Canadian Soldier

• Fallen Winnipeg soldier’s grave rededicated more than a century after death in WWI

  A Winnipeg soldier killed in the First World War is finally getting his recognition, more than a century after his death in combat at age 31.

  Canada

  Nov 21, 2022
  
• ‘It destroyed him.’ Lionel Desmond’s friend and fellow infantryman recalls firefights

  Orlando Trotter described how he and Desmond took part in intense firefights with the Taliban on an almost daily basis over a seven-month period.

  Politics

  Feb 18, 2021
  
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• Lionel Desmond inquiry: letter from former soldier describes his mental challenges

  The fatality inquiry has heard that the former Canadian soldier was suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder and a possible traumatic brain injury.

  Crime

  Feb 16, 2021
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• 100-year-old Saskatoon WWII veteran reflects on time serving alongside ‘Saskatchewan boys’

  Nick Kazuska, 100, still remembers his time serving among "Saskatchewan boys" during WWII. For him, he says, every day is Remembrance Day.

  Canada

  Nov 11, 2020
• Army reservist and Afghanistan veteran charged in Kamloops triple fatal hit-and-run

  Reid McKnight is a Canadian Armed Forces reserve soldier with the Rocky Mountain Rangers and was previously deployed to Afghanistan.

  Canada

  Oct 8, 2020
• Sherwood Park chocolatier creates Remembrance collection to honour soldier killed in Afghanistan

  All proceeds from the six-piece collection went to support a scholarship program in Miok's honour for students in Sherwood Park. 

  Features

  Nov 5, 2019
• Suspect arrested after Canadian air force member killed in Florida

  A Canadian airman who was working in Panama, Fla., has died after being attacked at his home.

  Canada

  Sep 11, 2019
• Shrapnel wound to the head killed Canadian man while fighting ISIS: autopsy report

  The finding is at odds with the autopsy report written last month by an Iraqi doctor, who concluded Nazzareno Tassone had been struck in the back of the head by a “heavy solid instrument.”

  Canada

  Jun 26, 2017
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• Funeral planned for Canadian killed fighting ISIS in Syria

  The mother of a Canadian killed while secretly fighting Islamic State militants in Syria says she's relieved she'll finally be able to lay her son to rest months after his death.

  Canada

  Jun 20, 2017
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• Body of Canadian man killed while fighting ISIS in Syria returned home

  Tina Martino of Niagara Falls, Ont., says she has not yet been able to see the remains of her 24-year-old son, Nazzareno Tassone.

  Canada

  Jun 11, 2017