While there are still more than 1,000 Canadian Forces members currently in Kandahar working to pack up and ship home five years worth of war-fighting
Private Bill Cameron could not know that enlisting in the Second World War would end with him shot through the back and left face down
1 September 1, 1905: Alberta and Saskatchewan join Confederation.
September 2, 1998: Swissair flight 111 bound for Geneva crashes into the Atlantic a few kilometres off the shore of Peggy Cove, N.S. All 229 people on board perish; a major recovery effort is launched.
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