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MacGregor: Jennie Carignan's selection as Chief of Defence Staff sends a message about women in...
Ottawa Citizen· 13 hours agoThere is a portrait of Jennie Carignan, at the time a major-general, in the exhibit of art about...
Opinion | Gettysburg’s Lost Cause Problem
New York Times· 19 hours agoMr. Barnicle is a lawyer and an officer in the U.S. Army Reserve. Amid a sea of stone plaques and obelisks at Gettysburg National Military Park in...
Tired of Diplomacy as Usual, This Congressman Flew Solo to Promote World Peace
Smithsonian Magazine· 1 day agoIn May 1951, Representative Peter F. Mack was in his southern Illinois district on what promised to be an unremarkable listening tour among his constituents. Amid the usual glad-handing and ...
A documentary about bagpipes? As bad as it sounds
The i newspaper online iNews· 1 day ago“Pipes have been a huge part of my life since I was born,” said Finlay MacDonald of the National Piping Centre in Glasgow.
Why Nepal had a religious monarchy − and why some people want it back
Religion News Service· 1 day agoThe national anthem sang his praise. It dissolved its monarchy completely, and Shah left the palace in June 2008. In 2012, when I submitted my doctoral dissertation on the ...
Johnson’s appearance in Tory campaign ‘a bit weird’, says Lib Dem Davey
Stroud News and Journal· 2 days agoThe Liberal Democrat leader accused Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of “desperate tactics” and said his party is instead “talking about the future” as campaigners make their final pitches to voters ...
UK election: Party leaders make last-ditch bid for votes as campaign ends
Euronews via Yahoo Canada News· 2 days agoFormer Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, delivers a speech at a Conservative...
Nova Scotia, the 14th state? How close the colony came to being part of the U.S.
National Post· 2 days agoThe sign that hangs from the north-facing wall of Job Burnham’s Tavern in Machias, Maine, creaks...
Starmer, Sunak, Farage, Davey and Greens in final pitches to Londoners as Tories (almost) admit...
Evening Standard via Yahoo Canada News· 2 days agoThe party leaders were embarking on a final day of campaigning, after Boris Johnson upped his...
Lt.-Gen Jennie Carignan named Canada’s first female chief of defence staff
The Globe and Mail· 2 days agoArmed Forces. Lt.-Gen. Carignan, who will be promoted to the rank of General, will officially take...