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Shilo Stag WE WILL MATCH... ADVERTISED PRICES ON ELECTRONICS, CAMERAS, COMPUTERS & MAJOR APPLIANCES. DETAILS ARE Your source for Army News in Manitoba AVAILABLE INSTORE OR ONLINE AT WWW.CANEX.CA Volume 55 Issue 7 Serving Shilo, Sprucewoods & Douglas since 1947 April 7, 2016 INSIDE This Issue RCA Museum has a new director on board. Page 3 Liberal Budget ‘16 features DND fi nances. Page 4 Artillery bubble dribble CO pushes himself during 20X SEALFIT. Page 11 There were plenty of laughs, plus collisions, when 1RCHA A Bty participated in a bubble soccer game at the GSH. It took awhile for soldiers to adjust to their protective bubble while at the same time trying to kick a soccer ball. Photo by Jules Xavier Shilo Country Club We oer a fully stocked pro shop with friendly and helpful sta to assist you. Shilo’s club selection is expansive and specializes in Titleist, Cobra and Mizuno products. With tting carts from these companies, the SCC’s PGA of Canada golf professionals are fully qualied to custom-t golf clubs suited specically for your game. contact the pro shop at 204-765-3623 2 Shilo Stag April 7, 2016 Dr. Sima Samar wants to make a difference in Afghanistan Shilo Stag Dr. Samar believes women have to fi ght for their own For more than 30 years, she rights. has been a target for those “Rights and freedom will not who want to silence her voice be gifted to you. It is used by when it comes to speaking politicians as bait before elec- out on women’s rights and tions, then forgotten and then against war crimes. used again at the next elec- She might be soft-spoken, tions,” but she maintains a resolve Before Dr. Samar was al- that won’t see Dr. Sima Samar lowed to attend university she silenced. As the chairperson fi rst had to meet her father’s of Afghanistan’s Independent requirements of being married Human Rights Commission, fi rst. Her marriage to her phys- Dr. Samar says one must do icist husband was short lived. what they know is right. He went missing after he was An international advocate taken from his home. for human and women’s Recalling her life under the rights, Dr. Samar was part Russian occupation, Dr. Samar of an International Women’s acknowledged Afghan’s had Day event presented by CFB their freedom taken away, and Shilo and Shilo’s MFRC held the occupiers could arrest you at the El Prado Club and Bran- for no reason at all — listening don University. to the BBC news was a crime. During her talk, Dr. Samar Widowed in her early 20s shared a slide show, includ- and with a young son, Dr. Sa- ing one image featuring her mar wanted to avenge her hus- with now BComd LCol John band’s death and was involved Cochrane. in many street protests until it It’s hard to imagine when became too dangerous for her you observe Dr. Samar work- Dr. Sima Samar showed a slide from a meeting with BComd LCol John Cochrane in Afghanistan as to stay in Kabul. ing the GSH stage, an atten- part of her presentation at the GSH Theatre as part of International Women’s Day. Photo by Sarah Francis Four years after the Russians tive audience listening to her arrived, she fl ed to Jaghori, the words, that someone would district where she was born in want her dead. Because of these threats in the past, nority Hazara community. She wanted to be a road and did her doctoring with little she had to hide in a hotel kitchen while a suicide at- construction engineer, but instead became a doctor. in the way of medical equipment and proper ameni- tack was underway at the Serena Hotel in 2008. When She has helped open schools and hospitals in war-rav- ties. Her village was no stranger to bus bombings, the attack was over, she had to walk out past lifeless aged countries, and now stays busy with her Afghani- shootings, and fear of Russian soldiers taking over. bodies on a bloodied fl oor. stan Independent Human Rights Commission work. An anti-Russian sentiment was palpable in the village Afghan-born Dr. Samar is part of the fi rst Human Prior to her current role in Afghanistan, Dr. Samar where she worked. Rights Commission in her country’s history. For her served as the fi rst vice-president in the transitional Af- Leaving her counter two years later for Pakistan, tireless work she has been recognized for her courage ghan government under president Hamid Karzai. Dr. Samar started a hospital for Afghan women and and leadership by numerous human and women’s Dr. Samar has stood up for human rights and fought children refugees in 1987. She went on to start several rights organizations globally, and continues to work discrimination at many levels —gender, religion, eth- schools in the country where she lived for almost 17 in Afghanistan. nicity — through the Russian invasion of her country years. She acknowledges she feels safest everywhere by in 1978 and later the Taliban oppression, and contin- “Yes, I was under threat and still am; it has become her home country, where a person can end up dead ues to do what she thinks is right. “The discrimination a part of my life. I was afraid, but I was determined to visiting a restaurant with your family, or attending a that I saw within the family and within society (being do something,” she said. wedding. a girl) as well as amongst the different ethnic and re- Her work has its consequences. Her bodyguard Yet, amazingly she still returns home in the hope ligious groups living in Afghanistan, motivated me to count of two has now increased to four. Even today of making a difference to the lives of young women prove that we are no less human,” she said. her relatives and friends have to be cautious. and bringing war criminals to justice. No easy task, Her own sister was pushed into marriage against She continues to be a target for backlashes, but but this does not deter Dr. Samar as she shares her her will at 17, which ensured Dr. Samar was more de- laughs it off. She concedes opposition is good because thoughts. termined to resist by taking not calculated action, but it shows she still exists. 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I worked for a German company, 4 Oakden is ready to take in all of the his- 4 in the Philippines, writing English text- tory the museum has to offer. books.” Old El Paso ® Old El Paso ® He replaces Marc George, who retired He added, “Then I worked as a le- in 2015. Oakden arrived for his fi rst day gal editor and researcher, that was in at the museum Jan. 11. Hard Taco Dinner Kit Salsa Toronto. I did that for a couple years. • Makes 12 hard tacos • Thick & Chunky Although this is his fi rst time in a po- Then I worked for Maple Leaf doing sition running a military museum, he foreign recruitment. That’s project man- • 250 gr • Hot, medium or mild has been studying history for years. agement, a lot of fi nance stuff, working • Reg 4.99 • 650 ml “Originally, I did my Masters in his- with spread sheets. Also, seven years of • Reg. 4.99 tory with a focus on war and foreign fi lling in government applications.” policy at Laurier [University]. When Oakden said he is excited to learn 89 89 you go to university for six years, you about the museum itself and the spe- hope one day, you have a job that fi ts cifi c history for its contents related to what you studied.