pct_10bi8z King Announcing VE Day Prime Minister Mackenzie King (left foreground) and his Minister of Justice, Louis St. Laurent (right foreground) broadcast the news of VE Day, May 8, 1945, from San Francisco, host city to the founding conference of the United Nations. Morant/National Archives of Canada C-22716 pct 1945 Canada at War King, William Lyon Mackenzie; St. Laurent, Louis; VE Day; Second World War; World War Two King bio 0