Canada at War

The September issue of Kayak is all about the First World War. See more here about some of the people and how we remember the Great War.

John McCrae

This dramatic video imagines the moment in the middle of battle when the Canadian doctor wrote “In Flanders Fields.”

Vimy Memorial

The government of France gave Canada the land around Vimy Ridge, the area won by Canadian troops at a terrible cost of lives lost. You can take a virtual tour of the sculpture at the top of the ridge here.

Valour Road

See the story of three young men from Pine Street in Winnipeg, Leo Clarke, William Hall and Robert Shankland. All won the Victoria Cross, the highest award for service in the First World War.