Gilbert Taylor

LATEST STORIES BY GILBERT TAYLOR

TAYLOR: Trudeau has a long way to go to properly equip our military

It’s difficult to visualize Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leaping from his bed in an epiphany about spending on Canada’s military, shouting: “Lord God Almighty, I’ve seen the light!”

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January 14, 2023 Columnists

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits Canadian troops, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in the Adazi military base, Latvia, March 8, 2022.

TAYLOR: The many -- and occasionally bizarre -- ways we celebrate the New Year

Today, most resolutions are self-centred

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December 30, 2022 Columnists

2023 New Year's Resolution Text on Note Pad

TAYLOR: The Canadian naval hero who sank a German U-boat

They were known as the wolfpacks — the brainchild of Nazi Admiral Karel Donitz — the fleet of U-boats that struck terror into the hearts of allied sailors, both merchant and military, throughout the Second World War’s Battle of the Atlantic.

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December 28, 2022 Canada

Acting chief petty officer Max Bernays was at the helm of the Assiniboine when all hell broke loose on Aug. 6, 1942.

TAYLOR: This Christmas, raise a glass to our military serving far from home

Christmas has been put on the back burner for 140 members of the 1st Canadian Mechanized Brigade who arrived in Latvia on the morning of Dec. 12.

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December 18, 2022 Columnists

TAYLOR: Even in troubled times, we have a duty to remember the fallen

As Remembrance Day approaches on Nov. 11, some Canadians will say, “who really cares if we remember our fallen war heroes? What difference does it make? It all happened a long time ago.” He fought through the Hundred Days Campaign during the First World War and saw many of his comrades killed and buried in shallow graves. He was gassed in France and hospitalized for a month.

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November 6, 2022 Columnists

Panjwayi, AFGHANISTAN: Canadian soldiers from the Royal 22nd Regiment, who worked with the Afghan National Army (ANA) as an "Observer Mentor Liasion Training" (OMLT) team, conduct a foot patrol in a volatile area in Panjwayi district, Kandahar province, Nov. 8, 2006.

TAYLOR: How the power of music helped a Holocaust survivor reclaim his life

With lightning speed, on Sept. 8, 1939, eight days after the brutal invasion of Poland, Nazi jack boots rattled through the streets of Ostrowiec in the southeastern part of the country, thrusting terror into the core of every household.

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June 13, 2022 Columnists