking for expert interviewees to talk about Gordon Flowerdew, who earned the Victoria Cross in what many have called the "last Canadian cavalry charge," the Battle of Moreuil Wood on March 30, 1918. 📸 Wikipedia / Canadian War Museum.

Any research avenue recommendations for the Anglo-Canadian occupation of Iceland during the Second World War? (Yes, I know the U.S. were there, too).

A fiery footnote in history, the July 1945 Bedford Magazine explosion almost became a second Halifax disaster 27 years after the first. Check out my latest Legion Magazine feature, now online! legionmagazine.com/not-again/ 📸 J.C.M. Hayward/Nova Scotia Archives/Wikimedia

A fiery footnote in history, the July 1945 Bedford Magazine explosion almost became a second Halifax disaster 27 years after the first. Check out my latest Legion Magazine feature, now online! legionmagazine.com/not-again/ 📸 J.C.M. Hayward/Nova Scotia Archives/Wikimedia

In my latest Legion Magazine article, I spoke to Canadian historian David O'Keefe about a suspicious WW II aircrew loss. “This is the most intriguing story I’ve ever come across," he said. You can find a teaser to the tale here. legionmagazine.com/historian-da... 📸 Northernsky Entertainment

In my latest Legion Magazine article, I speak to author and historian Iain MacGregor about his tome, "The Hiroshima Men: The Quest to Build the Atomic Bomb, and the Fateful Decision to Use It." Learn about his fresh perspectives here. legionmagazine.com/humanizing-t... 📸 Adrian Pope

In my latest Legion Magazine article, I speak to Canadian naval historian Roger Litwiller about the controversial recovery—or removal—of HMCS Trentonian's bell from its wreck site. What's your opinion? legionmagazine.com/canadian-nav... 📸 CFB Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum

In my latest Legion Magazine article, I interview sculptor Tyler Fauvelle about his newly twinned tribute to WW II trailblazer Fern Blodgett Sunde, now unveiled in the Norwegian town of Farsund. Sunde was Canada's first female deep sea radio operator. legionmagazine.com/a-duplicate-...

In my latest Legion Magazine article, I interview sculptor Tyler Fauvelle about his newly twinned tribute to WW II trailblazer Fern Blodgett Sunde, now unveiled in the Norwegian town of Farsund. Sunde was Canada's first female deep sea radio operator. legionmagazine.com/a-duplicate-...

Yesterday, Annie held one-hour photoshoots for families and couples at Seafoam Lavender Company & Gardens near Tatamagouche. She aced it! Our dearest friends, Matt and Tory, also joined us for their own session. Would you be interested in participating next time she hosts again?