• Poppies for the people

    Poppies for the people

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    October 25 at noon marks the beginning of the annual Royal Canadian Legion Poppy Campaign, and bright red colour will bloom on the chests of tens of millions of Canadians. Volunteers with Royal Canadian Legion Alvin H. Foster MM Branch 098 in Kingston are ready to do their part providing poppies to the community, making…

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  • Names, heritage, service remembered

    Names, heritage, service remembered

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    The name on the building tells a historical story, but the extended descendants in the audience during an October 10 naming event give the story life. The new guardhouse at 5th Canadian Division Support Group Detachment Aldershot is now the Private Frederick L. Landsay and Private James E. Landsay Building. The Landsay brothers grew up…

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  • Relationships, finances and your family’s health

    Relationships, finances and your family’s health

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    October 21 to November 1, Military Family Services, with the collaboration of Family Violence Advisory Teams in Canada and OUTCAN, will highlight their National Healthy Relationships Campaign, which models positive and healthy relationships and related behaviours. It shows how CAF members and their families may promote and adopt such behaviours. This year, the campaign explores…

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  • Warhammer tactics, luck, game settings, cameraderie growing at monthly Mess event

    Warhammer tactics, luck, game settings, cameraderie growing at monthly Mess event

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    14 Wing Greenwood’s Annapolis Mess hosted its fifth Warhammer 40K event in the Tow Bar September 21, an initiative organized by Corporal Patrick Langille and some close friends. This event aims to foster military and community engagement through this popular strategic board game. Warhammer 40K allows players to assemble, design and paint miniature models to…

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  • Swordfish heritage artefact back home in Greenwood museum

    Swordfish heritage artefact back home in Greenwood museum

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    The Greenwood Military Aviation Museum has a new artefact of significant historical aviation importance, thanks to a special visitor September 5. Carl Pedersen, of Middle Lake, Saskatchewan; arrived with a salvaged item – an actual 415 Squadron mascot decal of Sydney the Swordfish, of the 415 “Swordfish.” Pedersen salvaged this piece of the actual aircraft…

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