Archive for November, 2007
Memoirs & Pilgrimages
The Remembrance Odyssey
It was the sound of applause that struck members of the 2007 Royal Canadian Legion Youth Leaders’ Pilgrimage of Remembrance when they reached the small, French town of Buron–not far from Caen.
The group of 26 was on the Legion’s biennial pilgrimage to [...]
November 6, 2007, by Tom MacGregor
Health & Lifestyle
Pets Liven Up New Veterans Residence
Veterans in the new Dianne and Irving Kipnes Centre for Veterans in Edmonton may have trouble explaining to their families that there is a pony in their room. But it’s true.
Trained miniature ponies have been added to the menagerie at the home for 120 veterans on [...]
November 6, 2007, by Tom MacGregor
Health & Lifestyle
Health File
The Importance Of Eating–Earnest!
Eating well–that is, getting the right balance of nutrition and calories–is not easy at the best of times, but it is especially important for the elderly. A study conducted Down Under showed just how vital a good diet is.
Researchers at Sydney, Australia’s Prince [...]
November 6, 2007, by Natalie Salat
Health & Lifestyle
The Quiet Fight: Master Bombardier Bounyarattanaphon Makthepharak
It was Canada Day Eve, a special night for the soldiers at the main Canadian Forces Base in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Master Bombardier Bounyarattanaphon Makthepharak, fresh out of the shower after one of his gruelling gym workouts, was sitting [...]
November 6, 2007, by Natalie Salat
Health & Lifestyle
The Quiet Fight: Retired Warrant Officer Terri Orser
“I didn’t tell anybody–for a long time. I was diagnosed way back when it was so taboo…. But I had it before that. I just didn’t know it.”
As Terri Orser talks about getting diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, the former warrant officer fiddles with a [...]
November 6, 2007, by Natalie Salat
Health & Lifestyle
The Quiet Fight: Testing The New Charter
It’s still early days in the life of the New Veterans Charter, but some initial assessments have crystallized since the government’s overhaul of veterans’ benefits and services took effect April 1, 2006.
Reviews so far have generally been favourable. That said, [...]
November 6, 2007, by Natalie Salat
Health & Lifestyle
The Quiet Fight: Master Corporal Paul Franklin
ILLUSTRATION: SHARIF TARABAY
Master Corporal Paul Franklin. “I get rock star parking.” As Master Corporal Paul Franklin pulls into the parking lot of Earls Restaurant in downtown Edmonton on a humid July day, he brings his Mini Cooper to a stop in one of the spots reserved [...]
November 6, 2007, by Natalie Salat
Editorials
Benefits Long Overdue
Dominion President Jack Frost has written Prime Minister Stephen Harper concerning two issues where action is long overdue by Veterans Affairs Canada. Both issues concern the Veterans Independence Program designed to help veterans remain in the comfort of [...]
November 1, 2007
Canadian Military History in Perspective
First Blood In The Atlantic: Navy, Part 24
One of the great shortcomings of the German navy in World War I was that it lacked operating bases on the open Atlantic. The German army fixed that problem in 1940 in a matter of weeks. Bases in Norway became available in the spring, and by [...]
November 1, 2007, by Marc Milner
Canadian Military History in Perspective
Breaking The Gustav Line: Army, Part 73
This is the first in a series of articles focusing on the Canadian role in the battle for Rome, May 11 to June 5, 1944. The 1st Canadian Infantry Division and 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade, veterans of Sicily, the Moro River and Ortona, were [...]
