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- News Source: United Press International | about 1 month agoThe Canadian military has expanded the criteria for awarding its new military Sacrifice Medal for soldiers injured or killed overseas in non-combat incidents. No one has been awarded the medal approved by Queen Elizabeth 14 months ago because of the...
- News Source: The Globe & Mail | about 1 month agoCriteria for earning Sacrifice Medal disputed Canadian soldiers carry the flag-draped caskets of Major Yannick Pépin and Corporal Jean-François Drouin during a ramp ceremony at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan. The soldiers were killed by a...
- News Source: Canada.com | about 1 month agoSoldiers killed in service-related accidents or suicides will now qualify for a newly created medal intended for military casualties, the Canadian military announced Monday. The Sacrifice Medal was first unveiled in 2008 to recognize only those...
- News Source: Macleans | about 1 month agoBen Walsh is relieved that his son's death in Afghanistan more than three years ago will finally be recognized as a sacrifice...Jeffrey Walsh died in an accidental shooting on a road outside Kandahar City in August 2006. But because his death didn't...
- Blog Source: network.nationalpost.comThe Sacrifice Medal was first unveiled in 2008 to recognize only those killed and wounded by hostile action. The Department of National Defence said Monday it expanded the criteria to include all service-related deaths after concluding a review this
- Blog Source: www.northumberlandview.caThe Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, today announced new criteria for the Sacrifice Medal. First announced in August 2008 by the Governor General as a formal recognition to those who ... "
- Blog Source: thepost.mobiMedal rules altered to cover more soldiers. Artist's rendering of the new Sacrifice Medal. (Courtesy of Governor General of Canada). The Canadian Forces will soon be awarding the first of many new Sacrifice Medals to recognize soldiers ...
- Blog Source: dailyscoops.comEvery Canadian soldier who has died in Afghanistan will be recognized with a Sacrifice Medal under newly revised criteria released today by Defence … Original post · Post to Twitter · Post to Delicious · Post to Digg · Post to MySpace ...
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