The enduring ties between Canada and Holland were forged during the Second World War when Canada helped bring an end to the Nazi occupation of Holland and broker a surrender agreement between Germany and the Allies. Beginning Wednesday, May 5—marking the 65th Anniversary of the Liberation of Holland and the beginning of “Victory in Europe”—CBC News and The National with Peter Mansbridge broadcast live from the Netherlands for the Liberation Day memorial ceremony and parade.
With Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Canadian veterans and students in attendance, CBC News covers these historic events from every angle, on CBC News Network, CBC Television, CBC Radio and CBCNews.ca.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 5: LIBERATION DAY—Wageningen
CBC RADIO ONE: WORLD REPORT
Beginning at 5 a.m. (6 AT, 6:30 NT), national news reporter James Cudmore, who’s travelling with the Prime Minister, will be in Wageningen, setting the scene for Canadians on CBC Radio One’s World Report.
CBC NEWS NETWORK
Memorial Ceremony – From Wageningen, beginning at 9:30 a.m. ET (3:30 p.m. CEST), CBC News Network brings Canadians live coverage of the ceremony marking the end of the occupation of Holland by Nazi Germany during the Second World War. Wageningen is the city in which the surrender agreement was brokered between Canadian General Charles Foulkes and German Commander-in-Chief Johannes Blaskowitz.
Liberation Parade – From Wageningen, beginning at 9:45 a.m. (3:45 p.m. CEST),
CBC News Network follows the liberation parade ceremonies through the streets of Wageningen. Joining in the parade will be Canadian veterans making a return trip to a city that holds deep and lasting memories, as well as Canadian students who will be marking the event.
CBC RADIO ONE: WORLD AT SIX
At 6 p.m. (6:30 NT), from Wageningen, James Cudmore wraps all of the day’s events on CBC Radio One’s World at Six.
THE NATIONAL WITH PETER MANSBRIDGE – CBC News chief correspondent Peter Mansbridge and The National will be live from Wageningen. Mansbridge tells of the Canadian soldiers who liberated inmates from a Nazi transit camp, the same camp where Ann Frank spent her last days before being transported out of Holland to her final destination—an extermination camp. Videojournalist Peter Wall accompanies some of the hundreds of Canadian students attending the ceremonies to capture their stories of how they will commemorate this pivotal event in Canadian military history and help keep the memories alive for future generations. And, senior foreign correspondent Brian Stewart will have a feature story on the bonds that still exist between Canada and Holland and unite these two countries in their present-day efforts in Afghanistan.
The National airs on CBC News Network at 9 and 11 p.m. ET/PT and 10 p.m. ET.
Due to NHL Playoffs, The National airs on CBC Television at special times across the country:
90-minute special edition
Nfld. – 9:30 p.m.
Maritimes – 9 p.m.
Ont./Que. – 8 p.m.
60-minute regular edition
Man. – 11:30 p.m.
Sask./Alta. – 10:30 p.m.
B.C. – 10 p.m.
The National also streams live, beginning at 10 p.m. ET, at cbc.ca/thenational
THURSDAY, MAY 6: CEREMONY OF REMEMBRANCE—Bergen-op-Zoom
CBC NEWS NETWORK
Beginning at 5 a.m. ET (11 a.m. CEST), CBC News Network will have live coverage of the Ceremony of Remembrance from the Canadian cemetery at Bergen-op-Zoom, where Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende of the Netherlands will honour the 968 Canadians buried there.
CBC RADIO ONE: WORLD REPORT
CBC Radio One’s World Report broadcasts live reports from James Cudmore in Bergen-op-Zoom.
