Amanda Lindhout, kidnap survivor, bestselling author and humanitarian, will speak at a multidisciplinary conference on post-traumatic stress disorder that Memorial University is hosting July 31-Aug. 2.

Royal Newfoundland Regiment soldier Private George Joseph Stone’s misfortune was to have much of his face shot off at Beaumont-Hamel on July 1, 1916. As horrific an event it was, in actuality, the timing was fortuitous.