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    Freeman on the Land?

    While the actions of the "Freemen" can be quite distressing - particularly in the case of the poor woman in Alberta - and they are increasingly a nuisance in the courts, the actions of one of them has at least allowed one Ontario judge to write one of the funniest, and best written, court...
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    Canadian Soldiers of the World Wars were not Canadian Citizens?!

    The crux of this issue isn't reall about this individual plaintiff, or the money involved in recogniznig the "lost Canadians". The government has taken steps in recent years to grant citizenship to most of those who had fallen through the cracks due to earlier versions of the Citizenship Act. ...
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    CH47 Chinook

    Actually I believe the CP-140 replaced the Argus and Neptune, not the Lancaster - although there were Lancs in service until the early sixties.
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    Canadian flamethrowers & Cold War

    My late father had some pictures of flame-thrower exercises at, I think, Suffield in the late fifties.  Judging from the size of the stream of fire I assume they are from a vehicle-mounted system, but I think the actual vehicle is not visible in the pictures.  It seems from this thread that it...
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    WAR OF 1812: UNIT RECOGNITION

    I note that one of the regiments receiving the battle honour is an artillery regiment.  Is anyone aware of any other artillery units that perpetuate an infantry or cavalry unit and carry battle honours in addition to "Ubique"?  In the absence of colours, where will they display the honour?
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    CAPTURED AMERICAN COLOUR AT QUEENSTON, 13 OCT 1812

    Chelsea Hospital has at least four American colours (I suppose they are, technically, "Colors").  They belong to the 2nd and 4th Infantry and an unidentified New York militia regiment.  The question which has been posed is whether anyone knows to which of the New York regiments the colour...
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    CAPTURED AMERICAN COLOUR AT QUEENSTON, 13 OCT 1812

    The 4th Infantry Regiment lost its colour when it surrendered at Detroit.  The colour captured at Queenston Heights belonged to one of the New York militia regiments.  There were five of them present at the battle, the 16th through 20th, but I don't know if is known which ones managed to get...
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    Pacific coast defences

    Peter Moogk's book "Vancouver Defended" is a very good reference source. I assume it is out of print but it might be available on Amazon.  The 15th Field Regiment Museum has a lot of information, and a very detailed diorama of the Point Grey defences circa 1942.
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    Scotch

    Glen Breton is a nice, mild Scotch, a little less distinctive than many single malts from Scotland.  For those who want a slighly sweeter scotch without the peatyness of many single malts, I'd recommend Highland Park, from the Orkneys. 
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    BC Earthquake - 9 September 2011

    I could feel it in Richmond. No sound, but the building felt like it was moving for a few seconds.
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    Freeman on the Land?

    The article fails to mention that absolutely none of the people who have tried to advance this bizarre claim have had the slightest success in the courts.  There are a number of people, however, who have found themselves in serious trouble with the CRA as a result of accepting tax advice based...
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    Turmoil in Libya (2011) and post-Gaddafi blowback

    The Prime Minister consulted with the opposition party leaders and has indicated he will ask for a resolution from Parliament if the deployment in Libya appears to be greater than three months.  That doesn't seem to be much of a departure, if any, from previous government committments on the issue.
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    Close Combat Vehicle: Canada to buy another AFV (& keeping LAV III & TLAV)

    The short turn-around reflects the fact that all the bidders have, in fact,already presented their proposals.  This new request is an attempt to fix the technical problem that afflicted the previous request, which resulted in all bids being thrown out.  I don't think the 15-day period reflects...
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    New Canadian Shipbuilding Strategy

    There's always a first time.
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    New Canadian Shipbuilding Strategy

    News items indicate the new ship-building policy will be announced tomorrow at the CANSEC 2010 conference.
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