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| 'Unsung heroes of the sea!' Leslie Roberts appears on CBC's "Merchant Navy Show" to celebrate brave mariners.
![](/web/20061029193746im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) June 27, 1944 - 4:49 ![](/web/20061029193746im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_radio.gif) | |
| Hong Kong veterans seek redress from Japan PoWs of Japanese camps want compensation for years of slave labour.
![](/web/20061029193746im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) Jan. 30, 1986 - 5:08 ![](/web/20061029193746im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_tv.gif) | |
| Merchant mariners win benefits and status Mariners win medical and pension benefits, but only 3,500 are alive to collect.
![](/web/20061029193746im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) March 26, 1992 - 2:56 ![](/web/20061029193746im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_radio.gif) | |
| Native veteran gets no benefits, loses status Indian designation On Remembrance Day, native vets recall the cold shoulder they got back home.
![](/web/20061029193746im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) Nov. 11, 1993 - 3:40 ![](/web/20061029193746im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_radio.gif) | |
| Senate to investigate discrimination against Native veterans Natives feel they deserve more than just an apology for poor treatment after the war.
![](/web/20061029193746im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) Feb. 9, 1994 - 1:38 ![](/web/20061029193746im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_radio.gif) | |
| Gulf War syndrome Canadian soldiers share symptoms of illness but the military denies the existence of Gulf War syndrome.
![](/web/20061029193746im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) June 29, 1998 - 2:28 ![](/web/20061029193746im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_tv.gif) | |
| Merchant mariners stage second hunger strike Ward Duke and Ossie MacLean fight a "last battle" against the federal government for compensation denied.
![](/web/20061029193746im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) Nov. 25, 1998 - 2:44 ![](/web/20061029193746im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_tv.gif) | |
| Veterans and post traumatic stress Contains disturbing images.
![](/web/20061029193746im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) Nov. 25, 1998 - 7:32 ![](/web/20061029193746im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_tv.gif) | |
| Hong Kong veterans award bravery medal to dog A rare war medal is awarded to Sgt. Gander, a Newfoundland dog who saved lives in Hong Kong.
![](/web/20061029193746im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) Aug. 11, 2000 - 17:26 ![](/web/20061029193746im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_radio.gif) | |
| Additional benefits awarded to merchant mariners and families Federal government ads $34 million to benefit fund for merchant mariners.
![](/web/20061029193746im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) May 4, 2001 - 1:24 ![](/web/20061029193746im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_tv.gif) | |
| Supreme Court rules against mentally incapacitated veterans Ottawa is accused of mishandling pensions, but dodges a bullet.
![](/web/20061029193746im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/pixel.gif) July 17, 2003 - 6:50 ![](/web/20061029193746im_/http://archives.cbc.ca/images/500_icones_radio.gif) | |