Legion Magazine

The September/October 2026 issue of Legion Magazine is out today! Look for it on newsstands or check your mailbox if you subscribe already.


NO MERCY
The Canadian Corps engaged in its second major action at the bloody Battle of Courcelette

TORCH BEARER
Belgian Walter Cami continues to keep the faith with those Canadians who died in the world wars

ON THE BRINK
How a Canadian helped end the Suez Crisis

RIDEAU REDUX
The Rideau Canal was initially built as a defence against American invasion, a recurring theme in Canadian history

RUNNING THE GAUNTLET
First Canadian Army gets into action in late 1941

“GIVE THEM SHIT”
Sergeant Clarence Kenneth Crockett leads a section of The Calgary Highlanders across Belgium’s Albert Canal in a small but critical moment of the Scheldt Campaign

REFLECTIONS ON REMEMBRANCE
Winners of the 2026 Legion National Youth Remembrance Contests

RETURN TO COMBAT
Canada and the war in Afghanistan



THEN/NOW
Images from Canada’s past and present

THE BRIEFING
A Q&A with Major-General Eric (Rick) Findley

ON THIS DATE
Milestone events from September/October

THE VISUAL
Peace out

HEROES AND VILLAINS
Richard Turner and Max von Gallwitz

ARTIFACT
The Nurses’ Memorial

THE DISPATCH
Letters of war

HUMOUR HUNT
Francophonian slip

MILITARY HEALTH MATTERS
Under pressure

OBSERVATION POST
Mission failed

THE HISTORIAN
The end of NATO?

ON WATCH
Gunboat optics

EXIT STRATEGY
Drawing it out