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'Heroes that our times need' DAVID SHIPLEY Telegraph-Journal Published Thursday April 26th, 2007 Appeared on page A1 As thousands stood in silent tribute, family members of eight fallen soldiers took turns walking to the large stage and lit candles in remembrance of their loved ones. The...

Soldiers 'undoing devil's work' Add to Technorati TOOL HELP MARTY KLINKENBERG tELEGRAPH-JOURNAL Published Friday April 20th, 2007 Appeared on page A1 They stood in the back of a metal cargo container baking like potatoes in the mid-morning sun. The temperature had already climbed to 50 C and...

Hey, thanks for the kudos but it all goes to Mr. Klinkenberg, our boss David Stonehouse, the senior editor for news and biz, and our publisher Jamie Irving for deciding to put our "boots on the ground" as it were. If you're pleased with the kind of coverage Marty's doing, please send him an...

Kids make mission worth it MARTY KLINKENBERG tELEGRAPH-JOURNAL Published Thursday April 19th, 2007 Appeared on page A1 It's not the apprehension or the blooming poppies in a rainbow of colours that J.C. LeBlanc will most remember when he returns to New Brunswick this summer. No, when the...

Offering alternatives to part-time Taliban Marty Klinkenberg Telegraph-Journal Published Wednesday April 18th, 2007 Appeared on page A1 The village of Ghazai rests at the bottom of a steep mountain west of Kandahar, frozen in time. A shepherd holding a staff leads a flock of sheep and goats...

'Close enough to feel the agony' Marty KLINKENBERG Telegraph-Journal Published Tuesday April 17th, 2007 Appeared on page A1 In the first 48 hours Lee Windsor toured the countryside in Afghanistan, the University of New Brunswick professor was a passenger in two military convoys attacked by the...

Story is likely behind our subscripton wall, but I'd like the military community to see the fine work our man in Afghanistan is doing. Link is below. Building trust to rebuild a nation MARTY KLINKENBERG Telegraph-Journal Published Tuesday April 17th, 2007 Appeared on page A1 A few weeks ago...

Please, please, please don't judge all reporters with the same brush. There are those of us, some (including myself) who are former CF members and are just as appalled when people don't show proper respect and decorum.  But there is something you can do. If they are television reporters /...

Mother remembers son as hero fighting for freedom Jeff Ducharme Telegraph-Journal Published Tuesday April 10th, 2007 Appeared on page A1 Outside Pte. David Robert Greenslade's home is a yellow ribbon with a Canadian flag attached to it, tied around a stately old tree. The branches devoid of...

'I'm surprised anybody survived' DAVID SHIPLEY Telegraph-Journal Published Tuesday April 10th, 2007 Appeared on page A1 With a light hail falling and a driving wind blowing outside, civilian and military families came to grips with the death of five New Brunswick-based soldiers Monday. At the...

Soldiering on MARTY KLINKENBERG TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL Published Tuesday April 10th, 2007 Appeared on page A1 On a day in which Canada celebrated the 90th anniversary of its heroic conquest at Vimy Ridge, military officials were left the task of explaining the country's worst wartime disaster in...

Thanks for the info on Sgt. Short. I will make sure his unit is correctly referred to in future stories.

Thanks for that. I'll send a note to my editor for a clarification in tommorrow's newspaper so the mistake is not repeated by others and the record is set straight.

Fallen soldier 'special' leader Tragedy Bathurst chief warrant officer remembered as true leader DAVID SHIPLEY Telegraph-Journal As published on page A1 on November 29, 2006 A New Brunswick soldier from Bathurst is being remembered as an outstanding leader who left his mark on soldiers and...

Premier's message on death of Chief Warrant Officer Robert Girouard (06/11/28) NB 1464 Nov. 28, 2006 FREDERICTON (CNB) -- The following statement on the death of Chief Warrant Officer Robert (Bobby) Girouard of Bathurst was issued today by Premier Shawn Graham. "It is with great sadness that...