Family
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Good Friends We Have, and Good Friends We’ve Lost
Good friends we have, oh, good friends we’ve lostAlong the way.In this great future, you can’t forget your past;So dry your tears, I say. – Bob MarleyIt has been a season of loss, but such is the nature of life I suppose. We make much of the loss of our human friends,
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One Year On…
Today marks the one year anniversary of the murders of Brock Myrol, Leo Johnston, Peter Schiemann and Anthony Gordon, four members securing a crime scene near Mayerthorpe Alberta. If you ever wanted to know how a member feels about the death of a colleague, friend, fellow member, I can think of no words more eloquent
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Photocopy Boy
When Kevin first arrived at La Ronge Detachment it was impossible to get information at a call. One of those people who was larger than life, he was also larger than the rest of us. Kevin stood 6 foot 7, and just after graduation at Depot, weighed 285 lbs. Walking into a call would go
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At last.
For My Daughter in Reply to a Question David Ignatow We’re not going to die,we’ll find a wayWe’ll breathe deeplyand eat carefullyWe’ll think always on life,There’ll be no fading for you or for me.We’ll be the firstand we’ll not laugh at ourselves everand your children will be my grandchildren.Nothing will have changedexcept by addition.There’ll never
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What’s in a name?
For Inuit, naming a baby is very important. Generally speaking babies are named after someone, usually someone who has passed on, and it is believed that the child "takes on" the spirit of the person they are named after. In essence they grow into the name. Leah’s youngest sister, for example, is named after her
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It’s a Girl!
Our daughter was born at 11:09 am this morning in Iqaluit. Seven pounds eight ounces. Everyone is fine and we’re hoping she’ll arrive here on Monday’s plane. No first name yet, but we’re working on it, we’re working on it.
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Remembrance Day
They grow not old, as we who are left grow old.Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.At the going down of the sun, and in the morning,We will remember them. Remembrance Day is by far one of the most important days of my year. A day which holds so much meaning and emotion