Archive for March, 2009

Although it notes progress over the past six years in addressing operational stress injuries (OSIs) in the Canadian Forces, a December report from the interim ombudsman for the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces says some military personnel and their families are still not getting the service they need. “It’s clear that more needs to be done,” states the report, A Long Road To Recovery: Battling Operational Stress Injuries, by Interim Ombudsman Mary McFadyen. It is the second followup review of a 2002 Ombudsman’s report which made 31 recommendations for improving assessment and treatment of OSIs in the military. [...]

In our March/April 2009 issue, Legion Magazine published a story on Nova Scotia’s Joggins Fossil Cliffs. Listed below are just some of the other key attractions relating to coastal geology in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. We present this information with the idea that it might come in handy when planning a trip to the East Coast. It is good to keep in mind though that some of these attractions are seasonal—opening in the spring and running through to the end of summer or fall. Happy travels. Avalon Highlands: Located in Nova Scotia, the highland is defined by a 100-kilometre-long fault [...]

Soldiers bring strange memories home from war. Any traveller knows the feeling, the inclination to grab some piece of a place so you have something to show you were there. Soldiers do the same thing, only they tend to cherish odder stuff than carpets or T-shirts (though they like those, too). “These were still hot when we picked them up,” said Lieutenant-General Andrew Leslie, nodding at a couple of despicably jagged pieces of shrapnel sitting sort of hidden off to one side of his office’s conference table at National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa. Leslie is the Chief of the Land Staff, head of [...]