Category: IED bombs

Veterans’ Dignity Ceremony at the National War Memorial Was Anything but ‘Repugnant’

Commentary Corporal (Ret’d) Chris Deering is a combat-wounded veteran of Canada’s war in Afghanistan. During his tour in 2008, while traversing one of the more hostile areas in the south of the country, the Taliban targeted his Light Armoured Vehicle for an IED attack. When the bomb went off, the force of the explosion was…


Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Megan Leavey’: A Near-Perfect Shaggy Dog Story

Aside from its largely unimaginative title (“Megan and Rex” would have been far better) and the questionable use of a single naughty word, “Megan Leavey” is a family friendly film which will cause everyone with a pulse to weep with both sorrow and joy. You’ll witness someone overcoming personal adversity all while in the company…