News Items tag as: Vimy Ridge

First World War: Okanagan soldiers fought hard at Vimy Ridge
April 08, 2019 - 4:00 PM

Walter Harvey Wilson was born in Strathclair, Manitoba in 1893, but he called Kelowna home. When the First World War broke out across Europe, he enlisted on June 8, 1915 in Winnipeg. He joined thousands of Canadians at one of the defining battles of the war: Vimy Ridge.
Vernon man builds back-alley shrine to honour 100th anniversary of Vimy Ridge
April 07, 2017 - 1:00 PM

VERNON - A Vernon man has made it his mission to convert the nondescript alley behind his home into a shrine for Vimy Ridge.
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First World War: Okanagan soldiers fought hard at Vimy Ridge