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Minister of Veterans Affairs Canada and Associate Minister of National Defence Ginette Petitpas Taylor, left, and memory Anchor co-founder Ryan Mullens use the company’s interactive app during D-Day 80 services at the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in Normandy, France. Photo: Veterans Affairs Canada

Memory Anchor app collecting stories of those who served

Officer Cadet Laura Lascelle  —  As much as the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) has embraced its future during this year’s centennial celebrations, using an augmented reality application, digital exhibitions, virtual reality cockpit experiences and flight simulators to showcase the organization’s rich history; so, too, has the remembrance of our fallen soldiers benefitted from advancing […]

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War time letters offer window to the past

Staff at Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site is providing people a window into the lives and relationships of a Bella Coola family from a century ago. Each day, using social media, they have released letters sent by brothers Ed and Fred Grant to their sister Belle in Victoria during their service in the First […]