Two tragic deaths, both before their time. Nodar Kumaritashvili, a 21-year-old slider from the republic of Georgia, and Cpl. Joshua Caleb Baker a 24-year-old soldier from Edmonton, both died due to training accidents yesterday.
It is important to keep both challenges in mind: that of sport, and that of war.  These next few weeks, as you [...]

In an editorial that asks whether some of the world’s most notorious leaders are still alive, Joshua Keating, for Foreign Policy plays the Osama card.  The editorial reads as follows:
OSAMA BIN LADEN
Location: ???
Last appearance: Most recent audiotape released Jan. 29
The evidence: There have been persistent rumors of bin Laden’s death ever since the 9/11 attacks [...]

“Afghanistan’s president appealed to Taliban fighters Sunday to lay down their weapons and accept Afghan laws as the government and its international allies push a program to entice militants away from the insurgency. President Hamid Karzai spoke three days after he and Western backers agreed at a conference in London to create a more comprehensive program [...]

Members of 6 Platoon, Bravo Company, 1 RCR, treat and stabilize injured soldiers in a secure Casualty Collection Point (CCP) after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack while patrolling in the village of Shar-e-Tiefort. Approximately 3700 Canadian Forces are currently participating in  Exercise Maple Guardian 2010, “work-up training” for Afghanistan in  Fort Irwin, California.
Canadian Forces [...]

On January 15th a Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) member takes a moment to rest as he waits for word of their flight to Port-au-Prince Haiti at the Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Trenton’s passenger terminal.
Recent events in Haiti remind us of the multifaceted nature of the Canadian Forces.  It remains to be seen what this [...]

Brian Hutchinson, in an article for the National Post writes: “The insurgents didn’t plan [Michelle Lang's] murder, but it plays into their hands. It could impact the way Canadian journalists cover the conflict in Kandahar.”
As violence intensifies fewer journalists will desire to be “embedded” with troops outside the wire.  And perhaps more tellingly, fewer will [...]

In an interview with David Akin of Canwest New Service, published Tuesday,Stephen Harper made it abundantly clear that the more than 2,500 Canadian troops will be coming home in 2011. ”We will not be undertaking any kind of activity that requires a significant military force protection, so it will become a strictly civilian mission.”  Controversy arose [...]

The Canadian Press has confirmed that  the military has identified the four Canadian soldiers killed in a blast that also killed a journalist.They are Sgt. George Miok, 28, Cpl. Zachery McCormack, 21, both of Edmonton, Sgt. Kirk Taylor, 28, of Yarmouth, N.S., and Pte. Garrett Chidley, 21, of Cambridge, Ont. The soldiers, along with Michelle [...]

On December 14, 2009 the Olympic Torch relay arrived at CFB Petawawa. CTV reports that “cheers erupted as a soldier who lost both legs in Afghanistan carried the Olympic torch [...]“. Rather then showing us the undoubtedly moving image, CTV chose the one above.
Why such the delay in this post? After all, the event occurred [...]

“A soldier dressed as Santa Claus sat among scores of his fellow troops, watching with rapt attention, as a guitarist clad in the shortest of dresses performed at Kandahar Airfield – a defiant show of Christmas spirit in the shadow of wartime tragedy.
 Like the Afghan mission, like life itself, the show had to go on.
 As [...]