German Arctic Weather Stations Duri... Oct 7, 2009
Almost forty years later it was recovered and sent to the Canadian War Museum for restoration and display. The copyright of the article German Arctic Weather Stations During WW II in is owned by. (Suite101.com)
Spelling Bee Winners to Eggs-plore Ottawa! Apr 15, 2009
Following breakfast, the Canspell finalists will spend the day visiting the Peace Tower, the Canadian War Museum, the RCMP Rockcliffe Stables and the National Gallery of Canada - making friends along the way. Egg Farmers of Canada are sponsors of the Canwest Canspell Education Awards, which allow the 22 finalists to Get Cracking on their future education. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Tim Cook wins Taylor prize for non-fiction Feb 11, 2009
Cook is historian at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa. Shock Troops, heavily documented by letters sent home from the front by soldiers, was chosen over Elizabeth Abbott's Sugar: A Bittersweet History and Ana Siljak's Angel of Vengeance: The "Girl Assassin," the Governor of St. Petersburg, and Russian's Revolutionary World. (Toronto Star)
Tim Cook lands $25000 non-fiction award Feb 10, 2009
Cook, currently First World War historian at the Canadian War Museum, said in an interview that while in Europe with his parents, "[his] drug of choice was Star Wars action figures" and his favourite author Stephen King. But "when I arrived on the Western Front, I realized something profound had happened here, something important," he recalled. (Globe and Mail)
