On March 28, historian Ted Barris will return to speak to the Probus Club of Whitby/Brooklin about the famous Battle at Vimy Ridge; the centennial was observed in 2017. Drawing content and visuals from his bestselling book Victory At Vimy, Ted will walk his audience through events of that famous Easter Monday morning – April […]
On April 12, Ted Barris will speak to Wasaga Beach Probus about his award-winning and bestselling book The Great Escape: A Canadian Story. On the night of March 24, 1944, eighty Commonwealth airmen crawled through a 360-foot-long tunnel, code-named “Harry.” Most slipped into the darkness of a pine forest beyond the wire of Stalag Luft […]
On April 17, Ted Barris will return to speak to the Canadian Federation of University Women in Vaughan about his award-winning and bestselling book The Great Escape: A Canadian Story. On the night of March 24, 1944, eighty Commonwealth airmen crawled through a 360-foot-long tunnel, code-named “Harry.” Most slipped into the darkness of a pine […]