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In Memory of John C. Alger May 11, 1938 - May 15, 2012
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Alf Ash/ Lynda Hagedorn
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Past Provincial President John Alger.
Just received the information on John's service:
He will be resting at
Thompson's Funeral Home, 530 Industrial Parkway South, Aurora (Northeast corner of Yonge & Industrial Parkway S.)
on Friday May 18th Visitation from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00...
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Births Deaths and Marriages
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TUFTS, James (Jim) Wallace
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Alf Ash/ The Record
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TUFTS, James (Jim) Wallace Born in Toronto on May 12,1942, Jim passed away, peacefully, at Grand River Hospital on Tuesday A.M., May 15, 2012. With heavy hearts, Jim’s family made the difficult decision to let him "rest in peace", since a sudden infection and surgery on May 11th had placed him...
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Births Deaths and Marriages
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Tuesday Dinner at 5:30pm/Karaoke at 7:00pm-Carl's Music
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Alf Ash
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Tuesday Dinner at 5:30pm/Karaoke at 7:00pm.(Carl's Music)
Food selections changed frequently for your enjoyment including Chicken,Pork Chops,Stuffed Meat Loaf,Smoked Sausage on a bun,Hamburger on a bun.
Salads including Potato, Fresh Vegetables and Dessert will cost $8.00 a plate.
Where...
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Entertainement
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Canada cutting Afghanistan presence by more than 100 soldiers
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Alf Ash/Matthew Fisher, Postmedia News
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Canada is to cut its military footprint in Afghanistan by more than 100 soldiers beginning in July, with further reductions likely over the next year.
"We'll have less than we have there now. We will have less than 800," said Lt.-Gen. Peter Devlin, the head of the army, which provides most of...
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Afghanistan
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Hall Rental Information/ Rental Forms Available on Legion Site.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Alf Ash
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Members/Non-Members may rent all or part of our facility for parties, weddings, meetings etc. Non-members will pay a higher fee for the hall rental.
1. The period of rental shall be from 8 PM to 1 AM. Access to the facilities to decorate is available at 6 PM. Those decorating, however,...
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Branch News
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We collect/Pop cans/Tabs/Zehr's Tapes/CanadianTire money Etc.
Monday, May 14, 2012
Alf Ash
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We collect Pop Cans/Pop Tabs/Zehr's Tapes/Canadian Tire Money/Used Vegetable oil.
Please remove the tabs from the pop cans before depositing them in the recycle bin,the pop cans will be donated to the Waterloo Shriners Aluminum Can Recycling Program, and the tabs will be sent to the Elora...
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Branch News
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Parkwood Veterans Hospital London collecting various supplies.
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Alf Ash
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Al Horner and Alf Ash had the pleasure of paying a visit to Parkwood Veterans Hospital in London to give them the many supplies that Branch #50 donated to the Veterans.
We are now collecting more items for Parkwood.
We need to donate to this Hospital, so please if you can help us out please...
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Veterans
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Rolling off with the grand prize
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Alf Ash/Holly Tousignant/For The Whig-Standard
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“Win/Gagnez - Camry.”
Those are the words that greeted Kingston’s Eric Wilson when he rolled up the rim on his Tim Hortons coffee cup on Apr. 2.
It took him a minute to realize it wasn’t a belated April Fool’s joke.
“I had to roll up the rim three times just to make sure I wasn’t going...
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Miscellaneous
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Historic landing at CFB Trenton
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Alf Ash/Jerome Lessard/QMI Agency/Trentonian
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Historic landing at CFB Trenton
By Jerome Lessard/QMI Agency
CFB Trenton — It might not have been the best known aircraft in Canada, but the last operational Boeing 720 in the world made history here Wednesday.
The red and white aircraft C-FETB — the 154th and last 720 built by Pratt &...
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Miscellaneous
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OLDER NEWS
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Miscellaneous
True cost of Libya mission was seven times gov't. estimate: documents
Friday, May 11, 2012
Alf Ash/Lee Berthiaume, Postmedia News
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OTTAWA — Amid allegations the Conservative government intentionally lowballed the price of the...
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Veterans
Veterans Affairs Minister Steven Blaney Announces Privacy Action Plan 2
Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Alf Ash/Ron Gross
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Veterans Affairs Minister Steven Blaney Announces Privacy Action Plan 2
Ottawa – Today in the...
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Afghanistan
Officer assisting grieving parents told to keep his distance, inquiry hears
Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Alf Ash/Chris Cobb, Postmedia News
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OTTAWA — A veteran army officer assigned to help the grieving parents of Afghanistan war veteran...
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Veterans
Large-scale changes pose risk to veterans services, department says
Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Alf Ash/Jordan Press, Postmedia News
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OTTAWA — The pace of change at Veterans Affairs Canada may affect its ability to provide...
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Veterans
Soldier defies order and speaks up over military health services
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Alf Ash/ CBC News
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A Canadian soldier based in Shilo, Man., says he will keep speaking out about what he sees as a...
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Veterans
Ombudsman says review board failing to give veterans benefit of doubt
Monday, May 07, 2012
Alf Ash/Murray Brewster, The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA - Canada's veterans ombudsman has torn a strip off the agency where ex-soldiers are...
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Veterans
LEGION SAYS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MUST MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE VETERANS REVIEW AND APPEAL BOARD IN FAIRNESS TO VETERANS
Monday, May 07, 2012
Alf Ash/Pat Varga-Dominion President of The Royal Canadian Legion.
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7 May 2012 MREL DC 8
For Immediate Release
LEGION SAYS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MUST MAKE...
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Seniors
Minor govt assistance to keep seniors at home
Monday, May 07, 2012
Alf Ash/Greg Oakes
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Minor govt assistance to keep seniors at home
There is a new bill before Queens Park called...
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Veterans
Remembering those lost at sea
Monday, May 07, 2012
Alf Ash/Special to The Chronicle-Journal
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When the names of each ship of the Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Merchant Navy lost...
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Branch News
Nominations for Branch #50 Executive Positions/ Exec.At Large
Saturday, May 05, 2012
Alf Ash/Connie McKie
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The following members were nominated for the following positions:
President; Jim Fraser, Jean...
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Veterans
Military brass circle the wagons as MacKay hammered over mental health cuts
Saturday, May 05, 2012
Alf Ash/David Pugliese,/Chris Cobb- Postmedia News
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OTTAWA — Skirting around questions about whether they had come under political pressure to come...
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Afghanistan
Opposition blasts MacKay over cuts to soldier suicide prevention program
Friday, May 04, 2012
Alf Ash/David Pugliese,/Chris Cobb- Postmedia News
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The Conservative government doesn’t appear to be backing down from its plan to cut the jobs of...
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Miscellaneous
U.S. Marines Train With Canadian Forces in Meaford
Friday, May 04, 2012
Alf Ash/U.S. Marine Cpl. Lucas Vega/ David Pugliese(Ottawa Citizen)
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U.S. Marine Cpl. Lucas Vega has this article about the Marines training in Meaford. Here is what...
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Branch News
"MELODY IN BLUE CONCERT" Thursday May 10th - St George Hall - 665 King St North - Waterloo. Doors Open 6:15pm
Thursday, May 03, 2012
Alf Ash
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The Waterloo Regional Police Male Voice Chorus, CARP Chapter 25 and Sponsor Sun Life Financial...
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Veterans
Vets ‘cautiously optimistic’
Thursday, May 03, 2012
Alf Ash/By CLARE MELLOR Staff Reporter(Herald News)
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Manuge says group members hope to finally get their money but expects Ottawa may...
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Afghanistan
Canadian fears eased as U.S. Afghan timetable unchanged
Thursday, May 03, 2012
Alf Ash/Matthew Fisher, Postmedia News
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As Air Force One descended in darkness into Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan there was some unease...
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Veterans
As soldier suicides rise, National Defence slashes suicide prevention staff
Thursday, May 03, 2012
Alf Ash/David Pugliese, Postmedia News
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The Department of National Defence is cutting the jobs of medical professionals involved in...
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Veterans
Disabled veterans win suit against federal benefits clawbacks
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Alf Ash/Robert Hiltz, Postmedia News
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An injured veteran who spearheaded a lawsuit against the government over clawbacks to disability...
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Births Deaths and Marriages
KOEBEL, Donald F.on Monday, April 30, 2012
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Alf Ash/The Record
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KOEBEL, Donald F. At the Grand River Hospital, K-W Health Centre, on Monday, April 30, 2012,...
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Afghanistan
Number of suicides in military rises as troops return home from Afghanistan .
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Alf Ash/The Canadian Press, /Global News
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Number of suicides in military rises as troops return home from Afghanistan
OTTAWA - The...
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Veterans
Family of ill veteran: Ottawa failing us
Monday, April 30, 2012
Alf Ash/By DAN ARSENAULT Staff Reporter(Herald News)
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A cruel, incurable illness is slowly killing Wayne Collins, a former member of the Royal...
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Afghanistan
Two Afghan bodyguards and two suicide attackers killed in fierce gun battle
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Alf Ash/Agence France-Presse
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Two gunmen hiding pistols in their shoes snuck inside a provincial...
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Veterans
CF Reconnect Seminar
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Alf Ash/Ron Gross
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There will be another CF Reconnect Seminar on May 6, 2012, in the Royal Canadian Legion (Ontario...
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Veterans
CF Appreciation-Gearing up for Summer!
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Alf Ash/Ron Gross
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Subject: CF Appreciation - Communiqué - Reconnaissance des FC
April 2012 • Avril 2012...
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Miscellaneous
Foreign Affairs prepares to cut, diplomatically
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Alf Ash/Greg Weston, CBC News
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Canadian diplomats are bracing for federal cuts expected next week, including reductions in...
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Miscellaneous
Crippled sub Corner Brook not fully inspected
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Alf Ash/CBC News
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The Royal Canadian Navy still doesn't know the extent of the damage to the submarine HMCS Corner...
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Miscellaneous
Free Viagra and transgender surgery among proposed defence cuts: sources
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Alf Ash/Murray Brewster The Canadian Press/The Star.
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Free Viagra and transgender surgery among proposed defence cuts: sources.
Murray...
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Afghanistan
Please watch this You Tube Program by Lizzie Palmer "Remember Me"
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Alf Ash/Lizzie Palmer
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This film was made by a 15 year old girl. It is the hottest thing on the Internet and on Fox...
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Afghanistan
Langridge changed will, death benefit form shortly before death, inquiry hears
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Alf Ash/Chris Cobb, The Ottawa Citizen
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OTTAWA — Shortly before he committed suicide, Afghan war veteran Stuart Langridge completed a...
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Afghanistan
War zone experiences took toll on N.S. man
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Alf Ash/By MICHAEL GORMAN Truro Bureau(Herald News)
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Thinking back to his time in Cyprus, the young soldier remembers being angry.
Having just...
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Afghanistan
U.S. wants Canadian troops in Afghanistan beyond 2014
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Alf Ash/By David Pugliese(Postmedia News)
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U.S. wants Canadian troops in Afghanistan beyond 2014
Special forces could stay past...
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Afghanistan
Canadians soldiers on allied exchange may still serve in volatile Kandahar
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Alf Ash/Lee Berthiaume, Postmedia News
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OTTAWA — Military officials warned Defence Minister Peter MacKay last year that despite Canada's...
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Afghanistan
Mulcair hammers Harper over Afghan withdrawal after report says special forces could stay past 2014
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Alf Ash/Josh Visser / David Pugliese(Postmedia News)
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NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair says all Canadian military personnel must pull out of Afghanistan in...
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Veterans
Veterans: Help lacking for post-traumatic stress
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Alf Ash/By MICHAEL GORMAN Truro Bureau(Herald News)
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When it comes to post-traumatic stress disorder, veterans and their advocates who talked with...
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Miscellaneous
5 red flags that an email is a scam
Monday, April 23, 2012
Alf Ash/Adam Mayers(Moneyville)
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Internet phishing scams are ever increasing and twice last week someone was after my credit card...
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Miscellaneous
HMCS Charlottetown To Join CTF 150 While European Nations Expand Anti-Piracy Options on Land
Monday, April 23, 2012
Alf Ash/By David Pugliese(Ottawa Citizen)
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Defence Watch
Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Charlottetown is deploying to the Arabian...
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Veterans
Remembering the Forgotten
Monday, April 23, 2012
Alf Ash/Tristan Carter-Neighbourhoods: Willowdale / Lansing
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It may be known as the Forgotten War, but Korean War veteran Leonard Wells said he hopes that...
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Veterans
Veteran slams closure of federal office in Sydney
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Alf Ash/ IAN FAIRCLOUGH Staff Reporter(Herald News)
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Shutting site will ‘add to difficulties’
A Canadian Forces veteran and advocate says no good...
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Afghanistan
Rejected Afghan interpreters get second chance to come to Canada
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Alf Ash/STEPHANIE LEVITZ (Canadian Press)
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Dozens of interpreters who served as Canada's voice during the war in Kandahar, but then met...
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Afghanistan
NATO helicopter crashes in Afghanistan; casualties unknown
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Alf Ash/Reuters/Reporting By Missy Ryan; Editing by Doina Chaicu
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A NATO military helicopter crashed due to poor weather in Afghanistan on...
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Miscellaneous
Canada spent $25 M bombing Gadhafi forces
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Alf Ash/Jeff Davis and Lee Berthiaume, Postmedia News
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OTTAWA — Canada spent $25 million on the roughly 700 bombs the Royal Canadian Air Force dropped...
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Veterans
Veterans concerned over cuts to case workers
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Alf Ash/Cheryl Kawaja/CBC News
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Some former members of the Canadian military say they're being told the number of case workers...
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Upcoming Events
Sports
Euchre-Cancelled
Sat, May 19
12pm
Tournament-Cancelled
Hall Rental
Party-Open(Kelly Ram)
Sat, May 19
8pm
Party-Open (Kelly Ram)
Sports
Mixed Pool
Mon, May 21
6:30pm
Sports
Shuffleboard.
Tue, May 22
1pm
Sports
Darts
Tue, May 22
1pm
Entertainment
Dinner-Karaoke
Tue, May 22
5:30pm
Sports
Bid Euchre
Wed, May 23
1pm
Sports
Euchre
Thu, May 24
1pm
Sports
9 Ball Pool
Thu, May 24
7pm
9 Ball Pool
Sports
Solo
Fri, May 25
1pm
Sports
Horse Collar
Fri, May 25
7pm
Legion
General Meeting
Sun, May 27
2pm
Sports
Shuffleboard.
Tue, May 29
1pm
Entertainment
Dinner-Karaoke
Tue, May 29
5:30pm
Sports
Bid Euchre
Wed, May 30
1pm
Sports
Euchre
Thu, May 31
1pm
Hall Rental
Police Dinner
Thu, May 31
6:30pm
Sports
9 Ball Pool
Thu, May 31
7pm
9 Ball Pool
Sports
Solo
Fri, Jun 01
1pm
Sports
Horse Collar
Fri, Jun 01
7pm
Seniors
Seniors Meeting-Trip Casino
Sun, Jun 03
12pm
Bus Trip to Niagara Falls Casino & Legion. Cost for non-members is $7.00 and each will pay for own supper ($7-$8.00)
Legion
D-Day (Veterans Green)
Sun, Jun 03
1pm
D-Day Parade and Ceremony at Kitcheners Veterans Green,1pm.
Legion
Army Cadets Chicken Event
Sat, Jun 09
5pm
Army Cadets Fund Raising Chicken Event from 5pm to 7pm
Legion
Decoration Day
Sun, Jun 10
1pm
Decoration Day held at Woodland Cemetery,Kitchener.
Details...
Entertainment
Open Party/Locomotion
Sun, Jun 10
3pm
Sadie & John are having an open party for members with Entertainment/ LOCOMOTION will be there to entertain.
Entertainment
Entertainment-Rythm Bound
Sun, Jun 17
3pm
Entertainment - Rythm Bound
Legion
Car Show
Sun, Aug 19
10am
Car Show more details to follow
Entertainment
Headin Home-Entertainment
Sat, Oct 06
7pm
Headin Home Group
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