by Natalie Salat Canadian Forces Advisory Council chairman Peter Neary (left) and Roméo Dallaire highlight the urgency of looking after current CF veterans with the release of a discussion paper. Canada must do more to help the new generation of Canadian Forces veterans and their families adjust to life after military service, says the Veterans Affairs Canada–Canadian Forces Advisory Council. After a year of study, the 21-member council released a discussion paper in March urging the government to reform the current system of veterans benefits, which is difficult to navi...

by Ray Dick It’s cool, grey and drizzling rain in a mountain valley near the northwestern Bosnian community of Sanski Most, the early morning stillness broken only by the rumble of vehicles moving into position to block a 3.5-kilometre section of rural road. The soldiers in the vehicles are Canadian, mostly Royal Canadian Dragoons from Canadian Forces Base Petawawa, who now call Camp Maple Leaf in Zgon their home. Routinely, the soldiers conduct patrols within a few hours’ drive of the base and this helps protect the civilians from the bitter ethnic strife. This morning, however, the Canadians are conducting an unannounced weapons sweep, ...