Editorial
      8:
      Easter
      Monday,
     
     
      April
      9th,
      1917
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      February
      1917,
      Allied
      com-
      Canadian
      soldiers
      began
      to
      dig
      in
     
     
      manders
      began
      planning
      a
      massive
      along
      Vimy,
      a
      light
      snow
      began
      to
      fall.
     
     
      spring
      offensive.
      -
      The
      battle
      ended
      on
      April
     
    

    
     
      After
      much
      debate
      and
      delib-
      12th,
      as
      soldiers
      from
      Western
      Canada
     
     
      eration,
      it
      was
      decided
      that
      as
      part
      of
      captured
      the
      final,
      heavily-defended
     
     
      the
      Allied
      push
      into
      German
      occupied
      —
      German
      position.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPET
      STUDENT
      NEWSPAPER
      land,
      the
      Canadian
      Corps
      would
      be
      The
      Canadian
      Capture
      of
     
     
      responsible
      for
      taking
      Vimy
      Ridge—A
      Vimy
      Ridge
      proved
      to
      be
      the
      only
      sig-
     
     
      November
      12,
      2002
      piece
      of
      high-ground
      on
      the
      Western
      nificant
      victory
      for
      the
      Allies
      in
      1917.
     
     
      Front
      which
      represented
      serious
      mili-
      Ten
      percent
      of
      the
      Canadian
      Corps
     
     
      editor-in-chief
      tary
      importance.
      became
      casualties,
      with
      over
      three
     
     
      Matt
      STEWART
      On
      the
      morning
      of
      the
      attack,
      thousand,
      five
      hundred
      soldiers
      being
     
     
      after
      months
      of
      preparation,
      Canadian
      __
      killed
      in
      action.
     
     
      production,
      manager/graphics
      soldiers
      moved
      into
      the
      forward
      posi-
      A
      white
      stone
      monument
      now
     
     
      ene
      tions.
      stands
      above
      the
      old
      shell
      craters
      and
     
     
      Scare
      ual
      Crouching
      in
      the
      trenches
      and
      _
      pieces
      of
      trench
      which
      scar
      the
      land
     
     
      py
      editor
      ie
      ;
      :
      :
     
     
      Catherine
      SWEET
      waiting
      below
      in
      specially
      constructed
      surrounding
      Vimy.
     
     
      tunnels,
      young
      men
      from
      coast
      to
      coast
      The
      underground
      tunnels
      still
     
     
      news
      editor
      prepared
      for
      a
      battle
      which
      would
      put
      —_
      exist
      where
      thousands
      of
      Canadian
     
     
      VACANT
      Canada
      on
      the
      map.
      men
      crouched
      on
      that
      Easter
      Monday
     
     
      At
      5:30
      a.m.
      the
      troops
      were
      while
      waiting
      for
      the
      word,
      "go
     
     
      entertainment
      editor
      given
      the
      order
      to
      go
      over
      the
      top.
      Many
      of
      the
      young
      Canadians
     
     
      Brodie
      MacRAE
      Reaching
      the
      first
      of
      the
      took
      the
      time
      to
      carve
      messages
      into
     
     
      :
      German
      lines-of-defence,
      the
      the
      soft-chalk
      walls
      from
      which
      the
     
     
      obits
      eater
      Canadians
      bombed
      the
      dugouts
      and
      tunnels
      were
      carved.
      Some
      wrote
     
     
      ex
      FIELD
      ‘
      :
      j
     
     
      silenced
      the
      sentries.
      messages
      to
      their
      loved
      ones
      back
     
     
      photographer
      Displaying
      a
      mixture
      of
      home,
      others
      simply
      signed
      their
     
     
      Brad
      DEIGHAN
      extreme
      courage,
      determination,
      and
      names,
      and
      others
      —
      carved
      maple
     
     
      tenacity,
      the
      advancing
      troops
      cut
      leaves.
     
     
      reporter
      through
      strong
      point
      after
      strong
      point,
      A
      Canadian
      veteran
      of
      Vimy
     
     
      Mariéve
      MACGREGOR
      while
      facing
      unimaginable
      resistance,
      Ridge,
      visiting
      the
      monument
      in
      1987,
     
     
      Julie
      VEINOT
      and
      surged
      towards
      the
      summit
      of
      the
      |
      summed
      up
      the
      soldier's
      view
      of
      our
     
     
      res
      embankment.
      country's
      proudest
      day:
      "We
      had
      to
      do
     
     
      advertising
      manager
      The
      fighting
      was
      intense,
      but
      what
      we
      did.
      Some
      died.
      Some
      didn't.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      a
      a
      by
      mid-morning,
      members
      of
      the
      25th
      _
      That's
      it."
     
    
   
   
    
     
      distribution
      manager
      Nova
      Scotia
      Rifles
      had
      reached
      their
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Lennie
      MacPHERSON
      objectives
      at
      the
      crest
      of
      the
      ridge.
      Matt
      Stewart,
     
     
      Fittingly,
      as
      the
      first
      of
      the
      Editor-in-Chief
     
    
   
   
    
     
      contributers
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Johnathan
      SMITH
     
     
      Dave
      NEATBY
     
     
      Angela
      MASON
     
     
      Brandy
      MacLELLAN
     
    
   
   
    
     
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