An official Government of Canada delegation is in Ypres, Belgium, from Nov. 7 to 12 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele. The delegation includes veterans, descendants of ...

In the Mind's Eye: Passchendaele and Public Memory is now on display at Montreal's Atwater Library. It runs until Nov. 27. 'That day was like a scythe': Montreal and the casualty lists of Vimy Ridge ...

PASSCHENDAELE, BELGIUM–Britain’s Prince Edward joined descendants of Canada’s World War I "suicide battalions" yesterday to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele, a ...

Surviving soldiers from the two sides make their way together in the aftermath of the bloody 1917 battle at Passchendaele, Belgium. ``Passchendaele is almost the shorthand for the futility of the ...

By mid-October, Gen. Haig was desperate for a victory, and Passchendaele Ridge, which was to have fallen on the first day of the offensive, was still in German hands.

In advance of the 100th anniversary Passchendaele, the BBC put out a call looking for family members of Robert Shankland, a First World War hero who fought in the Battle of Passchendaele.

For the Canadians, Passchendaele signifies another victory, 100 years ago this week, under horrific conditions and against all odds. Nine of the highest honour in the Empire, the Victoria Cross ...

If Vimy Ridge is the First World War battle where Canada as a nation was born, then Passchendaele — another Canadian victory, won on Nov. 10, 1917 — is a monument to war’s waste.

He and his comrades were in the front lines near St. Julien, Belgium, on the morning of April 24 when the Germans opened the taps on some 5,000 tanks of chlorine gas, which then drifted towards ...

Passchendaele director and star Paul Gross doesn’t think Stephen Harper hates the arts. He just thinks he’s not interested in them. Judging by the turnout at Gross’s press conference Friday ...

Passchendaele's final 20 minutes feature both the best and most absurd scenes in the movie. In Belgium, Michael manages to join David's company, and Sarah pops up as a battlefield nurse.