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I've just moved to Toronto and would love to hear from anyone who is in to running - particularly trail runs or the 5 peak series of trail run races. I see there is one on May 21st at Rattlesnake. Anyone interested in going? Merlane

Regarding Scott Taylor - perhaps the media is at fault as much as Scott Taylor for printing his "garbage". They are well aware of what they are printing and obviously it suits their purposes. merlane

Great post Mr. Ted.    As for the CF advertising from the point of view of a civilian female my opinion is   boring - wussy and far too politically correct - not something that would entice me to want to join. What has enticed me to join is the people who are in the CF and other militaries that...

A very sore point with me so I'll rant away.  This PC crap has gone way too far. It's very unfortunate. It's gotten to the point where at times I have been a part of or have witnessed incidents where people are having to be so hyper vigilant of what they say that it makes it difficult to...

Hard thing to do - good luck to all who are trying. I tried quitting 5 or 6 times before I managed it for good - I've been smoke free for about 8 or so years now. I don't know if this will help anyone - hopefully it will. When I quit for good my plan was different from the other times I had...

Years ago I met a number of celebrities while working for the Toronto Film Festival. Most notable was Mel Gibson and Richard Gere. I'm female so can't recall any of the actresses  - sorry. When I met Mel Gibson it was in a closed car coming from the airport. My mouth dropped open in awe and he...

Unfortunately I do know how underfunded the CF is because when I speak of the media - so often that is all I hear. And it is truly unfortunate - perhaps the media really do have good intentions in printing this stuff - perhaps they feel if they print how underfunded the CF is that it will...

Jumper - you've made an excellent point here - however, although I agree that Americans know far more about their military than we do, I believe much of their knowledge, if only initially, is fuelled by a government that continually puts positive information out there. As a Canadian, I don't...

I'm a civilian and know very little about our military. I take exception with the comment that "the problem lies with a Canadian public who doesn't know the difference between a MBT and a MLBU" Who should inform the public? Is it my duty to come searching on this website to find out about the...

False or not I loved it. It was great entertainment. merlane

I saw an interview with the author Nina Berman on CBC - "The Hour" last week. It looks really interesting if not somewhat heartbreaking. I got the idea from listening to the author that the book is more of a photo documentary as opposed to a straight on read. It's with respect to soldiers...

Excellent book and the CBC documentary on this past Tuesday? night with regard to his (Dallaires) return to Rwanda - amazing. Hope people got a chance to watch it. merlane

Thanks for the help. I found a couple of things "googling" but I get the feeling lots is missing or I don't know what to punch in when "googling". Merlane p.s. if anyone knows of anything else - doesn't even have to be awards - can be stuff like our snipers making longest shot ever (was that...

Armymedic - thank you! That's exactly what I wanted. Not necessarily names but what you've listed is great. Pester - yea I guess I do. I write articles from time to time - I wouldn't go so far as to call myself a "writer". that's too grand but ... occasionally yes. If I don't ask! I have friends...

I'd love to read something positive about our forces so I asked the DND about a website where I can find out about awards our military may have received. They pointed me to the Veterans' website which is nice but surely we've won some awards, been recognized since World War II?????   I've seen a...

I didn't think it was worth it to start something new here. As for my first choice of career I've put down image tech. I'm a pro photographer in civilian life. And much of my photography is either SAR photos (was on a local SAR team) or adventure - i.e. mountaineering, etc. I'm older, and am...

I believe that it's a sad fact of our society that it's those that SCREAM the loudest and act out are the ones that are heard and are taken to be in the majority when I don't believe that's true. I think there are many Canadians who do care about the CF but they simply aren't heard. They're not...

Really interesting comments DFW2T. In fact in reading them, it surprises me that more people don't leave the service for private work, although I suspect many simply wouldn't qualify. Sounds like tough standards. It's really unfortunate though that I keep hearing of the lack of Canadians out...

I imagine that Gwynne Dyer's comments hold true for most "older" recruits but there's always exceptions - same as there are exceptions with regard to my comments on younger people. Indeed - I know 20 year olds with better judgment than 50 year olds. As for me personally - I am in my 40's and...

Thanks everyone regarding my email. Lots of questions have been answered. I have a bit of a better understanding (bit only - I'm a civilian).  You are absolutely right though - my question would have opened a further can of worms - i.e. a simple "yes" or "no" answer wouldn't have sufficed. As...