Category: Recreation


  • Turning house sale into hand-craft

    Turning house sale into hand-craft

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    Closing gift re-gift supports local Quilts of Valour work Nothing says “home” and security like a hand-crafted quilt, and a special gift to Quilts of Valour Greenwood area crafters will help make that happen for a number of Canadian Armed Forces members and veterans in the weeks and months ahead. When Bruce Gillis and Maureen…

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  • Big cycling effort adds up, saving ‘little lives’

    Big cycling effort adds up, saving ‘little lives’

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    A three-year legacy, and an official Great Cycle Challenge (GCC) champion, 415 (Long Range Patrol and Force Development) Squadron’s Marie Johnstone is currently organizing a team of cyclists for this year’s GCC Canada’s Cycle to end kid’s cancer. Johnstone, who has always enjoyed cycling, was moved by the initiative’s slogan, “Because kids should be living…

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  • Medics’ summer field training: hands on, ‘super cool’

    Medics’ summer field training: hands on, ‘super cool’

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    Students in 33 Field Ambulance (33 Fd Amb)’s Qualification Level 3 course were overjoyed at the surprise visit they received from a 413 (Transport and Rescue) Squadron’s CG149 Cormorant search and rescue (SAR) team June 5. The students’ rainy morning at 5th Canadian Division Support Base Detachment Aldershot started with “Stretcher PT,” a physical training…

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