Calling all artists in the Northwest Territories. The Royal Canadian Legion – Vincent Massey Branch #164 in Yellowknife – is looking for a team of NWT artists to design, produce and install a sculpture to honour Canadian veterans. In a news release, the Legion states that this commemorative project will…
Updated July 5, 5 p.m.: The monument has been removed. The bronze-coloured soldiers and angel appear to be falling from their pedestal. Broken shards of the monument lay in the grass nearby. The monument certainly looks as though it was deliberately broken. Cabin Radio originally reported the vandalism incident Friday…
Yellowknife closed Veteran’s Memorial Way today for a brief parade, and wreath laying ceremony to observe the 75th Anniversary of Operation Overlord, better known as D-Day. Royal Canadian Legion Vincent Massey Branch President Don Asher, laid a wreath and stressed the importance for Canadians to never forget the sacrifice and…