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A Canadian soldier with the NATO-led International ...

(AFP) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:46:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Canadian soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stands guard at the Kandahar International airport in April 2008. Routing out insurgents from Afghanistan and rebuilding the war-torn nation has so far cost Canada an estimated 10.5 billion dollars (Canadian), officials said Thursday. Photo:Shah Marai/AFP

Canadian soldiers with the NATO-led International ...

(AFP) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:46:00 GMT

(AFP) - Canadian soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) explain first aid techniques to Afghan policemen during a training session at the base of Provincial Reconstruction Team Kandahar province in March 2008. Routing out insurgents from Afghanistan and rebuilding the war-torn nation has so far cost Canada an estimated 10.5 billion dollars (Canadian), officials said. Photo:Shah Marai/AFP

Canadian soldiers ride their armoured vehicles as they keep ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:23:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Canadian soldiers ride their armoured vehicles as they keep watch in Arghandab district in Kandahar province June 25, 2008. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

Liberal leader Stephane Dion waits to be introduced during a ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:39:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Liberal leader Stephane Dion waits to be introduced during a campaign stop in Toronto, October 8, 2008. Canadians will head to the polls in a federal election October 14. REUTERS/Shaun Best

A Canadian soldier keeps watch over the valley in the Arghandabd ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:23:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Canadian soldier keeps watch over the valley in the Arghandabd district of the southern city of Kandahar June 19, 2008. REUTERS/Ismail Sameem

A soldier from 3rd Battalion PPCLA (Princess Patricia's Canadian ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:52:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A soldier from 3rd Battalion PPCLA (Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry) out of Edmonton, Canada part of the Observer Mentoring and Liason Team (OMLT), walks through a poppy field in the Zharey district, southern Afghanistan May 21, 2008. REUTERS/Peter Andrews

A model presents a creation by French-Swedish ...

(AFP) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:18:00 GMT

(AFP) - A model presents a creation by French-Swedish designer Marcel Marongiu for Guy Laroche during the spring/summer 2009 ready-to-wear collection show in Paris. Photo:Pierre Verdy/AFP

Canadian soldiers with the NATO-led International ...

(AFP) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:17:00 GMT

(AFP) - Canadian soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) empty their weapons at the base of Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) after a patrol in Kandahar province. Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Wednesday he supports Afghan President Hamid Karzai's attempts at reconciliation with the Taliban. Photo:Shah Marai/AFP

Military officer-turned-development worker Luc Saint-Jean (left) ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:46:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Military officer-turned-development worker Luc Saint-Jean (left) and his chief Afghan engineer Said Ahmad Azizi visit a construction site Sept.15, 2008 where Afghan labourers are building a crate factory for the village of Zaker-E-Kalay. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tobi Cohen

Canadian Navy sailors escort a ship into Mogadishu ...

(AFP) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:28:00 GMT

(AFP) - Canadian Navy sailors escort a ship into Mogadishu on September 18. A US destroyer and other foreign navy ships have converged on a Ukrainian vessel seized by Somali pirates last week with its cargo of combat tanks and other weapons. Photo:Simon Maina/AFP

Canadian Navy sailors escort a ship into Mogadishu ...

(AFP) — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:21:00 GMT

(AFP) - Canadian Navy sailors escort a ship into Mogadishu on September 18, 2008. Somali pirates who hijacked a Ukrainian freighter carrying military weapons defiantly demanded 20 million dollars in ransom despite being surrounded by three foreign warships on Sunday. Photo:Simon Maina/AFP

Canadian Navy sailors escort a ship into Mogadishu ...

(AFP) — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:31:00 GMT

(AFP) - Canadian Navy sailors escort a ship into Mogadishu on September 18. The Somali pirates who captured an Ukrainian freighter carrying an arms ship demanded a ransom of 20 million dollars and confirmed that they have been surrounded by foreign warships. Photo:Simon Maina/AFP

A young Afghan boy shoulders a bundle of gifts distributed by ...

(The Canadian Press) — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:07:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - A young Afghan boy shoulders a bundle of gifts distributed by Canadian soldiers to help some of the poorest Kandaharis celebrate Eid. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Bob Weber

Canadian Navy sailors on board Golina, a World ...

(AFP) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:53:00 GMT

(AFP) - Canadian Navy sailors on board Golina, a World Food Programme (WFP) ship, on September 17, providing an anti-pirate escort for the ship taking food aid to Somalia. The UN Security Council in June adopted a resolution authorising foreign warships to enter Somalia's territorial waters with the government's consent to combat pirates, though it has yet to be implemented. Photo:Simon Maina/AFP

A Canadian Navy sailor guards a World Food Programme ...

(AFP) — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 02:54:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Canadian Navy sailor guards a World Food Programme ship en route to Mogadishu as part of anti-pirate escort on September 18. Somali pirates have seized and are holding a record 12 ships following a week of relentless attacks that are threatening to disrupt regional trade and fishing and has spurred foreign powers into action. Photo:Simon Maina/AFP

HMCS Fredericton on maneuvers in Frobisher Bay ...

(AFP) — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:37:00 GMT

(AFP) - HMCS Fredericton on maneuvers in Frobisher Bay near Baffin Island, Canada, involving a Canadian submarine, Coast Guard vessel, fighter jets, 800 soldiers, federal police and Inuit rangers in 2007. Canada is stepping up its military alertness along its northern frontier in response to Russia's 'testing' of its boundaries and recent Arctic grab, the prime minister said Friday. Photo:Michel Comte/AFP

A Canadian Navy warship Ville de Quebec (foreground) ...

(AFP) — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:44:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Canadian Navy warship Ville de Quebec (foreground) escorts a World Food Programme (WFP) ship off the coast of Somalia Photo:Simon Maina/AFP

Canadian Navy sailors on board a helicopter patrol ...

(AFP) — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:44:00 GMT

(AFP) - Canadian Navy sailors on board a helicopter patrol the waters off the coast of Somalia as they escort a World Food Programme ship Photo:Simon Maina/AFP

A funeral service was held Thursday for Sgt. Scott Shipway, ...

(CBC) — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:39:14 GMT

(CBC) - A funeral service was held Thursday for Sgt. Scott Shipway, who was killed after a roadside bomb exploded near his armoured vehicle on Sept. 7.

Canadian Navy sailors patrol the waters off the ...

(AFP) — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:03:00 GMT

(AFP) - Canadian Navy sailors patrol the waters off the coast of Somalia as they escort a World Food Programme ship on September 17, 2008. Somali pirates seized a Greek ship and a Hong Kong-flagged vessel in the latest in a string of attacks that have prompted calls for international action, officials said on Thursday. Photo:Simon Maina/AFP

Canadian Navy warship Ville de Quebec (foreground) ...

(AFP) — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:03:00 GMT

(AFP) - Canadian Navy warship Ville de Quebec (foreground) secures safe sailing as they escort a World Food Programme ship on September 17, 2008 off the coast of Somalia. Somali pirates seized a Greek ship and a Hong Kong-flagged vessel in the latest in a string of attacks that have prompted calls for international action, officials said on Thursday. Photo:Simon Maina/AFP

German Bundeswehr army soldiers of ISAF forces provide security ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:15:00 GMT

(Reuters) - German Bundeswehr army soldiers of ISAF forces provide security to a Canadian air force C-130 aircraft before taking off from Feyzabad airfield, north of Kabul, September 18, 2008. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (AFGHANISTAN)

German Bundeswehr army soldiers of ISAF forces take a nap aboard ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:13:00 GMT

(Reuters) - German Bundeswehr army soldiers of ISAF forces take a nap aboard a Canadian air force C-130 aircraft on their flight from Masar-i-Sharif to Feyzabad, north of Kabul, September 18, 2008. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (AFGHANISTAN)

A German Bundeswehr army soldier of ISAF forces gives instructions ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:11:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A German Bundeswehr army soldier of ISAF forces gives instructions to a Canadian air force C-130 aircraft before taking off from Feyzabad airfield, north of Kabul, September 18, 2008. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (AFGHANISTAN)

Soldiers from the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:41:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Soldiers from the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry carry the casket of Private Chad Horn, who was killed in action September 3, 2008 in Afghanistan, during his funeral in Calgary, September 15, 2008. REUTERS/Todd Korol (CANADA)

Canadian Armed Forces soldiers from the Princess Patricia's ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:19:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Canadian Armed Forces soldiers from the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry carry the casket of Private Chad Horn, who was killed in action September 3, 2008 in Afghanistan, during his funeral in Calgary, September 15, 2008. REUTERS/Todd Korol (CANADA)

Canadian Army Cpl Clayton Matchee posing in the ...

(AFP) — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:18:00 GMT

(AFP) - Canadian Army Cpl Clayton Matchee posing in the Canadian compound near Belet Huen, Somalia in 1993. Matchee implicated in the 1993 murder and torture of Somali national Shidane Abukar Arone will not be prosecuted for the crime, Canada's military said Monday.Clayton Matchee Photo:/AFP

Charges of murder and torture have been withdrawn against the ...

(CBC) — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:34:52 GMT

(CBC) - Charges of murder and torture have been withdrawn against the former Canadian soldier accused 15 years ago of mistreating and killing a Somali teenager, the Department of National Defence said Monday.

The Canadian military is receiving an increasing number of reports ...

(CBC) — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:26:29 GMT

(CBC) - The Canadian military is receiving an increasing number of reports about soldiers acting out violently against their families, according to the NDP defence critic.

Honor guard carry the casket of Sergeant Prescott Shipway to ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:26:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Honor guard carry the casket of Sergeant Prescott Shipway to a hearse at Canadian Forces Base Trenton September 10, 2008. Shipway, an infantryman with the Second Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, was killed on September 7 when his armoured vehicle struck a roadside bomb in the Panjwayi District of Afghanistan. REUTERS/Fred Thornhill (CANADA)

Soldiers carry the casket of Sergeant Prescott Shipway to a ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:25:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Soldiers carry the casket of Sergeant Prescott Shipway to a hearse past his daughter Rowan Shipway, 4, and his wife Diana Dawn Kaczmar, at Canadian Forces Base Trenton September 10, 2008. Shipway, an infantryman with the Second Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, was killed on September 7 when his armoured vehicle struck a roadside bomb in the Panjwayi District of Afghanistan. REUTERS/Fred Thornhill (CANADA)

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has pledged to pull Canadian troops ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:00:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Prime Minister Stephen Harper has pledged to pull Canadian troops from Afghanistan in 2011, saying 10 years of war is enough. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tom Hanson

A Canadian navy personnel stands guard near missiles aboard ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:44:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Canadian navy personnel stands guard near missiles aboard the HMS Calgary, a Canadian warship, at a port in the southern Indian city of Chennai September 10, 2008. Two Canadian warships are in Chennai to carry out an exercise in the sea off the Chennai coast on Saturday, local media reported. REUTERS/Babu (INDIA)

Canadian navy personnel stand near a naval gun aboard the HMS ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:31:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Canadian navy personnel stand near a naval gun aboard the HMS Calgary, a Canadian warship, at a port in the southern Indian city of Chennai September 10, 2008. Two Canadian warships are in Chennai to carry out an exercise in the sea off the Chennai coast on Saturday, local media reported. REUTERS/Babu (INDIA)

Military pallbearers carry the remains of Sgt. Scott Shipway ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:57:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Military pallbearers carry the remains of Sgt. Scott Shipway during the ramp ceremony at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Monday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Department of National Defence-Cpl. Stevo McNeil

A Canadian soldier with the NATO-led International ...

(AFP) — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:41:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Canadian soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) on patrol in Kandahar province in March 2008. A Canadian soldier was killed and seven were injured Sunday in a roadside blast in southern Afghanistan, bringing Canada's death toll in the war-torn country to 97 since 2002, the military announced. Photo:Shah Marai/AFP

Sgt. Prescott Shipway, is shown in this undated handout photo ...

(The Canadian Press) — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:37:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Sgt. Prescott Shipway, is shown in this undated handout photo from DND. Sept. 7, 2008. Canada has lost its 97th soldier, Sgt. Shipway, on the Afghanistan mission following a roadside bomb explosion today in the Panjwaii district of Kandahar. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, DND

One Canadian soldier was killed and seven others wounded Sunday ...

(CBC) — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:00:13 GMT

(CBC) - One Canadian soldier was killed and seven others wounded Sunday during a roadside bomb explosion in the Panjwaii district of Kandahar province, a military official said.

A soldier salutes as the motorcade leaves Canadian Forces Base ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:15:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A soldier salutes as the motorcade leaves Canadian Forces Base Trenton after a repatriation ceremony for three Canadian soldiers, September 6, 2008. Corporal Andrew Paul Grenon, Corporal Michael James Alexander Seggie, and Private Chad James Horn (all members of the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry from Shilo, Manitoba) died September 3, 2008 when their armoured vehicle was attacked by insurgents in the Zharey district of Afghanistan. REUTERS/Adrien Veczan (CANADA)