Canadian Heroes

Military plane will fly over Comox Marina on Sunday – Comox Valley Record
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Residents near the Comox Marina and downtown Parksville are advised that a CP-140 Aurora aircraft will make a flyby of these locations to mark the Battle of the Atlantic parades and ceremonies, on Sunday, May 6.��� …read more

Details on Battle of the Atlantic events planned for Sunday May 4th can be found here.

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“On all the oceans the white caps flow
There are no crosses row on row
To all that sleep beneath the deep
Rest in peace, our country’s free” …read more

A repatriation ceremony for Leading Seaman Brandon South will be held Wednesday at 1:20 p.m. at Victoria International Airport, BC. South, a sonar operator who was serving with Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Regina, died in hospital in Tanzania on April 21.

Repatriation Ceremony for Leading Seaman Brandon South To Be Held Wednesday | Ottawa Citizen
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A repatriation ceremony for Leading Seaman Brandon South will be held Wednesday at 1:20 p.m. at Victoria International Airport, BC. South, a sonar operator who was serving with Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Regina, died in hospital in Tanzania on April 21. …read more

News From Windsor, Ontario:

The City of Windsor, Ontario is planning to erect a ‘Memorial in honour of Canadian Peacekeepers’ with an inscription about Canada’s Afghanistan mission.

Windsor City council unanimously approved spending up to $100,000 on the proposed memorial in Reaume Park acknowledging the role of the Canadian Armed Forces’ and the sacrifices made as peacekeepers and Canada’s role in Afghanistan.

An inscription on the Afghanistan intervention will also be added to the Windsor Cenotaph at City Hall square.

The goal is to have the latter installed by May 9, which Prime Minister Stephen Harper recently designated as an annual day to commemorate Canada’s mission in Afghanistan, where 158 Canadian soldiers, including Windsor’s Cpl. Andrew Grenon, were killed. A Canadian diplomat, two aid workers and a journalist were also killed.

The city hopes to have the memorial erected by August 9, 2014 which is Canada’s National Peacekeepers’ Day.