2017 In Stories: How the "total disaster” of the Vimy Ridge ceremony was revealed

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Editor’s note: As we prepare to usher in 2018, it’s important that we here in the newsroom take a moment to consider the year that was. The news cycle has a forward momentum and it’s easy — too easy — to stay focused on the here and now. It’s essential to us as an organization, as part of the community, as individuals, to look back at the moments that moved us, the stories that changed us, and the people that we will never forget.


The Best Stories of 2017: Reporter Tom Spears got papers through access to information that showed people’s complaints about the Parliament Hill security mess on Canada Day. When that story was published, people started telling him to look into similar problems at the Vimy centennial in France last April. That became part two of the story.

To read Tom Spears’s original reporting click here:

‘Maybe you’ll handle the 200th better’: The reviews are in for Canada Day on the Hill, and they’re brutal

‘SHAME SHAME ON YOU!’ Hundreds of Canadians complain to Veterans Affairs about disorganized Vimy Ridge ceremony

Spectators watch the ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge near Arras, France, on April 9.


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