Monday, March 4, 2013
I Added Biker Valley Radio
There a lot of Canadian and American Vets, Past, and Present, who listen to this online Biker Site. Its a good music site to listen to for Classic Rock, and Rock while doing whatever.
ON THIS DATE IN CANADIAN MILITARY HISTORY
1966 Ottawa Ontario - Demonstrators protest Vietnam war on
Parliament Hill.
1966 Ottawa Ontario - Liberal Justice Minister Cardin breaks news of the Munsinger Affair scandal, involving former Diefenbaker Associate Minister of National Defence Pierre Sevigny 1917- and his relationship with Gerda Munsinger, known to the RCMP as a prostitute with East German contacts.
1966 Ottawa Ontario - Liberal Justice Minister Cardin breaks news of the Munsinger Affair scandal, involving former Diefenbaker Associate Minister of National Defence Pierre Sevigny 1917- and his relationship with Gerda Munsinger, known to the RCMP as a prostitute with East German contacts.
1814 Wardsville Ontario - Americans defeat British at Battle of Longwoods; between London and Thamesville.
1966 Ottawa Ontario - Liberal Justice Minister Cardin breaks news of the Munsinger Affair scandal, involving former Diefenbaker Associate Minister of National Defence Pierre Sevigny 1917- and his relationship with Gerda Munsinger, known to the RCMP as a prostitute with East German contacts.
1814 Wardsville Ontario - Americans defeat British at Battle of Longwoods; between London and Thamesville.
Some 2013 Ride For Dad Info
This is the Halifax NS Ride For Dad poster their using this year, as you can tell. Here's More info below on the 2013 Ride For Dad, which so many will be supporting again this year.
Please Note:
A lot of the various location url's, didn't take after doing the copying and pasting deal, but a simple Google Search will take you directly to the various locations with all the needed info for this worthwhile cause.
Chapters: 2013 Rides
The Motorcycle Ride for Dad began in Ottawa in 2000 as a single city event to raise money for prostate cancer research and awareness. Two volunteers and 80 riders were involved in that first event raising almost $20,000 for prostate cancer research.Since then, the Ride has expanded to over 30 cities across Canada with events in every province and territory and has donated more than $10 million to its cause. Three hundred dedicated volunteers now serve on Executive Committees along with several thousand short-term volunteers making the Motorcycle Ride For Dad Canada's largest annual motorcycle event!
Click on one of the locations to learn more about the Motorcycle Ride For Dad in your community!
| LOCATION / CHAPTER | 2013 DATES |
| BRITISH COLUMBIA | |
| Comox Valley | Saturday, June 8th |
| Northern BC (Prince George) | Saturday, June 15th |
| Okanagan | Sunday, June 9th |
| ALBERTA | |
| Calgary | Saturday, June 15th |
| Edmonton | Saturday, June 8th |
| Rural Alberta Ride (Olds) | Saturday, June 22nd |
| SASKATCHEWAN | |
| Saskatoon | Saturday, June 15th |
| Swift Current | Saturday, June 8th |
| MANITOBA | |
| Manitoba (Winnipeg) | Saturday, May 25th |
| ONTARIO | |
| Huronia (Orillia/Barrie) | Saturday, May 25th |
| Kingston-Quinte | Saturday, May 25th |
| London | Sunday, May 26th |
| Niagara | Saturday, June 1st (new) |
| Windsor | Sunday, May 26th |
| Grand River (Kitchener) | Saturday, June 1st |
| Ottawa | Saturday, June 1st |
| Durham (Oshawa-GTE) | Saturday, June 8th |
| Golden Horseshoe (Hamilton) | Saturday, June 15th |
| Toronto West (Peel) | Saturday, June 8th |
| Nipissing (North Bay) | Saturday, June 15th |
| QUÉBEC | |
| Montréal | Saturday, May 25th |
| NEW BRUNSWICK | |
| Moncton | Saturday, June 1st |
| Saint John | Saturday, June 1st |
| Fredericton | Saturday, June 1st |
| PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND | |
| PEI | Saturday, June 15th |
| NOVA SCOTIA | |
| Annapolis Valley | Saturday, June 1st |
| Halifax | Saturday, June 1st |
| NEWFOUNDLAND | |
| Avalon (St. John’s) | Saturday, June 15th |
| YUKON | |
| Yukon | Saturday, June 8th |
American Veterans News
Heroes to Heroes helps wounded US vets recover
Yahoo! News (blog)
And then, last year, through another veterans' program, he learned of Heroes to Heroes. The Ft. Lee, N.J.-based organization takes groups of wounded US war veterans, especially those diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, on a trip to Israel.
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Sen. Ball Honors Local Vets in Hall of Fame Ceremony
Patch.com
“I am excited to induct this second class of heroes into our Veterans' Hall of Fame! These men and women have been hand-picked by their communities because they chose a path of courage, honor, integrity and bravery; a path that helped shape America as ...
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Yahoo! News (blog)
And then, last year, through another veterans' program, he learned of Heroes to Heroes. The Ft. Lee, N.J.-based organization takes groups of wounded US war veterans, especially those diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, on a trip to Israel.
See all stories on this topic »
Sen. Ball Honors Local Vets in Hall of Fame Ceremony
Patch.com
“I am excited to induct this second class of heroes into our Veterans' Hall of Fame! These men and women have been hand-picked by their communities because they chose a path of courage, honor, integrity and bravery; a path that helped shape America as ...
See all stories on this topic »
Canadian Military News
New fitness tests for Canadian Forces
Sun News Network
Obesity and waning fitness levels within the Canadian Forces have dogged the organization for years. Writing in a Forces journal in 2005, Lt.-Col. Michael Goodspeed explained: "There is a visible and growing minority who have allowed themselves to ...
See all stories on this topic »
Tories' hire-a-vet request applauded
www.kamloopsnews.ca
A call for businesses to hire Canada's military veterans met with the approval of the head of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 52 and a local veteran. But retired armed forces engineer Bill Edwards said he believes the federal government should take ...
See all stories on this topic »
A salute to military brats: Youngsters in military families sacrifice, too
StandardNet
Her mother was in the Canadian military before Rice was born and her father was in the U.S. Marines until Rice was 13 years old. The sophomore said in an email that her favorite place to live was Hawaii “because of the beaches, my friends, and really, ...
See all stories on this topic »
Minister MacKay Introduces Canadian Armed Forces Minimum Physical Fitness ...
Marketwire (press release)
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 4, 2013) - The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, today announced an updated approach to military fitness, officially called the Fitness for Operational Requirement for Canadian Armed Forces ...
See all stories on this topic »
Canadian Forces Recruiting Office In Windsor Closes Its Door
Ottawa Citizen (blog)
Chris Thompson of the Windsor Star is reporting that the Canadian Forces recruiting office in that city has closed, and the Veterans Affairs office in the same building is slated to be shut down next year. Here is some of what he writes: A note on the ...
See all stories on this topic »
Peter MacKay on Afghanistan, the F-35 controversy and military spending
Macleans.ca
Q: The war in Afghanistan profoundly changed the way many Canadians think about their military. But now that we're out of combat, and committed to ending our troops' role training the Afghan National Army in the spring of 2014, what are we likely to ...
See all stories on this topic »
Media Advisory: Governor General to Invest 50 Recipients into the Order of ...
Marketwire (press release)
Created in 1972, the Order of Military Merit recognizes meritorious service and devotion to duty by members of the Canadian Forces. The Order honours them for their commitment to Canada, according to the following three levels of membership: Commander ...
See all stories on this topic »
Stephen Harper struggles to regain control over military projects
Toronto Star
Canada could soon have a Department of Military Procurement, as Prime Minister Stephen Harper struggles to regain control over much-delayed and increasingly expensive projects — like the effort to replace CF-18 fighter jets with F-35s. Yet the plan ...
Northern development, tax changes on today's House to-do list
CBC.ca (blog)
The Cartier Drill Hall will serve as backdrop as Defence Minister Peter MacKay and Chief of Defence Staff Tom Lawson first announce, and subsequently undergo the new Canadian Armed Forces Minimum Physical Fitness Standard. Elsewhere in the capital, ...
See all stories on this topic »
Sentencing hearing for retired soldier in deadly Afghanistan training accident
News1130
... in deadly Afghanistan training accident. Print; Text: a A. Cpl. Josh Baker, who was killed in a training accident in Afghanistan, is shown in a military handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ho-Canadian Armed Forces. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ho-Canadian ...
1500 Canadian Army Regular and Reserve Force Soldiers, Royal Canadian Air ...
Ottawa Citizen (blog)
TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Feb. 8, 2013) – Approximately 1,500 Canadian Army regular and reserve force soldiers, Royal Canadian Air Force personnel, and Canadian Rangers from across Ontario will be training in the vicinity of Cochrane, ...
See all stories on this topic »
Next Canadian astronauts may take commercial route into space
Toronto Star
Vince Jandrisch, an ex-Canadian Forces Snowbird pilot, also flies for Virgin America and works closely with Bendall. Bendall predicted that the commercial space sector will open the door to skilled Canadian pilots, who could perform a variety of tasks
Army to scale back Arctic operations because of budget cuts
GlobalNews.ca
Canadian solders with Lord Strathcona's Horse haul a tow cable from a LAV Bison to a LAV III that was deliberately stuck in a snow pile to test their ability to rescue military vehicles on an ice road created near Behchoko;N.W.T. during Exercise Arctic ...
See all stories on this topic »
Sun News Network
Obesity and waning fitness levels within the Canadian Forces have dogged the organization for years. Writing in a Forces journal in 2005, Lt.-Col. Michael Goodspeed explained: "There is a visible and growing minority who have allowed themselves to ...
See all stories on this topic »
Tories' hire-a-vet request applauded
www.kamloopsnews.ca
A call for businesses to hire Canada's military veterans met with the approval of the head of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 52 and a local veteran. But retired armed forces engineer Bill Edwards said he believes the federal government should take ...
See all stories on this topic »
A salute to military brats: Youngsters in military families sacrifice, too
StandardNet
Her mother was in the Canadian military before Rice was born and her father was in the U.S. Marines until Rice was 13 years old. The sophomore said in an email that her favorite place to live was Hawaii “because of the beaches, my friends, and really, ...
See all stories on this topic »
Minister MacKay Introduces Canadian Armed Forces Minimum Physical Fitness ...
Marketwire (press release)
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 4, 2013) - The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, today announced an updated approach to military fitness, officially called the Fitness for Operational Requirement for Canadian Armed Forces ...
See all stories on this topic »
Canadian Forces Recruiting Office In Windsor Closes Its Door
Ottawa Citizen (blog)
Chris Thompson of the Windsor Star is reporting that the Canadian Forces recruiting office in that city has closed, and the Veterans Affairs office in the same building is slated to be shut down next year. Here is some of what he writes: A note on the ...
See all stories on this topic »
Peter MacKay on Afghanistan, the F-35 controversy and military spending
Macleans.ca
Q: The war in Afghanistan profoundly changed the way many Canadians think about their military. But now that we're out of combat, and committed to ending our troops' role training the Afghan National Army in the spring of 2014, what are we likely to ...
See all stories on this topic »
Media Advisory: Governor General to Invest 50 Recipients into the Order of ...
Marketwire (press release)
Created in 1972, the Order of Military Merit recognizes meritorious service and devotion to duty by members of the Canadian Forces. The Order honours them for their commitment to Canada, according to the following three levels of membership: Commander ...
See all stories on this topic »
Stephen Harper struggles to regain control over military projects
Toronto Star
Canada could soon have a Department of Military Procurement, as Prime Minister Stephen Harper struggles to regain control over much-delayed and increasingly expensive projects — like the effort to replace CF-18 fighter jets with F-35s. Yet the plan ...
Northern development, tax changes on today's House to-do list
CBC.ca (blog)
The Cartier Drill Hall will serve as backdrop as Defence Minister Peter MacKay and Chief of Defence Staff Tom Lawson first announce, and subsequently undergo the new Canadian Armed Forces Minimum Physical Fitness Standard. Elsewhere in the capital, ...
See all stories on this topic »
Sentencing hearing for retired soldier in deadly Afghanistan training accident
News1130
... in deadly Afghanistan training accident. Print; Text: a A. Cpl. Josh Baker, who was killed in a training accident in Afghanistan, is shown in a military handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ho-Canadian Armed Forces. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ho-Canadian ...
1500 Canadian Army Regular and Reserve Force Soldiers, Royal Canadian Air ...
Ottawa Citizen (blog)
TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Feb. 8, 2013) – Approximately 1,500 Canadian Army regular and reserve force soldiers, Royal Canadian Air Force personnel, and Canadian Rangers from across Ontario will be training in the vicinity of Cochrane, ...
See all stories on this topic »
Next Canadian astronauts may take commercial route into space
Toronto Star
Vince Jandrisch, an ex-Canadian Forces Snowbird pilot, also flies for Virgin America and works closely with Bendall. Bendall predicted that the commercial space sector will open the door to skilled Canadian pilots, who could perform a variety of tasks
Army to scale back Arctic operations because of budget cuts
GlobalNews.ca
Canadian solders with Lord Strathcona's Horse haul a tow cable from a LAV Bison to a LAV III that was deliberately stuck in a snow pile to test their ability to rescue military vehicles on an ice road created near Behchoko;N.W.T. during Exercise Arctic ...
See all stories on this topic »
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