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To honour Canada's military veterans on the national day of remembrance, the Moose Jaw Events Centre hosted the 106th Remembrance Day ceremony

Thousands of patriotic residents crowded Moose Jaw’s train station in August 1914, hoping for one last look at the soldiers departing for the training grounds of Quebec and — eventually — the battlefields of Europe.

This series looks at the 25 new veterans who have been added to the City of Moose Jaw's banner program. This article features Anthony (Tony) Olden Thomlinson, Donald Nathan Edward Stockton, Harold (Seabee) Seabrook and Douglas (Scottie) B. Dunlop.

Veteran Bernie Dudka was a military policeman guarding the Canadian embassy in Moscow in the late 1980s, which was a dangerous assignment since the country was collapsing as the Cold War was ending. 

Alan McLellan’s passion for collecting stamps over the last 60 years eventually led to him collecting facts and stories about Canadian military history, with that information filling dozens of thick three-ring binders.

Second World War vessel returned to Canada in August 1945.

Veteran Sherri Wedel served as a military police (MP) officer for 31 years, with one of her most endearing memories being the fundraisers she participated in to support refugees and others in need.

A feature article looking at five Moose Jaw airmen who died during the Second World War.

David James McCurdy was born in Winnipeg on Dec. 5, 1886, but died at Moose Jaw on April 17, 1959. His name is on the gravestone of his first wife, who is buried in England.