Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will lead the commemorations on Sunday for the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge in France, considered a founding moment in his nation’s history.

VIMY, France (AP) — An ocean away from home, spilling their blood on a remote ridge in the muddied battlefields of northern France a century ago, many would argue that Canadians earned nationhood.

100 years after the Battle of Vimy Ridge, a Canadian CC-177 transported seven World War One fighters to France. April, 1917. The Great War is in full swing and the British and Commonwealth forces are ...

VIMY, France - The federal government has set aside $5 million to help in the construction of a permanent visitor centre at the Canadian war memorial in Vimy, France. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, ...