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‘Geography can be tough’: Canadian Twitter account pokes fun at Russian soldiers’ claims

By Oriana Pawlyk on August 27, 2014 Uncategorized

Canada this week adopted a great sense of humor along with its Burger King takeover. @CanadaNATO tweeted this photo for the Russian soldiers stationed at the Russia-Ukraine border: Reuters reported Wednesday that Russian soldiers have been traveling into Ukraine “by mistake.” But who among us hasn’t accidentally refused to stop and ask for directions and ended up in a war zone…wearing a uniform of an enemy combatant? Right? No? The Kiev government said they had been on a ‘special mission’ “linked to the pro-Russian separatist rebellions in the east,” the report said. The flow of weapons and armored vehicles into…

Grand Forks group ‘Run to the Border’ for Fisher House

By Oriana Pawlyk on June 3, 2013 Charity

*UPDATE: The group ran the route in exactly 33 hours, covering 175.3 miles. They surpassed their $5,000 goal by $150.* A typical Friday probably consists of getting up and going to work, heading home afterward and later venturing out with some friends or watching TV. But these guys have a completely different agenda in mind: run all the way to Canada and back in under 48 hours. “It started kind of as having one last ‘hurrah’ with guys stationed together, but it quickly turned into something more,” said Randy Kitzmiller, special agent with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations…

God save the Queen, eh?

By David Larter on August 17, 2011 Air Force, Royal Air Force

From Edmonton to Winnipeg, Canadians are weighing in on a potentially contentious decision to change the Canadian Air Force back to the Royal Canadian Air Force. According to reports, the conservative government wanted to highlight historic and traditional ties with the British crown and bring a bit of history back to the Canadian military. The Navy will also go back to being the Royal Canadian Navy. Reuters report that the Canadians dropped the “royal” from their name in 1968 when they combined into The Canadian Forces. General Walter Natynczyk, chief of the defense staff, said in the story: “The initiative…

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