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Entries Tagged as 'Canada'

Another journey along Canada’s Highway of Heroes

November 17th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Two Canadian soldiers and their interpretor were killed in the early hours of the morning today. While we slept soundly here in Canada, Corp. Nicolas Raymond Beauchamp of the 5th Field Ambulance in Valcartier and Pte. Michel Levesque of the Royal 22nd were killed when their light armoured vehicle hit an IED. Three other soldiers [...]

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Tags: Canada · Good Citizen · History · War

Justice partially served 48 years too late

August 28th, 2007 · No Comments

Everyone moved on except for Lynne Harper. Dead at 12, now a footnote in history, just a small grainy photo to remind us that there was no justice for her and there never will be. Her family must have suffered greatly. I often wonder about them. I hope they found peace in the past 47 years. Somehow I doubt that.

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Tags: Canada · Justice · Law and order · Politics · RIP · Rants

Wracked my brain for a name

August 13th, 2007 · 4 Comments

My favourite was Battle Hymn of the Apartment. I must have played it until the grooves wore out. The sad thing is I can’t remember all the lyrics. Its now too late to find one of their cassettes or records - I lost mine one or 2 moves ago. It’s going to bug me until I remember the words. Drat.

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Tags: Canada · Day in the Life · Indie Rock · Music