Gilbert Taylor

LATEST STORIES BY GILBERT TAYLOR

TAYLOR: For Canada's military, the Christmas season is a time of both joy and sorrow

Canadian troops have often been put to the bloodiest of tests during the season of goodwill

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December 26, 2021 Canada

A group of officers of the 2nd (Special Service) Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment, in South Africa, circa 1900. About 1,039 soldiers from all seven Canadian provinces enlisted with the battalion and reached South Africa on Nov. 29, 1899.

TAYLOR: The undying courage of Canada's prisoners of war

Imagine this. You’ve trained and trained for battle and then trained some more. But when they are told, it is something we should never forget.

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November 7, 2021 Columnists

Lise Belanger, 18, cleans the gravestone of her great-uncle, Roger "Sonny" Firman, at the Commonwealth War Graves Commissions Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery in Normandy on June 05, 2019 near Reviers, France. Sonny, a 21-year-old serving in the Canadian Royal Winnipeg Rifles, landed on June 6, 1944, at Juno Beach in during D-Day in the Second World War. He was captured by the Germans and on June 8, together with other Canadian prisoners of war, was executed by a unit of the Waffen SS.

TAYLOR: Funding for Canada's Reserve Force should be election issue

It is a vital resource for Canada that has proved itself time and again on far flung battlefields and in emergencies here at home

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September 11, 2021 Columnists

From Left: Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and the Conservative's Erin O'Toole

GILBERT: Canada Day brings us together; cancel culture tears us apart

The whole of Canada is reeling from the overwhelming tragedy of Indigenous children who died and were buried in unmarked graves while attending residential schools.

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June 27, 2021 Canada

A woman waves a Canadian flag while sporting a patriotic outfit during Canada Day celebrations in Vancouver, on July 1, 2019.

TAYLOR: D-Day taught us the meaning of sacrifice

In June of 2021, after 14 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, many Canadians think our lives have been unjustly imposed upon.

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June 5, 2021 Opinion

Canadian troops wade ashore to the beaches of Normandy early on the morning of June 6, 1944. The D-Day invasion of France.

TAYLOR: Trudeau's gun-control legislation all smoke and mirrors

I have been a legal, responsible gun owner since my early teens.

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March 21, 2021 Opinion

Illustration: An image of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with AR-15 assault rifles in the background

TAYLOR: Animals that served during wars have long, storied history

In 218 B.C., Hannibal Barca, the great Carthaginian general, had the right idea when he decided to conscript elephants into his army and cross the Alps to wage war against the Roman Empire.

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March 7, 2021 Opinion

In this June 2010 photo, a soldier with Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) salutes as he rides past a senior officer while wearing in a 1940s uniform in Edmonton.

TAYLOR: Mask-wearing during pandemics goes back a long way

When it comes to wearing masks, you’ve got to wonder what all the fuss is about.

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February 28, 2021 Columnists

Kelly "the Mask Lady" Petroff makes poppy masks for Remembrance Day on Tuesday, November 3, 2020.

TAYLOR: Funding Canada's military reserves will be money well spent

It was just a small item by The Canadian Press last September but in it, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan made a huge promise to Canada’s military community.

February 27, 2021 Opinion

TAYLOR: Canada's tragic history of war-time internment

It is well documented that Canada scooped up thousands of Japanese Canadians during World War II, confiscated their possessions and shipped them off to detention camps for the duration of the war.

February 22, 2021 Opinion

Photograph shows Japanese-Canadians in Slocan City, B.C. waiting for internment in detention camps during the Second World War..

Gilbert Taylor

LATEST STORIES BY GILBERT TAYLOR

TAYLOR: For Canada's military, the Christmas season is a time of both joy and sorrow

TAYLOR: The undying courage of Canada's prisoners of war

TAYLOR: Funding for Canada's Reserve Force should be election issue

GILBERT: Canada Day brings us together; cancel culture tears us apart

TAYLOR: D-Day taught us the meaning of sacrifice

TAYLOR: Trudeau's gun-control legislation all smoke and mirrors

TAYLOR: Animals that served during wars have long, storied history

TAYLOR: Mask-wearing during pandemics goes back a long way

TAYLOR: Funding Canada's military reserves will be money well spent

TAYLOR: Canada's tragic history of war-time internment

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