If the federal government has its way, a 30-metre war memorial will soon rise over the spectacular coastline of Cape Breton Highlands National Park, a bit like Volgograd's famous The Motherland …
One of the many components of a large war memorial planned for the Highlands National Park on Cape Breton Island is a statue called “Mother Canada” (Never Forgotten National Memorial Foundation)
A Cape Breton group is proposing that an old coal mine site in Sydney Mines be turned into a war memorial, a location that will avoid the bitter controversy faced by another proposed memorial …
Cape Breton Highlands National Park is known for its spectacular highlands and ocean scenery. Steep cliffs and deep river canyons carve into a forested plateau bordering the Atlantic Ocean. One third of the Cabot Trail, a world-famous scenic highway, runs through the national park along the coasts and over the highlands.
A massive monument to honour war dead, featuring a 10-storey-high statue called "Mother Canada," is igniting a fierce battle among Cape Bretoners living near and along the ruggedly beautiful Cabot …
Green Cove, with a beautiful vista on the Cabot Trail on Cape Breton Island, was the proposed site for the "Mother Canada" war memorial, until Parks Canada withdrew its support from the project …
The Mother Canada monument, officially the Never Forgotten National Memorial, was a project planned for Cape Breton Highlands National Park as a memorial to Canadian soldiers who fought and died overseas.
That was the reality for those in the merchant navy transporting supplies in convoys during the Battle of the Atlantic, Canada’s longest military engagement that lasted from Sept. 1939 to May 1945.
Cape Breton regional council approved the design of the sculpture Tuesday, giving staff the green light to have the memorial built and installed on the waterfront boardwalk.
The company hired to assess the Never Forgotten War Memorial says an enormous statue planned for Green Cove, Cape Breton, isn't any more feasible than it was when the company pulled out of the …
Cape Breton Highlands National Park is known for its spectacular highlands and ocean scenery. Steep cliffs and deep river canyons carve into a forested plateau bordering the Atlantic Ocean. One third of the Cabot Trail, a world-famous scenic highway, runs through the national park along the coasts and over the highlands.
Monumental controversy: Critics are attacking plans for Cape Breton's Mother Canada statue and Ottawa's Memorial to the victims of communism.
TOKYO — Japan expressed strong regret Friday over San Francisco's decision to give city property status to a statue commemorating Asian women who worked in military brothels for Japanese troops …
The Mother Canada monument, officially the Never Forgotten National Memorial, was a project planned for Cape Breton Highlands National Park as a memorial to Canadian soldiers who fought and died overseas.
A massive "Mother Canada" statue honouring Canada's war dead is meeting opposition from some Cape Bretoners who say the 10-storey-tall structure will be an eyesore and shouldn't be built in a national park.
One contemporary example is the debate over the “Mother Canada” war memorial in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. There were many citizens and politicians alike who welcomed the idea of an eighteen-meter high statue as a means to commemorate fallen soldiers who were buried overseas.
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A well-intentioned effort to honour Canadian war dead buried overseas with a memorial in their homeland has become mired in controversy. But despite the Conservative government’s backing, it’s unlikely to affect the party’s prospects this fall. Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s near decade in …
The war monument that’s polarizing Canada. Why Mother Canada, a towering veterans’ memorial in Cape Breton, has deeply divided Canadians
One contemporary example is the debate over the “Mother Canada” war memorial in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. There were many citizens and politicians alike who welcomed the idea of an eighteen-meter high statue as a means to commemorate fallen soldiers who were buried overseas.
A well-intentioned effort to honour Canadian war dead buried overseas with a memorial in their homeland has become mired in controversy. But despite the Conservative government’s backing, it’s unlikely to affect the party’s prospects this fall. Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s near decade in …
A massive multi-million dollar war memorial slated for Green Cove in the Cape Breton Highlands National Park is generating some controversy. Dennis Doyon lives in the area and says he has no …
A new group is trying to stop the construction of a controversial 10-storey war memorial proposed for Cape Breton Highlands National Park. The plan is to build the war memorial on a nearly one-hectare piece of land in Green Cove, N.S. The public has until Sunday to respond to Parks Canada's detailed …
A few more than two hundred Canadian communities have war memorials bearing a soldier statue. The big majority of these were erected in the decade following the Great War of 1914-18. Leading off the collection, a set all about my book, Remembered in Bronze and Stone, published by Heritage House, November 2016.
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The South African War Memorial is a memorial located in the courtyard of Province House in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada On October 19, 1901, the Prince of Wales (the future George V ) laid the cornerstone for the monument.
In August, Parks Canada announced its support to have the memorial built along the Cabot Trail in the Cape Breton Highlands National Park, which gets about 200,000 visitors a year.
World War 1 This is a World War One era photo of the Marconi wireless facility in Louisbourg circa 1914-1915. During World War, the 94th Victoria Regiment “Argyll Highlanders”, a local Cape Breton militia unit, was mobilized and tasked with guarding the Marc
He was in the Cape Breton Highlanders militia prior to World War 2. His trade upon enlistment was stevedore. Eric joined the Canadian Active Force Cape Breton Highlanders as a private on October 6, 1939 in Sydney, NS.