The striking story of the ‘African Rifles,’ active during the 1860s, presents a different view of Canadian history than that preferred by Ottawa these days
Among the innumerable true stories that defy the dreary and depressing version of Canada’s history that Ottawa prefers nowadays — the version that requires interminable apologies, “decolonization” and acts of contrition, restitution and reparations — just one striking story involves the Victoria Pioneer Rifle Corps, otherwise known as the African Rifles.
