The absolute best part of my job is that every now and again, you pull a dream assignment. That was the case in April, 2007 when I was assigned to travel with the Prime Minister of Canada for the ceremonies at Vimy Ridge, France marking the 90th anniversary of the famous First World War battle. On that Easter Sunday in 2007, the travelling media were virtually alone on the ridge, ahead of the thousands who would be there that afternoon, as the sun came up. Every one of us, including me, snapped as many pictures of this scene as we could. Of course, it was nothing like that 90 years earlier. There was no dawn on April 9, 1917, just terrible, wet, cold weather and mud that could swallow horses.
I've got some more pics from this assignment at my Facebook page.