Maple Leaf Unit #287

Time for another GIVEAWAY!!
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We’re giving away 2 tickets to the New Years Eve Party at Prairieland Park!Here’s how to enter:

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October is Women’s History Month. We salute the Canadian women who have served in uniform over the years

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October is Women's History Month in Canada. Women have had a long tradition of military service in our country. The “Women and War” web feature is dedicated to exploring some of their experiences in times of war, military conflict and peace. Pictured is a female sailor aboard HMCS Winnipeg while the Royal Canadian Navy warship was en route to a training exercise in the Pacific in July 2017. Photo: Department of National Defence

A 300 year old tradition broken....

Canadian soldier set to become 1st woman to command Queen's Guard A Canadian soldier is set to upend more than 300 years of British history, becoming the first woman to command the troops guarding the Queen and royal residences in London. Capt. Megan Couto will lead some 40 Canadian soldiers through the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace on Monday.

The Forgotten Story Of The Radium Girls, Whose Deaths Saved Thousands Of Lives During World War I, hundreds of young women went to work in clock factories, painting watch dials with luminous radium paint. But after the girls — who literally glowed in the dark after their shifts