Remembrance Day: From the Archives: A Hagersville WWI veteran returns to Vimy Ridge

By Margaret Clause and Kirk Brown It’s been 75 years since the Battle of Vimy Ridge, but for John “Juney” Close, a veteran of that First World War conflict, it seems like only yesterday. Mr. Close, who would mark his 96th birthday on July 4, along with 13 other Vimy Ridge veterans, was leaving in the first weekend of April…