Monthly Archives: December 2011
Remembering the Victoria mutiny
On December 21, 2011, I helped commemorate a forgotten mutiny of French-Canadian soldiers that occurred 93 years ago at the corner of Fort and Quadra streets in downtown Victoria, as the 259th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (Siberia) embarked for the port of Vladivostok and service in the Russian Civil War. I first discovered … Continue reading
Documentary Film Trailer
Watch the Documentary Film Trailer on Youtube | En Française Learn More! Read about Canada’s Siberian Expedition in the Legion Magazine Visit the Siberian Expedition Virtual Exhibition & Digital Archive
Victoria mutiny of 1918 revived in call for justice
Councillor leads charge to clear names of French-Canadian soldiers who refused to fight in Russia By Derek Spalding, Victoria Times Colonist, December 22, 2011 Victoria city councillor Ben Isitt was sitting in the basement of the University of B.C. library 12 years ago when he discovered a historical event that he thought shed light on … Continue reading
Feds needs to invest in E&N
Letter to the Editor of the Victoria News, 10 December 2011 A letter writer suggests that rail service along the Esquimalt and Nanaimo (E&N) corridor “doesn’t seem to fit Via Rail’s mandate” (“E&N track is dead thanks to inaction,” Dec. 9). But what then is Via Rail’s mandate? Is it to focus exclusively on inter-city rail service in vote-rich Ontario and an over-priced, … Continue reading
