In 1916, Harold Wrong plucked a flower from the fields of Somme, France and tucked it into a letter he mailed home to Toronto. For decades, the type of flower sent remained a mystery.
A 1916 letter from soldier Harold Wrong sent to his brother in Toronto included a flower, that until recently, had not been identified. Harold Wrong plucked a flower from the fields of Somme, France on June 30, 1916 and tucked it into a letter he mailed home to Toronto.The next day, Wrong was dead. He was last seen going over the top of a trench with a wounded arm and killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
In early September, MacDonald got some answers. Working with a multi-spectral Imaging system, researchers were able to photograph and analyze over a dozen rare materials in the University of Toronto’s archives. The flower was one of them.“We were able to use the UV spectrum to see more details of the flowers casing, and the original bloom that had withered and changed it's shape as it aged,” says Jessica Lockhart, head of research at the school’s Old Books, New Science lab.
Researchers hope this technology will unlock clues of more mysterious documents, including writings by Shakespeare and ancient texts. Archivists at the University of Toronto are using it to help date an old Jewish manuscript that may turn out to be the oldest of its kind in the world.As questions loom over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s leadership, a new Nanos Research poll commissioned for CTV News says a quarter of Canadians say none of the potential candidates appeal to them.U.S.
A petition calling on the City of Ottawa to re-evaluate a decision to include a site in Kanata as a possible location for temporary housing for asylum seekers has quickly gained attention.The Public Service Alliance of Canada says the government held a briefing with unions on Thursday to discuss the 'Refocusing Government Spending Initiative." PSAC says, "without prior consultation, the government unilaterally announced their plans to cut costs across the federal public service.
A professor at Dalhousie University says Thursday’s closure of the Macdonald Bridge in Halifax is concerning, especially if the peninsula was ever under a mandatory evacuation order.Winnipeg teacher who faces voyeurism charge now accused of sexually assaulting former student Denis Grandbois, an inmate at the Regional Psychiatric Centre, died of “apparent natural causes” on Thursday, according to a statement from the Correctional Service of Canada.Saskatchewan’s Thunderchild First Nation has struck an historic agreement to settle Treaty 6 benefits that went unpaid for 150 years.
Essex County OPP and Crime Stoppers are stepping up the search for suspects after $26,000 in tools were stolen from a Tecumseh business.The B.C. New Democrats have a majority government of 47 seats after a judicial recount in the riding of Surrey-Guildford gave the party's candidate 22 more votes than the provincial Conservatives.
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