Assignment Kandahar: A general on the road
“It won’t be long before you’re working for an American commanding officer, but you’re going to work for me for the next two and a half months,” he told them. “Okay? I really like working with Americans, you guys are great guys, fantastic guys, I’m really proud to be working alongside, you guys are excellent people, excellent people.”
14596 Brigadier General Dean Milner is commander of Task Force Kandahar.
Article first appeared in the National Post
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Ex Cadets 2 for 6 in federal election results…
14872 Pierre Lemieux was re-elected as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada to represent the riding of Glengarry-Prescott Russel.
http://www.pierrelemieux.ca/en/mp_index.htm
8276 Marc Garneau was reelected as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada to represent the riding of Westmount-Ville-Marie in the House of Commons
http://www.westmountexaminer.com/News/Local/2011-05-03/article-2474898/Garneau-wins-by-658-votes/1
7977 John Kidder was not elected as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada to represent the riding of Okanagan–Coquihala, British Columbia.
http://www.bclocalnews.com/okanagan_similkameen/pentictonwesternnews/news/121188164.html
8475 Rem Westland was not elected was reelected as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada to represent the riding of Ottawa-Vanier, Ontario.
8927 Patrick Hunt was not elected as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada to represent the riding of Victoria, British Columbia.
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Savoie+cruises+easy+third+victory/4716576/story.html
8944 Paul Maillet was not elected as a member of the Green Party of Canada to represent the riding of Ottawa – Orleans.
History of Federal Ridings since 1867
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Canada’s chief of defence addresses massive Wear Red on Fridays rally in Petawawa
“The fact is that when we are doing that business we really wonder whether Canada knows what we are doing. And when people wear the red on Fridays folks down range they know that Canada cares,”
12320 Walt Natynczyk
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Search concludes for soldier missing in river valley
“We’re not done,” Lt.-Col. William Fletcher said. “We’ve called off the physical search, but we’re confident we will find him.”
19662 William Fletcher
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