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The Trade Deal That Could Conquer Canada

Capt. Trevor Greene | Posted 03.29.2013 | Canada Politics
Capt. Trevor Greene

I'm proud of my country and would fight for her again, body willing. I know my brothers and sisters in arms feel the same way. Canada has never been conquered by a foreign power, but if this FIPA trade deal is ratified, it will commit us to sacrifice our precious resources without even having the right to fight.

Media Bites: What You Should Have Remembered on November 11

J.J. McCullough | Posted 01.12.2013 | Canada Politics
J.J. McCullough

2012-04-27-mediabitesreal.jpg Somewhere along the line, November 11 passed from being a spectacle of unanimous civic deference to yet one more boring "controversy" of modern life, bound up in all sorts of political pet causes and righteous quests for moral superiority. Take the matter of exactly what and how we should be remembering. This is something the editorial pages have no shortage of fun opinions about.

On November 11, Here's What I Remember

Giancarlo Gabbrielli | Posted 01.11.2013 | Canada
Giancarlo Gabbrielli

Remembrance Day: A day for everyone to remember and honour our dead. But memories are not of a collective nature. We all have our own personal recollections. Mine, when I think of Remembrance Day, go back to WWII and the summer of 1944.

Deadly WWII Raid Remembered In Dieppe

CP | Ray Zinck, The Canadian Press | Posted 10.19.2012 | Canada

DIEPPE, France - A handful of Canadian veterans were treated to a heroes' welcome Sunday when they returned to the French coastal town of Dieppe to ma...

Veteran Pleads With Harper To Fix Leaky, Abusive Review Board

CP | Murray Brewster, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.07.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - A long-standing member of Canada's embattled veterans review board is appealing to Prime Minister Stephen Harper directly to launch a judicia...

Injured Veterans Struggle To Enter Workforce

CBC | Posted 02.18.2012 | Canada

Advocates for Canadian veterans say a priority list aimed at helping injured soldiers get jobs in the public service isn't fulfilling its...

Japan Says Sorry To Canadian POWs

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 02.07.2012 | Canada

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As Afghanistan War Ends, Will Harper Abandon Troops?

Peter Worthington | Posted 01.12.2012 | Canada Politics
Peter Worthington

With our combat role in Afghanistan a thing of history, there's a feeling that Ottawa (i.e. the Harper government and most politicians) want to wash their hands of the military. Bring the boys and gals home, leave a token force there, and forget about 'em.

War of 1812 Was U.S.'s "First Vietnam"

Brian McKenna | Posted 01.11.2012 | Canada
Brian McKenna

Officially Ottawa does not count the War of 1812 as part of our creation story. But surely this short and brutal conflict should bear as much weight as any battle fought in the fields of Flanders.

Remembering With Witnesses to Our History

Jeremy Diamond | Posted 01.11.2012 | Canada
Jeremy Diamond

War Was Something We "Just Did"

Peter Worthington | Posted 01.11.2012 | Canada
Peter Worthington

In the Korean War, I felt lucky to be going at someone else's expense. Adventure and curiosity. How would it feel to be shot at? What was an artillery barrage like? Would there be hand-to-hand fighting? We all expected to survive.

10 Things I've Learned From Veterans and War Objectors

Josh Bowman | Posted 01.10.2012 | Canada
Josh Bowman

I don't think you can know what it is like to make a decision until you have had to make that decision yourself. I don't know what it would be like to pull the trigger of a gun and take a life. I don't know what it would be like to flee my country as a refugee or a political dissident.

Remembering the Silent Generation

Peter Behrens | Posted 01.10.2012 | Canada
Peter Behrens

As they grew old, and faced their deaths, most of what had happened in the decades since their war seemed to recede, fade, lose shape and colour -- and the hard kernels of dastardly memory grounded in those intense weeks and months in Europe was all that remained.

Let's Honour Veterans With Better Foreign Policy

Romeo Saganash | Posted 01.09.2012 | Canada Politics
Romeo Saganash

I believe that before we send our troops into danger, they deserve to know what is expected and why it is asked of them.

Huge Number Of Veterans Buried In Unmarked Graves

CP | Stephanie Levitz, The Canadian Press | Posted 01.07.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - The poppies pinned to lapels on Remembrance Day stand for the bright red flower that once blew between the crosses marking millions of war gr...

Homeless Vets Problem Set To Explode?

CP | Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press | Posted 01.07.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - Standing a few discreet metres away from those selling Remembrance Day poppies at shopping centres across the country this week will be the r...

At Home With Claude: A Veteran's Life In The Shipping Container

CP | Andy Blatchford, The Canadian Press | Posted 01.07.2012 | Canada

MONTREAL - He steps over piles of trash, past the dog wolfing kibble off the floor, across his tattered mattress and into the perpetual darkness at th...

What Comes After Afghanistan?

CP | Murray Brewster, The Canadian Press | Posted 01.06.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - The first Remembrance Day following the end of the Canadian combat mission finds many veterans disillusioned with the Conservative government...

Veterans Across Canada Protest Budget Cuts

CBC | Posted 01.05.2012 | Canada

Veterans across Canada staged protests on Saturday to rally against $226 million in proposed budget clawbacks targeting Veterans Affairs. ...

Sask. Mother Selected For 2011 Silver Cross

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 01.01.2012 | Canada

RAYMORE, Sask. - In just over a week, Patty Braun will place a wreath at the National War Memorial on behalf of all mothers who have lost sons or daug...

Veterans Affairs Faces Hundreds Of Job Cuts

CP | Posted 12.20.2011 | Canada Politics

CHARLOTTETOWN - The Charlottetown Guardian says Veterans Affairs Canada plans to cut 500 positions over the next four years.Citing an unnamed source, ...

Harper Honours Veterans Of 'Forgotten' Korean War

CP | Posted 09.26.2011 | Canada

BRAMPTON, Ont. - Scores of veterans, dignitaries and members of the public turned out Wednesday for a parade and ceremony to remember the once "forgot...

Juno Beach Wind Farm Plans Anger Veterans

The Canadian Press | Posted 09.19.2011 | Canada

THE CANADIAN PRESS -- TORONTO - A French plan to install towering wind turbines within sight of a beach where thousands of Canadians fought a bloody b...