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103News 01-09-2009Trial - Expert witness says public pension plans have assetsExpert witness says public pension plans have assets
An actuarial expert testified that assets were transferred from the Public Service Superannuation account to newly created pension plans of local airport authorities, NAV Canada and Canada Post, providing solid evidence that there were funds in the public service pension account.
John Christie, an i.......
107News 01-09-2009British Wounded to get millions in compensationLast Updated: 1:14am GMT 10/12/2006

Hundreds of troops wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan are to be awarded millions of pounds in compensation following a ruling by the Government that they are victims of crime not war.

British troops wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan will be paid compensation on a sliding scale of about £1,000 for a small facial scar,.......
108News 01-09-2009Ombudsman Finds that the Health Concerns of Canadian Forces Veterans were IgnoredOmbudsman Finds that the Health Concerns of Canadian Forces Veterans were Ignored
Ottawa, November 1, 2006 – Department of National Defence and Canadian Forces Ombudsman, Yves Côté, today released a special report, entitled Heroism Exposed: An Investigation into the Treatment of 1 Combat Engineer Regiment Kuwait Veterans (1991), regarding the treatment.......
109News 01-09-2009UK wires: Salute to a brave and modest nationThough this account goes back to April 24, 2002 , it's still a good read. Too bad it had to take someone from England to finally put it into words.
  LONDON - Until the deaths last week of four Canadian soldiers accidentally killed by a U.S. warplane in Afghanistan , probably almost no one outside their home country had been aware that Canadi.......
113NewsLegacy DB (old)01-09-2009Disabled Former Member Of Canadian Forces Commences Class Action Against GovernmentDisabled Former Member Of Canadian Forces Commences Class Action Against Government of CanadaHalifax, March 19/ On March 15, 2007 a proposed class action claim was filed on behalf of disabled former members of the Canadian Forces. The claim relates to unfair deductions to long-term disability benefits and has been brought by Dennis Manuge, a former mem.......
114NewsLegacy DB (old)01-09-2009N.L. veterans join CFB Gagetown lawsuitN.L. veterans join CFB Gagetown lawsuit
CBC
Mon Aug 6, 8:48 AM
A former brigadier-general convinced the cancer that ended his military career was caused by chemicals at CFB Gagetown, N.B., has joined a class-action lawsuit filed against the Department of National Defence.



Ed Ring is one of dozens of people in Newfoundland and Labrador who have.......
115NewsLegacy DB (old)01-09-2009Canadian Legion should stand up for all veteransCanadian Legion should stand up for all veterans
Re: “Royal Canadian Legion is not all about ‘booze, beer, and bingo’:Allard,” (The Hill Times June 11, p. 14.).
The reason why I and more than 90 per cent of CF veterans choose not to belong to the Royal Canadian Legion is made quite obvious in Pierre
Allard’s response to the previous week’s opinion pi.......
121News 01-09-2009Injured soldiers are not disposableInjured soldiers are not disposable

http://thechronicleherald.ca/Columnists/1042140.html
By SEAN BRUYEA
Thu. Mar 6 2008No doubt thousands of cards and good wishes were sent to soldiers on the frontlines in Afghanistan for Valentine’s Day. Back home, a different expression of affection is being shown more than 4,200 injured soldiers whom the bureauc.......
126NewsOSI01-09-2009Military recruiting hundreds to combat PTSDMilitary recruiting hundreds to combat PTSD
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080306/PTSD_military_080306/20080306?hub=TopStories
Thu. Mar. 6 2008
CTV.ca News Staff

The Canadian military's surgeon general went before the House of Commons Defence Committee Thursday to discuss serious mental health problems potentially affecting .......
138News 01-09-2009Almost 1 in 10 Cdns have post-traumatic stress disordeAlmost 1 in 10 Cdns have post-traumatic stress disorder at some point: study
Provided by: The Canadian Press
Written by: Anne-Marie Tobin, THE CANADIAN PRESS
Sep. 17, 2008
TORONTO - Canadians are most accustomed to hearing about post-traumatic stress disorder among returning soldiers, but a newly published study suggests that almost one in 10 civi.......