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Fate keeps mother, son from fatal flight Boy's cold feet inadvertently saves their lives By Marie-Joelle Parent, Sun Media     NEW YORK – Paola Casali and her 13-year-old son were supposed to be on that doomed helicopter. They even had prepaid tickets. But the visitors from Italy never...

Submariners' health to be tracked over long-term Updated Wed. Jul. 29 2009 5:54 PM ET The Canadian Press OTTAWA -- Submariners who survived the deadly electrical fire aboard HMCS Chicoutimi almost five years ago will be the subject of a long-term health study. The navy and the military's...

I am finally able to make some cookies to put in care packages to the sandbox.  :yellow: :yellow: It has been too hot to have the oven on for hours on end.  Not, that I'm complaining about the heat, I LOVE it!!  But, it ain't so conducive to baking.

Okay, being a civvie, not knowing anything about guns, Cpl Wilcox story seems like a big pile of poo. It doesn't make sense. If everytime he heard a weapon being cocked and "he just reacted" wouldn't that mean a lot of other soldiers being shot?  I am assuming this is not his first time...

Canal victims murdered by family, police allege Updated Thu. Jul. 23 2009 2:20 PM ET CTV.ca News Staff Police say three Montreal sisters and their caregiver found dead in a submerged car near Kingston, Ont., were murdered by their own family members. On June 30, Zainab Shafi, 19, and her two...

PETA suggests nondairy MJ statue Instead of using butter, how about a nondairy spread? updated 4:50 p.m. MT, Wed., July 15, 2009 DES MOINES, Iowa - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have come up with an idea for sculptor Sarah Pratt and the Iowa State Fair — instead of using butter...

What great news to celebrate Canada Day  :yellow: :cdn: :yellow: They deserve it after losing a parent.  One less thing for them to worry about.  And that is a good thing!!

Free tuition offered for fallen soldiers' kids Updated Wed. Jul. 1 2009 8:13 AM ET CTV.ca News Staff Four Canadian universities will be covering the cost of tuition for the children of soldiers killed in the line of duty to help them complete undergraduate degrees starting this fall. The...

A pole tears through the car's engine, glove compartment and front seat, narrowly missing the elderly driver. War veteran survives after pole impales his car Updated: Sun Jun. 28 2009 7:29:41 PM ctvtoronto.ca An elderly driver narrowly escaped serious injury after a steel pole impaled his car...

Soldier apologized to fallen comrade: witness Updated Fri. Jun. 26 2009 5:48 PM ET The Canadian Press SYDNEY, N.S. -- Cpl. Matthew Wilcox held his dying friend in his arms and apologized as Cpl. Kevin Megeney slumped to the floor of their shared tent in Afghanistan, bleeding from a gunshot...

Soldier playing game when comrade was shot: lawyer Updated Thu. Jun. 25 2009 1:18 PM ET The Canadian Press SYDNEY, N.S. -- The lead prosecutor in a case involving a Canadian soldier charged with fatally shooting a fellow reservist in Afghanistan says the death occurred when the accused was...

Just say 'No thanks, got one already' Print out the Canadian safety standards, if that doesn't work. I had the same problem when my mother put an old car seat in her car trying to be helpful.  And her boyfriend freaked out when I didn't want to use it. I told him and her that I was...

2 GIs die in attack on U.S. base in Afghanistan Rare rocket strike on Bagram north of Kabul wounds six, officials say updated 7:40 a.m. MT, Sun., June 21, 2009 KABUL - A rare rocket attack on the main U.S. base in Afghanistan early Sunday killed two U.S. troops and wounded six other Americans...

Our Fallen Soldier Returns Home LFCA MA 09-11 - June 16, 2009 OTTAWA – Our fallen soldier, Corporal Martin Dubé from the 5e Régiment de génie de combat based at Canadian Forces Base Valcartier near Quebec City, returns home to Canada tomorrow. Where:  8 Wing, Canadian Forces Base Trenton...

"Engineers think of how many lives they are saving, not of the one they risk." MCpl Mark Isfeld Thank you Cpl Dube, for being one.  :salute: RIP

Speaking of elevators....on our honeymoon cruise in the Caribbean, one of the employees was telling us he was asked, while exiting an elevator at the stern of the boat, "Does this elevator went to the front of the boat?!???!" Had to explain, they go up and down, not front to back.  >:D

Our Fallen Soldier Returns Home LFCA MA 09-10 - June 10, 2009 OTTAWA – Our fallen soldier, Private Alexandre Péloquin, from the 3e Bataillon, Royal 22e Régiment based at Canadian Forces Base Valcartier near Quebec City, returns home to Canada tomorrow. Where: Canadian Forces Base Trenton...

FREEDOM All enjoy it. Some use it. Few defend it. Thank you Pte Alexandre Peloqin for being one of those few. You are a true Canadian hero and your sacrifice is not in vain and will not be forgotten. And my your family find comfort in the fact that you were doing a job you wanted to do and...

Woman hopes to return war vet's medals By BRIAN GRAY, SUN MEDIA The Toronto Sun        TORONTO -- A Scarborough resident has an old tin can full of World War I memories - the problem is they aren't her own. Shirley Allaway and her husband, Jim, are looking for the family of a...

Witness protection program???    >:D All kidding aside, good luck.