Saturday, November 1, 2014

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Slain warrant officer Patrice Vincent put 'country before himself': colleague
Canada's first 'Park of Reflection' for wounded veterans opens
B.C. suspect in fatal stabbing of bus passenger charged with 2nd-degree murder
Funeral held for soldier killed in Quebec car attack

Slain warrant officer Patrice Vincent put 'country before himself': colleague

Posted: 01 Nov 2014 02:59 PM PDT

LONGUEUIL, Que. - Friends, relatives and dignitaries paid tribute to slain warrant officer Patrice Vincent on Saturday, with a colleague recalling the Canadian Forces member as someone who always put "his country before himself."

Canada's first 'Park of Reflection' for wounded veterans opens

Posted: 01 Nov 2014 06:45 PM PDT

WHITBY, Ont. - Canada's first monument and park dedicated to wounded veterans and other uniformed personnel injured in the line of duty opened on Saturday.

B.C. suspect in fatal stabbing of bus passenger charged with 2nd-degree murder

Posted: 01 Nov 2014 06:30 PM PDT

KELOWNA, B.C. - A man accused of fatally stabbing a passenger aboard a bus in a random attack has been charged with second-degree murder.

Funeral held for soldier killed in Quebec car attack

Posted: 01 Nov 2014 11:38 AM PDT

By Christinne Muschi LONGUEUIL Quebec (Reuters) - Mourners including Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper paid respects in Quebec on Saturday at the second of two funerals for soldiers killed in attacks police said were carried out independently by radical recent converts to Islam. Patrice Vincent, a 53-year-old warrant officer, died on Oct. 20 near Montreal when a man ran over him and a fellow soldier with a car. The driver was later shot and killed by police. Vincent's funeral on Saturday in the city of Longueuil, Quebec, just across the St. ...

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