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Where Canadian soldiers in the First World War stood, these volunteers are seeking to preserve

With hands clutching an orange rope, we descended into the Earth, down a lengthy set of stairs and ducking our heads to avoid the low ceiling made of stone. Now 40 feet below ground, we came to stand ...
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There are carvings by WWI Canadian soldiers in a cave in northern France. Volunteers are racing to preserve them

More than a century ago, Canadian soldiers fighting in the First World War used an underground quarry as barracks and left behind carvings and sketches on the walls. The CBC’s Elizabeth Whitten got a ...