http://www.legionmagazine.com/en Fri, 16 May 2008 12:35:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The outcome of the 2008 Royal Canadian Legion Dominion Curling Championships turned out to hinge on the luck of the draw. When curlers and supporters gathered in the comfortable and bright Parkland Recreation Complex in Dauphin, Man., on the last day of play, everyone was looking forward to an afternoon tiebreaker. Saskatchewan ... http://www.legionmagazine.com/en/index.php/2008/05/saskatchewan-and-quebec-battle-for-curling-title/ Throughout its 82 years of history, The Royal Canadian Legion has been well served by its courage and introspection. Indeed, many of the organization’s major public accomplishments owe their success to those attributes—qualities that have served to strengthen the importance of remembrance and bring much-needed assistance to Canada’s veterans and ... http://www.legionmagazine.com/en/index.php/2008/05/the-courage-to-look-within/ Rick Hillier is still grinning, even if just barely. After more than three years at the head of Canada’s armed forces and at the centre of relentless media attention and political controversy over the war in Afghanistan, Chief of the Defence Staff General Rick Hillier, Canada’s sometimes embattled top soldier, ... http://www.legionmagazine.com/en/index.php/2008/05/chief-of-the-defence-staff-general-rick-hillier/ I can remember the wounded, coming out of battle in Europe. We—the members of 14th Field Ambulance of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division—were among the first to treat them. There were men from all ranks, and sometimes friend and foe would arrive in the same ambulance. Some wept while others ... http://www.legionmagazine.com/en/index.php/2008/05/old-wounds-lasting-memories/ Members of Dominion Executive Council were asked in February to put aside personal feelings, regional concerns as well as branch and command loyalties to consider what’s best for the Legion as a whole as they heard results of the first substantive structural review of The Royal Canadian Legion since its ... http://www.legionmagazine.com/en/index.php/2008/05/dominion-convention-to-vote-on-new-structure/ The bleak quietness of William MacDonnell’s canvases is strangely threatening, and this is quite deliberate. The scenic painting titled Tragedy On A Country Road marks a place where Canadian soldiers, while driving, hit a landmine in the former Yugoslavia. Even though the viewer cannot help but pick up on the ... http://www.legionmagazine.com/en/index.php/2008/05/william-macdonnell/ It is decision time for Canada’s political and military leaders. And it is no easy question they have to answer. Indeed, it is a decision that could cost many lives. The question is this: what role will Canada next take on in NATO’s effort to stabilize Afghanistan? With the end of ... http://www.legionmagazine.com/en/index.php/2008/04/the-afghanistan-commitment/ Ask what makes this place home, and easy smiles steal across the faces of the veterans enjoying a soft drink or brew at Happy Hour on one of the veterans’ units at Wascana Rehabilitation Centre (WRC) in Regina. “What makes it home to me is the people around me,” says Fletcher ... http://www.legionmagazine.com/en/index.php/2008/03/keeping-busy-at-the-wascana-centre/ Life is hard in Afghanistan, a country which ranks among the very poorest in the world. While cities like Kabul and Kandahar are relatively modern with their paved streets and concrete buildings, many of the smaller cities and villages probably haven’t changed a great deal in the last 1,000 years—food ... http://www.legionmagazine.com/en/index.php/2008/03/helping-to-buy-shoes-for-afghan-children/ When one of Canada’s famed Snowbirds aerobatic team members died in a stunning plane crash last year, American veterans in Montana felt they could not overlook the tragedy in their own back yard.Captain Shawn McCaughey died May 18 while the team was practising for an air show at the Malmstrom ... http://www.legionmagazine.com/en/index.php/2008/03/snowbirds-pilot-honoured-on-us-memorial/