John Babcock

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‘How do we measure up?’

Rarely do the Prime Minister and his speechwriters aim for poetry. That, I’ve always assumed, was intentional: poetry being quite antithetical to his preferred appeal.

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The end of a generation of soldiers

Veteran John Babcock died last Thursday at the age of 109

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Interview with John Babcock

Canada’s last known veteran of WWI died yesterday at age 109; Maclean’s spoke with him in 2007