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    Beaumont-Hamel is Newfoundland’s raw wound

    On July 1, 1916, the Royal Newfoundland Regiment suffered a massive military tragedy—and changed Canada’s newest province

    Newfoundland’s war: How one battle shaped a province

    Liberal MP Seamus O’Regan explains his province’s remembrance of those who died on July 1, 1916—including his great-great-uncle, Lt. Richard Shortall.