updated Wed. August 28, 2024
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Ottawa Citizen
April 13, 2018
Like the conflict raging around McKinstry that afternoon in a large hall at Canadian Forces Base Valcartier, his combat force was virtual. In reality ... It reflects military training in the aftermath of the Afghanistan conflict, when training shifted from the specific demands of counter-insurgency to the more generalÃâà...
Toronto Sun
April 9, 2018
The Highway of Heroes is a 170 kilometre-stretch of Hwy. 401, between the Canadian Forces base in Trenton and the coroner's office in Toronto — the final journey for any member of Canada's Armed Forces killed in service. Since the war in Afghanistan, when 159 Canadian men and women died in theÃâà...
Toronto Star
April 8, 2018
Canada's Defence Minister, Harjit Sajjan, served in the Vancouver police force with no ill effects from wearing a turban. He also served with distinction in the Canadian Armed Forces in Bosnia and multiple tours in Afghanistan. Surely if he can navigate a war zone in a turban, police officers can safely patrolÃâà...
NOW Magazine
April 4, 2018
The last time Canadian mining companies showed an interest in Afghanistan, Canada had troops on the ground and the country was riddled with land mines. The question back then was whether Canadian mining operations would exacerbate the conflict and prolong the military intervention. Canada'sÃâà...
CBC.ca
March 28, 2018
I think they were," said Blair Williams, a retired soldier who credits Ron Anderson with saving his life in Afghanistan. "I should say, we are." ... The brothers grew up in a military family, moving around the globe before settling near New Brunswick's Canadian Forces Base Gagetown. Their father, Peter, was aÃâà...
