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Shooting range accident
KANDAHAR -
Canadian Cpl. Joshua Caleb Baker died in Afghanistan
Friday in a shooting range accident during normal training, a senior
officer said Saturday. (CBC)
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Soldier killed in blast during training exercise
Red tape death
CALGARY - Dawson Bayliss died in his sleep on Nov. 23,
2009, lying alongside his pregnant wife in their Calgary home. Pte.
Lawrence Matthew (Dawson) Bayliss actually started dying on April 2,
2006, on a dangerous stretch of highway outside Kandahar city, bleeding
from a head wound. (Toronto Star)
Soldier
killed
KANDAHAR -
Lt. Justin Garrett Boyes,
26, was killed when his foot patrol was hit by the blast, at about 9am,
20 kilometres southwest of Kandahar City in Panjwayi district. (CBC) MORE:
Family came first
Soldiers pay tribute to fallen comrade
Soldier killed
BIG RIVER,
SK -
People from the Big River First Nation are mourning the death of Cpl.
Darby Morin, a soldier serving with the US army. Morin, 25, was killed
last weekend in Afghanistan. (CBC) MORE:
Soldier killed in Afghanistan
Canadian dies
Soldier killed in rollover
Slain
soldiers praised
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD - Sapper
Matthieu Allard, 21, and his
close friend, Cpl. Christian Bobbitt, 23, died when they got off their armoured vehicle to examine damage to another vehicle in their resupply
convoy that had been hit by another IED. (CanWest) MORE:
Bodies returning to Canada
2nd soldier identified
2 soldiers killed
2
soldiers killed
Two Canadian soldiers have
died in a Griffon helicopter crash in Afghanistan, along with another
coalition soldier. Three other Canadians were injured. The killed
Canadians have been identified as Master Cpl. Pat Audet, 38, and Cpl.
Martin Joannette, 25. Both were based in Valcartier, Que. (CTV) MORE:
2 soldiers killed in helicopter crash
Soldier
killed
KANDAHAR -
A Canadian soldier travelling in a convoy
carrying the senior commander in Kandahar province was killed Friday
when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device. Cpl.
Nicholas Bulger, 30, was a member of 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's
Canadian Light Infantry. (CTV)
MORE:
Canadian solider killed
Bomb claims Edmonton based soldier
Bodies
returned home
TORONTO - Four Canadian
soldiers were repatriated Monday, their flag-draped coffins carried down
the Highway of Heroes to downtown Toronto in a moving and uniquely
Canadian ceremony. The caskets of Master Cpl. Scott Vernelli, 28, Cpl.
Tyler Crooks, 24, Trooper Jack Bouthillier, 20, and Trooper Corey Joseph
Hayes, 22, arrived at CFB Trenton around 2 pm. (CTV)
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Paying respect
TORONTO -
Hundreds of people in Toronto braved wind chill factors
of - 21 C and blowing snow to pay their respects to four Canadian
soldiers who died Afghanistan, their remains travelling on the Highway
of Heroes with a Canadian journalist who died in the same blast. (CTV)
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Ramp ceremony
Solemn New Year's Day send off
Remembering
Soldiers identified
Michelle Lang
Journalist, 4 soldiers killed
Soldier killed
KANDAHAR
AIRFIELD - A Canadian
soldier and a soldier of the Afghan National Army were killed by an
improvised explosive device in Afghanistan. Lt.
Andrew Richard Nuttall, 30, belonged to the 1st Battalion Princess
Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry based in Edmonton. (CBC)
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Thousands bid farewell Soldier remembered for passion, leadership
Soldier killed
KANDAHAR CITY - Sapper Steven Marshall, 24, from 11 Field Squadron, 1 Combat
Engineer Regiment, based in Edmonton, was patrolling 10 kilometres
southwest of Kandahar City in the Panjwai district when the bomb
exploded. (CBC)
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Young soldier killed
Military steps up
OTTAWA - The military
is creating a rapid reaction force of mental health workers to
investigate suicidal soldiers and better treat psychological problems in
its ranks. (Toronto Star)
Military suicides up in 2008
Soldier killed, 11
injured
A Canadian soldier has died in an Afghan
bomb attack. The soldier has been identified as 23-year-old Pte.
Jonathan Couturier of the 2nd Battalion, Royal 22e Regiment, based in
Valcartier, Que. (CTV)
Body returns home
CFB
TRENTON - The body of a Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan Sunday
when the vehicle he was in struck a roadside bomb will be returned to
Canada Wednesday. A Hercules aircraft carrying the flag-draped coffin of
Pte. Patrick Lormand is expected to touch down at Canadian Forces Base
in Trenton at around 2pm. (CanWest)
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KANDAHAR
AIRFIELD - Maj. Yannick Pépin, 36, of Victoriaville, Que.and
21-year-old Cpl. Jean-François Drouin of Quebec City were killed and
five other Canadians were wounded when their armoured vehicle
struck an IED. (CanWest)
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KANDAHAR - A rare firefight
between Canadian soldiers and the Taliban has resulted in the death of
Pte. Sebastien Courcy. (CanWest) MORE:
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QUEBEC
CITY - Master Cpl.
Charles-Philippe Michaud, from the 2nd Battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment
based at Canadian Forces Base Valcartier, died at 2pm Saturday. Michaud
was injured on June 23, when he stepped on a mine while on foot patrol
in the Panjwaii district, southwest of Kandahar City. (CTV) MORE:
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Soldier killed
defusing bomb
KANDAHAR CITY -
A Canadian soldier was killed in southern Afghanistan when an improvised explosive device he was trying to defuse blew
up. Cpl. Martin Dubé, 35, was a combat engineer from
the 5 Combat Engineer Regiment based at Canadian Forces Base Valcartier.
(CBC)
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Soldier killed by IED
KANDAHAR - A
Canadian soldier on foot patrol in southern Afghanistan was killed
by an improvised explosive device in the volatile Panjwaii
district. Pte. Alexandre (Pelo) Peloquin, 20, of the 3e Bataillon,
Royal 22e Regiment, was based at Canadian Forces Base Valcartier near
Quebec City. (CTV) MORE:
Soldier died during successful operation
Blast kills soldier |
Soldier killed
KANDAHAR CITY -
Trooper Marc Diab from the Royal Canadian Dragoons has been identified
as the slain soldier. Diab, 22, was a member of the 3rd Battalion of the
Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group, based out of Petawawa, Ont.
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Soldiers from Canada and around the world bid a
final farewell to Maj. Michelle Mendes, as her flag-draped casket was
lifted onto a military transport on the tarmac of Kandahar Airfield.
Mendes, 30, was found dead April 23 in her accommodation room at the
air base. (CTV)
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KANDAHAR - Cpl.
Brendan Anthony Downey did not die in a combat zone and his death is the
subject of a military investigation but he will be honoured with a ramp
ceremony to repatriate his body, say Canadian Forces officials.
Downey's body was discovered in the living quarters at Camp Mirage.
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Soldiers home
CFP
TRENTON - The bodies of three Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan
were transported along the Highway of Heroes, as mourners
looked on from overpasses and waved Canadian flags. Pte. Michael Bruce
Freeman died last Friday when he was killed in a roadside-bomb blast. Warrant
Officer Gaetan Joseph Roberge and Sgt. Gregory John Kruse were killed in
a bomb blast on Saturday. (CTV) PREVIOUS:
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Fallen soldiers
return home
CFB TRENTON
- The bodies of three fallen Canadian soldiers have returned home
to Canada, arriving by military aircraft at CFB Trenton. Warrant Officer Dennis Raymond Brown, Cpl. Dany Olivier
Fortin and Cpl. Kenneth Chad O'Quinn were killed Tuesday when an
IED detonated near an armoured vehicle during a
patrol in Afghanistan's Arghandab district. (CTV)PREVIOUS: Fallen soldiers come home
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Ramp ceremony
KANDAHAR
AIRFIELD - More than 2000 soldiers from several nations attended the
ceremony on the tarmac of the Kandahar airfield for Sapper Sean
Greenfield. Greenfield, 25. (CanWest)
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Body of slain soldier headed home
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Body arrives home
TRENTON,
Ont. - The body of the first Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan this
year has arrived home. A black Airbus bearing Trooper Brian Good's body
landed at Canadian Forces Base Trenton early Saturday afternoon.
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CFB TRENTON - The body of
the second female Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan has returned to
Canada. A military aircraft carrying the remains of 21-year-old
Trooper Karine Blais landed at CFB Trenton in eastern Ontario. (CTV) PREVIOUS:
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On guard for heroes' homecoming
The fallen were Toronto's Pte.
Demetrios Diplaros, Keswick's Warrant Officer Robert Wilson, and
Peterborough's Cpl. Mark McLaren. (Toronto Star)
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KANDAHAR - Capt.
Jonathan Sutherland Snyder was a member of 1st Battalion Princess
Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (CTV) MORE:
Officer killed
Soldier dies |
Soldier killed
KANDAHAR - Capt.
Richard Steve Leary was killed during a dismounted security patrol with
Afghan partners. (CTV) MORE:
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A military aircraft carrying
Cpl. Thomas Hamilton, Pte. John Curwin and Pte. Justin Jones touched
down at CFB Trenton at about noon on Tuesday. A motorcade transported
their caskets along the Highway of Heroes into Toronto for a standard
post-mortem event. (CTV)
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Soldier dies during training
OTTAWA - Maj. Luc
Racine of the Royal 22nd Regiment in Valcartier, Que., was serving with
the Canadian Forces Military Training Assistance Program (MTAP) in
Bamako, Mali when he lost his life in a non-combat-related incident on
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CFB TRENTON -
Sgt. Prescott (Scott) Shipway, 36, is due back at Canadian Forces Base
Trenton in eastern Ontario at 2pm ET. His body will then travel from
Trenton, Ont., to Toronto via Highway 401. (CanWest)
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Roberts died from insurgent fire
Military investigators
say Saskatchewan-born Cpl. Josh Roberts died in Afghanistan from
insurgent fire, not stray bullets from a passing convoy of private
security personnel. (CTV) PREVIOUS:
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Soldiers will gather for a ramp ceremony at Kandahar Airfield to pay tribute to the three
latest Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan. Sgt. Shawn Eades, Cpl.
Dustin Wasden and Sapper Stephan Stock were killed by an
improvised explosive device while on patrol in Afghanistan's Zhari
district. A fourth soldier was seriously injured by the IED. (CTV) MORE:
3 killed in Afghanistan
Attack highlights Taliban tactics
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soldiers killed
Cpl. Andrew (Drew)
Grenon, 23, was two weeks away from concluding his second Afghan tour,
and his death came just 10 days after he was awarded a bravery medal in
the field. All three dead soldiers were members of the Second
Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry based at CFB Shilo
in Manitoba. The other two soldiers were identified as Cpl. Mike Seggie,
21, and Pte. Chad Horn, 21. (Windsor Star) MORE: 3
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The case against Semrau
PETAWAWA - A
witness reported seeing Capt. Robert Semrau fire at a severely injured,
unarmed Taliban fighter after an ambush in October, a military hearing
was told yesterday. (Toronto Star) MORE: Soldier
faces court martial
Soldier faces new charges
Details
emerge |
Widow faces down military
The Canadian Forces
will issue an apology today as well as agree to financial compensation
for the family of a soldier killed in a training accident more than 14
years ago. (Ottawa Citizen) |
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Record turnout
FREDERICTON - There was a large turnout at all Remembrance Day
ceremonies across New Brunswick but at the provincial cenotaph in
Fredericton, Legion officials believe a record was set. (CBC)
Lest we forget
Remembrance Day
Honouring the ultimate sacrifice
Tribute in Kandahar
Grateful Canadians mark national
Remembrance
Memorial defaced |
World recalls end of WWI
Tribute
11th day of the 11th month of the 11th
hour
Vigile
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Veterans honoured
Remembrance Day 2008
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Soldier
killed on 3rd tour
KANDAHAR
- An Edmonton-based soldier died during a brief attack by insurgents
against a Canadian combat outpost in the middle of Taliban territory in
Afghanistan yesterday. Master Corporal Erin Doyle, with the 3rd
Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, was on his 3rd
combat tour of Afghanistan. (CanWest)
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Roadside bomb
KANDAHAR - A
roadside bomb has killed a Canadian soldier near Kandahar City.
Cpl. James Hayward Arnal was killed in Afghanistan after he was hit
by an explosion during a night patrol in the Panjwaii district on
Friday. Another soldier was also hurt, but was not seriously
injured. (CTV) MORE:
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KANDAHAR - A Canadian
soldier was killed and another injured in southern Afghanistan Tuesday
when the heavily armoured vehicle they were travelling in hit a roadside
bomb. Trooper Richard Renaud, 26, of Alma, Que., died in the
blast. (CTV) MORE:
Soldier killed, 1 injured
1 soldier killed, 1
injured in Afghanistan |
Medic killed
KANDAHAR - Pte.
Colin William Wilmot suffered fatal wounds when an explosive device
detonated while he was on a foot patrol early Sunday morning. He was a
medic with 1 Field Ambulance at Edmonton Garrison. (Edmonton
Journal)
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KANDAHAR - Cpl.
Michael Starker had already dedicated years of his life to the Canadian
military when volunteers were sought to serve in the dangerous Afghan
mission. Despite having a wife and a career as a Calgary paramedic, the
local medic felt the need to serve one more time. (Calgary Herald)
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Foul play ruled out
EDMONTON - Investigators have ruled out foul play in the death of a
soldier who was found dead in his room at Canadian Forces Base Edmonton
by military personne. The soldier was identified as Cpl. Stuart Howard
Langridge, a member of Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)
regiment. (CanWest)
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KANDAHAR AIRFIELD -. Pte. Terry
John Street "was a vibrant, keen, energetic young soldier," Padre Jim
Short of Joint Task Force Afghanistan said of the 24-year-old Gatineau,
Que. native. (CanWest) PREVIOUS:
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KANDAHAR - The 81st
Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan has been identified as Sgt. Jason
Boyes of 2nd Batallion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry based
in Shilo, Man. (CanWest) MORE:
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Troops bid farewell to comrade
KANDAHAR - Bombardier Jeremie Ouellet, 22, was found dead in his
sleeping quarters at Kandahar Airfield on Tuesday, within just weeks of
his arrival to Afghanistan. (CTV) PREVIOUS:
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Soldier killed
KANDAHAR - Trooper
Michael Yuki Hayakaze, 25, was immediately taken from the scene by
helicopter, but was pronounced dead on arrival at the medical unit at
Kandahar airfield. (CBC) MORE:
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Gunner Dion bid tearful farewell
KANDAHAR - The body of Gunner Jonathan Dion is on its way
home from Afghanistan after friends and colleagues bid farewell at an
early morning ramp ceremony. (CTV) MORE:
Fallen soldier begins journey back to
Canada |
Soldier killed
KANDAHAR - Sapper
Etienne Gonthier, 21, a Quebec-born combat engineer from the 5th
Regiment, became the 78th soldier killed in Afghanistan after his light
armoured vehicle struck an improvised explosive device. (CanWest)
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KANDAHAR - Master Warrant Officer Mario Mercier and
Master Cpl. Christian Duchesne were killed after an improvised
explosive device struck the armoured vehicle in which they were
traveling. (CanWest) PREVIOUS:
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fatherless children
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Ramp ceremony
KANDAHAR
- The bodies of Cpl. Nicolas Raymond Beauchamp, 28, and Pte. Michel
Levesque, 25, will be flown to CFB Trenton in eastern Ontario. (CTV)
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Soldier sentenced
SYDNEY - Cpl. Matthew
Wilcox, 24, was convicted in July of negligent performance of duty and
criminal negligence causing death in the shooting of Cpl.
Ronald Kevin Megeney,
25, in Kandahar in 2007. (CBC) MORE:
Wilcox to appeal
Military jury finds soldier guilty
Soldier charged
Soldier killed in accidental shooting
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Bodies on their way home
About 2,000
Canadian and international troops attended a farewell ceremony for
Corporal Eric Labbe and Warrant Officer Hani Massouh. They both died
Sunday when their armoured vehicle overturned southwest of Kandahar in
the Nalgham region. (CBC)
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Soldiers bid sad farewell
KANDAHAR -
Hundreds of coalition troops gathered Wednesday morning at Kandahar
airbase to bid a sad farewell and pay tribute to Cpl. Nathan Hornburg,
the 71st Canadian soldier to be killed in Afghanistan. (CTV)
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MA’SUM GHAR - Pte. Simon Longtin, 23, from
Longueuil, was travelling in a LAV-III armoured vehicle when it struck
an improvised explosive device. (CanWest)
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Fallen soldiers were due back
The six Canadian
soldiers killed on the weekend in Afghanistan were due back at the main
Kandahar base within days after a six-week mission in the desert, their
commanding officer said Monday. The dead are Sgt. Donald Lucas, 31;
Cpl. Aaron E. Williams, 23; Pte. Kevin Vincent Kennedy, 20; Pte. David
Robert Greenslade, 20; Cpl. Christopher Paul Stannix, 24; and Cpl. Brent
Poland, 37. (CBC)
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KANDAHAR -
Trooper Patrick James Pentland, and Master Corporal Allan Stewart were
killed Wednesday after their Coyote armoured reconnaissance vehicle
struck a roadside bomb a short distance from where a similar device
injured another soldier. (CP)
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SHAHWALI KOT - A
Canadian soldier is dead and two others injured after their vehicle
struck a roadside bomb in Afghanistan on Monday. The slain soldier was
identified as Trooper Darryl Caswell, 25, of the Royal Canadian
Dragoons, based in CFB Petawawa (CTV) MORE:
Canadian
soldier dies in Afghanistan |
Bodies of 3 soldiers on the way home
KANDAHAR - Coalition
troops lined the tarmac at Kandahar Airfield to bid farewell to three
more Canadian soldiers, whose bodies were then flown out of the country
under darkness. (CTV) PREVIOUS: :
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Fallen soldiers back in Canada
CFB TRENTON - Canada's latest honoured dead came
home Sunday. Caskets containing the bodies of six soldiers arrived
aboard a military Airbus from Afghanistan at this southern Ontario
military base at about 5:15 pm. The slate-grey plane was met by a large
number of family members. (CanWest) PREVIOUS:
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Families need 'clarion call' of support:
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KANDAHAR - The military has released the name of a Canadian soldier
killed in a helicopter crash Wednesday in Afghanistan that left a total
of seven troops dead. Master Cpl. Darrell Jason Priede was a military
imagery technician - or combat cameraman - from CFB Gagetown. (CTV)
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Sombre ramp ceremony
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD,
Afghanistan - Troops here bid their final farewell Saturday to a young
Canadian soldier killed by a Taliban bomb, as one officer suggested the
death would only stiffen the resolve of those Cpl. Matthew McCully left
behind. (CanWest) PREVIOUS:
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New guidelines coming
for military funeral expenses
OTTAWA -
The Canadian military will "do
what has to be done" to pay for the funerals of all soldiers killed on
duty, the defence minister said. (CBC) PREVIOUS:
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8 Slain soldiers called 'truest heroes'
OROMOCTO, NB -
Eight slain Canadian soldiers were hailed as Canada's "truest heroes"
during a sombre memorial service today at a sprawling military base in
southern New Brunswick. Some 5,000 people packed an auditorium at
Canadian Forces Base Gagetown to pay tribute to the fallen men, killed
this month while serving in Afghanistan. (CP) MORE:
5,000 attend memorial for slain soldiers Eight
soldiers remembered as 'fallen heroes'
Politicians pass on
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Memorial at CFB Petawawa
CFB PETAWAWA - More than 2,000
mourners gathered at CFB Petawawa Friday to honour five Canadian
soldiers killed in Afghanistan on the weekend. The memorial for
Warrant Officer Richard Nolan,
Warrant Officer Frank Mellish,
Pte. Shane Stachnik,
Pte. William Cushley and
Pte. Mark Graham
was held in the drill hall at CFB Petawawa, in eastern Ontario,
where they had been based. (CTV) PREVIOUS: More
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SPERWAN -
Emboldened insurgents killed two Canadian soldiers and wounded five
others Tuesday in an attack on ground the Canadians took from the
Taliban just weeks ago. (CP)
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Canadian soldiers killed
Cpl. Robert Mitchell |
Death of soldier deemed a suicide
OTTAWA - The death of a
Canadian soldier in Kabul last month has been deemed a suicide by
military police. Maj. Raymond Ruckpaul, 42 died Aug. 29. (CP)
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ST.
CATHARINES, Ont. - Eleven-year-old Danika Storm was bestowed a tragic
yet historic honour at her father's funeral Friday when military brass
informed her she had become the youngest-ever recipient of the Memorial
Cross. (CP) PREVIOUS: Canadian military
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Double tragedy
KANDAHAR - A
single bullet fired by a Canadian soldier killed a 10-year-old boy
and wounded a teenager who approached a security cordon on a
motorcycle - about two hours after a suicide bomber killed a
Canadian soldier and a young Afghan girl in a fiery strike outside
the gates of Camp Nathan Smith. (National Post) |
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Saluting our boys
KANDAHAR - Canadian soldiers
formed long lines to salute two comrades from Eastern Ontario who were
killed in an ambush. A bagpiper played Amazing Grace as their
caskets were borne by some of their closest friends into a C-130
Hercules that will carry them home. (CP)
Two killed in ambush alley |
Friends proud of slain soldier
Explosion kills solider on patrol
Canadian soldier
killed in Afghan explosion
Soldiers killed by suicide bomber
identified
Soldiers die giving candy to
children
Deaths illustrates 'the evil'
Canadians are fighting
Taliban testing Canada?
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Charges dropped
REGINA -
A Regina father who sought to have charges dropped against the soldier
accused of killing his son in Afghanistan got his wish on Tuesday.
Master Cpl. Jeffrey Scott Walsh, 33, was killed by a bullet from an
assault rifle inside the troop carrier on Aug. 9, 2006, while on routine
patrol in Afghanistan.
(Regina Leader-Post)
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Victim's
father defends soldier charged in shooting
Grieving father lashes out
Jeffrey
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Soldier
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Final honour
EDMONTON - In the traditional farewell accorded to fallen soldiers,
the mournful notes of Last Post issued from a military trumpet
Tuesday as one victim of Canada's latest conflict was laid to rest
alongside veterans of this country's previous wars. (Edmonton
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identified
KANDAHAR - The Canadian soldier killed in
Friday's suicide bombing in southern Afghanistan has been identified
as Corporal Andrew Eykelenboom. He was a medic serving
with the First Field Ambulance unit at CFB Edmonton. (CTV)
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PASHMUL, Afghanistan - The sun was near rising
when a fiery ball seared the dark sky. the night, two crews of
soldiers had kept watch on a dirt road near Pashmul. (National
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KANDAHAR - The Canadian soldier killed in a friendly fire incident
in Afghanistan Wednesday was accidentally shot by a fellow Canadian
soldier just days after returning to Afghanistan for his second tour
of duty. (CanWest) |
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Four
detained in slaying of aid worker
KABUL - Afghan authorities
investigating the killing of a Canadian man who was shot dead in
northern Afghanistan have detained four men for questioning,
officials said Wednesday. The man, identified as Mike Frastacky,
was found dead in the house of an Afghan national in Nahrin district
of northern Baghlan province on Monday. (CP)
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UN post should have been cleared
AT THE UNITED NATIONS - In a classic case of
closing the door after the horse has bolted, the United Nations
announced yesterday it is withdrawing its military observers from
southern Lebanon "for their protection." (National Post)
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Homeward Bound
KANDAHAR - The bodies of the four Canadian
soldiers killed in fierce fighting with insurgents Thursday began
the long journey home Saturday morning during a sombre ramp ceremony
here attended by more than 3,000 troops from several NATO countries
when they were carried by 36 pallbearers into the belly of waiting
Hercules aircraft #130325. (CanWest) PREVIOUS:
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Fallen soldiers' remains back on
Canadians soil
CFB TRENTON - Francisco Gomez, 44, based in Edmonton,
and Cpl. Jason Patrick Warren, 29, based in Montreal, were killed on
July 22 when their coalition convoy was rammed by a suicide bomber
near Kandahar City. (CTV)
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Trapped in a killing field
KANDAHAR - The day started as expected, with the soldiers of Charlie
Company of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry setting
out in the early morning darkness on orders to root out Taliban
fighters. It was Thursday, Aug. 3, 2006. (CP)
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KANDAHAR -
Canadian troops were joined by their American, British, Romanian,
French and Dutch counterparts to say good-bye as Cpl. Anthony
Boneca's body was loaded onto an aircraft in a sunrise ceremony
Monday. (CTV) |
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3 dead, 4 injured in chopper crash
HALIFAX - A
seemingly routine "bread-butter" training exercise on a calm summer
night off eastern Nova Scotia went horribly wrong early Thursday
with the sudden crash of a relatively new
CH-149 Cormorant
helicopter. Military officials identified the three killed
crew members as Sgt. Duane Brazil, 39; Master Cpl. Kirk Noel, 33;
and Cpl. Trevor McDavid, 31. (CP)
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Final Journey
CFB TRENTON - Canada's first female combat soldier to be killed in
battle was welcomed home late Saturday night by her family, a full
honour guard and a repatriation ceremony. (CP)
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Attacks toughen Canadian resolve in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR - As rockets slammed into their base Sunday, Canadian soldiers
bowed their heads during prayer services remembering their four
comrades killed in a roadside bombing the day earlier. (National
Post)
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Reaction 'over the top,' says military analysts
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Military probing whether friendly fire killed soldiers in
Afghanistan
KANDAHAR - The military is investigating whether the death of Pte.
Robert Costall and other casualties in a firefight with insurgents
in Afghanistan last month were the result of friendly fire.
(National Post)
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army report
Deadliest battle for Canadians in 32 years
Robbie Costall 'an inspiration'
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Two Canadians among those killed in Iraq
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The casualties of war
LANDSTUHL, Germany - For every flag-draped coffin the American
people aren't allowed to see coming home from Iraq, there are at
least four other casualties of war like Spec. Roy Harper they don't
hear about, either.
(New York Daily News)
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Soldier: 'Ordered not to tell' of death
WASHINGTON -
An Army Ranger who was with former NFL star
Pat Tillman
when he died by friendly fire in Afghanistan testified Tuesday that
he was told by a higher-up to conceal that information from
Tillman’s family. (MSNBC) PREVIOUS:
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Army four 'not bullied to death'
LONDON - At least three of four recruits who died at Deepcut army
barracks probably killed themselves although none was "bullied to
death", a report has said.
But Nicholas Blake QC's review found "clear evidence of foul
abuse" there.
There were institutional failures to identify potential sources of
risk and to address them, he said.
(BBC)
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