Archive for March 7th, 2009

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    Ceremony In France Lays Soldier To Rest

    March 7, 2009 by Sharon Adams
    The November sky over northern France is grey and leaden and a light rain begins to fall—as though the whole countryside is in mourning—when the casket containing the remains of Private Ralph Tupper Ferns, 25, of the Royal Regiment of Canada, is carried through the...
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    The Life [And Death] Of Erin Doyle

    March 7, 2009 by Adam Day
    Master Corporal Erin Doyle on patrol near Haji Beach, Afghanistan, in April 2008. PHOTO: ADAM DAY “He died pulling the trigger. He died screaming into the face of the enemy.” The Canadian army has a policy on facial hair. Moustaches are OK, but beards are...