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Volume - 2 Edition 18 Week Ending May 10, 2008 IN THIS ISSUE Bookkeeper charged with · Bookkeeper charged with defrauding Durham Legion defrauding Durham Legion · Aid pours in for Lachine Legion · Battle of the Atlantic remembered · Minister Of Vereran Affairs' Battle Of Atlantic Speaches · Veterans’ words, photos show life on the little ships · Tribute To Fallen Police Officers At Queen's Park · Retired soldiers get the shaft DURHAM -- A former bookkeeper has · Battle Of Atlantic Remembered been charged with defrauding an Ajax · Medals finally home Royal Canadian Legion branch of · Jerry Olinski more than $65,000. · Government of Canada Thanks Veterans Who Helped Liberate the Netherlands The arrest came after a review of · This is Mental Health Week accounts at the branch revealed · Forgotten heroes of WWII; D-Day Dodgers get set for final reunion significant cash shortages between · A piece of history flies home November 2007 and January 2008, · France reveals British WWI cave camp Durham police said. · Stephenville Legion Veteran to visit Beaumont Hamel An investigation by Durham police led · Feds invest $1 million more in military's operational stress support to Pauline Neill, 60, of Devondale · Canadian soldier killed on foot patrol in hotly contested area outside Street in Courtice, being charged with Kandahar a single count of fraud over $5,000 · Soldiers Send Mother's Day Messages · UK: Historians seek public report on World War II forgeries Sunday, May 04, 2008 · A new Canadian general in Afghanistan Northumberland News · Memorial Cup to feature Canadian Military and World Class Fireworks Section: RCL Displays · Latest International Afghanistan Casualty Count · Why should bureaucrats, officials and other hangers-on outnumber veterans Aid pours in for Lachine 2 to 1 on pilgrimages to battlefields? Legion · Veterans to be honoured with Candlelight Tribute · Sackville Legion to mark anniversary of V-E Day · Family and friends trying to cope with the death of Calgary soldier · Jeunesse Maritime du Saint-Laurent Receives Federal Support for Commemorative Event · Government of Canada Announces New Operational Stress Injury Clinic for Ottawa Members of Lachine's Royal · New figures reveal scope of Afghan mission's mental toll Canadian Legion branch are grateful · 3 centuries, 4 husbands, 109 years for an outpouring of support they have · WWII soldier's body found in France received after their building was · William and Harry raise one million pounds for wounded troops vandalized Tuesday for the second · This may save the life of someone is close to you. time in four months. · Today, May 8th, is 'Victory in Europe Day' Slogans reading "FLQ," for the 1970s · Legion president disappointed after 17-year-old boy urinates on Cenotaph ultranationalist group Front de · May 8 triggers mixed emotions for Max Eisen Libération du Québec, and "Cellule · Remembering the end of the war in Europe Papineau" were spray-painted on the · Seniors' care seen stagnating in homes building. · When should parents (SENIORS) stop driving? · First World War vet regains Canadian citizenship Yesterday, the Legion received · Minister of Veterans Affairs Honours Quebec Citizens donations totalling about $1,300 from community members. The Royal Canadian Legion, Fred Gies Branch 50 (Ontario) Page 1 WEBNEWS Volume - 2 Edition 18 Week Ending May 10, 2008 "Every cent of it will go to improving and May 1945, described as the Minister Of Vereran Affairs' security," said Irene Tait, the Legion's longest single campaign of the war. Battle Of Atlantic Speaches president. A federal government delegation, led The Legion, a community organization by Veteran Affairs Minister Greg for war veterans, doesn't have enough Thompson, and comprised of veterans money to afford state of the art from across the country, is attending surveillance equipment, Tait said. the events, said a news release Battle of the Atlantic Merchant Navy issued earlier this week by Joint Task A fundraiser last week raised $1,000 Ceremony. Force Atlantic. to pay for part of the new equipment. Maritime Museum of the Atlantic Yesterday, several people made Several Halifax buildings are flying Halifax, Nova Scotia donations. One donor put forward flags bearing the naval white ensign, May 3, 2008 $1,000 through the Sun Youth including Province House, City Hall "Honoured Veterans, distinguished organization to keep their identity and Camp Hill Veterans’ Memorial guests, ladies, gentlemen and youth. secret. Building, the release also says. It is a privilege to be here with you Sunday, May 04, 2008 A commemorative service kicks off the today to remember the sacrifices of The Gazette Battle of the Atlantic anniversary, the remarkable men and women who Section: RCL starting at 8:30 a.m. today in CFB served in Canada’s Merchant Navy Halifax’s Faith Centre at the Chapel of during the Second World War. Remembrance. It continues with a Battle of the Atlantic merchant navy and Norwegian wreath- They were ordinary Canadians who remembered laying ceremony at 10 a.m. inside the accomplished extraordinary things. small boats gallery at the Maritime And that is what we honour as we Museum of the Atlantic. mark the 65th anniversary of the On Sunday, about 50 Second World Battle of the Atlantic. War veterans will sail aboard HMCS It was from this very city that many of Sackville. The ship took part in the the Merchant Navy ships began their war’s largest Atlantic convoy in 1944, treacherous journey across the helping escort 167 merchant navy Atlantic -- bringing desperately needed ships to the United Kingdom. supplies and troops to Great Britain The ship departs from HMC Dockyard and beyond. at 9:30 a.m. and will anchor off Point In all, the convoys delivered more than Pleasant Park for a ceremony. 165 million tons of cargo to Great Following the service, HMCS Sackville Britain, keeping that vital lifeline open will commit the ashes of 26 veterans and the chance for victory in the war The Commonwealth Wars Memorial in to the sea. Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, also known alive. as the Sailor's Memorial. A monument to The Canadian Navy ceremony starts These ships routinely carried those thousands of Canadian seaman who at 11 a.m. at the naval monument in extremely dangerous cargo: gave their lives in both World Wars and in Point Pleasant Park, with a wreath- ammunition, oil, and other highly the Korean Conflict. The huge stone cross laying service that will include about is lit by spotlights at night; given the history flammable materials. But this did not 250 Maritime Forces Atlantic stop our merchant mariners. Nothing of Halifax and the reason for its founding, members, in addition to both military this is perhaps the most moving of the would. and merchant navy veterans. city's many monuments. Due to its They proudly braved the great odds location, it is the first and the last thing that The Stadacona band and sea cadets stacked against them. They braved any sailor now sees as they arrive at or will also participate. depart from Halifax Harbour. the elements. The ever-changing sea Later Sunday, the liberation of Holland conditions. And the constant threat of HALIFAX: Military personnel and will be celebrated at the Dutch the deadly German U-boats. civilians are coming together this cenotaph outside Pier 21, starting at And that’s one of the impressive weekend to remember lives lost during 3:30 p.m. New Democrat MP Peter things about these men and women. the Battle of the Atlantic and to mark Stoffer (Sackville-Eastern Shore) and About the national heroes with us the 65th anniversary of the battle to Leo Senz, chairman of the Dutch today. Ask them where they found the protect shipping routes between North Canadian Club of Nova Scotia, will courage to keep crossing the Atlantic America and Europe during the host the event honouring Allied forces and they will just shrug their Second World War. that helped free the Netherlands. shoulders. They will insist they were just doing their duty. Ceremonies are taking place across Sunday, May 04, 2008 the city for the 4,234 Canadian sailors, KRISTEN LIPSCOMBE Staff Reporter, The We know, however, the great price airmen and merchant mariners who Chronicle Herald they paid for serving our country. For were killed between September 1939 Section: Veterans you and me. Page 2 The Royal Canadian Legion, Fred Gies Branch 50 (Ontario) Week Ending May 10, 2008 WEBNEWS Volume - 2 Edition 18 One in seven Merchant mariners It was not waged for hours, or days, or comrades. never lived to deliver their cargoes or even weeks. Instead, it spanned the We reflect upon the horrors of war, of return home to their loved ones. entire Second World War. And its end the lives destroyed, and the dreams of was as elusive as the horizon on the Of the 12,000 men and women who youth lost forever. ocean where it was fought. served in Canada’s Merchant Navy We remember, with ever-lasting during the Second World War, 1,700 Day after day, courageous Canadians gratitude, those who made the would lose their lives in the frigid, dark met the challenge of making the supreme sacrifice; those whose final waters of the Atlantic Ocean. relentless crossings of the treacherous resting places cannot be marked by North Atlantic, sailing from Canada’s In all, more than 4,600 courageous graves. East Coast to a beleaguered British service men and women from the nation, and bringing vital troops and And we are humbled by what you Merchant Navy, Royal Canadian Navy war supplies. have done for our nation. We are and Air Force died at sea during the honoured by your presence today. They were ordinary Canadians who Battle of the Atlantic. And we are forever indebted to you.