Longtime CBC broadcaster Lister Sinclair died in a Toronto hospital Monday morning at age 85.
Sinclair joined the public broadcaster in 1944 and is perhaps best known as host of the radio program Ideas, a position he held for 16 years. He retired from CBC in 1999.
Sinclair wrote dozens of radio and television plays during his [...]
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Longtime CBC broadcaster Lister Sinclair died in …
Posted in Just Because on October 16, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Bodies of 2 Canadian soldiers begin journey home…
Posted in Uncategorized on October 15, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Bodies of 2 Canadian soldiers begin journey home
Last Updated: Sunday, October 15, 2006 | 4:44 PM ET
CBC News
Soldiers gathered at Kandahar airbase Sunday to bid farewell to two fallen comrades killed in an ambush on Saturday.
Sgt. Darcy Tedford and Pte. Blake Williamson, both with the 1st battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiment based at CFB [...]
2 Canadians killed in Afghan attack
Posted in Uncategorized on October 13, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Two Canadians were killed and five other soldiers injured in southern Afghanistan, military officials said Tuesday.
The soldiers were involved in a road construction project 20 kilometres west of Kandahar at about 4:50 p.m. when they came under attack from a handful of insurgents armed with rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles.
Canadian military officials identified the dead [...]
Canadian killed in Afghanistan was based in Petawawa
Posted in Uncategorized on October 13, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Canadian killed in Afghanistan was based in Petawawa
Last Updated: Saturday, October 7, 2006 | 1:08 PM ET
CBC News
The 40th Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan was fatally wounded when a roadside explosive blew up near a NATO patrol on Saturday, a military spokesman said.
Col. Fred Lewis, the deputy commander of Canadian troops in Afghanistan, said [...]
