Trenton News

I've written this for and about the unsung heroes of the Second World War. Especially one.

Sapper Steven Marshall, from the 1st Combat Engineering Regiment in Edmonton, was killed by an improvised explosive device that detonated near his patrol near Kandahar on Friday.

A military aircraft carrying a flag-draped coffin with the remains of Sapper Steven Marshall, 24, of Calgary, touched down at the Canadian Forces Base in Trenton, Ont., Tuesday.

The body of Lieut. Justin Boyes is back on Canadian soil after the plane carrying his casket landed at Canadian Forces Base Trenton, Ont., Saturday afternoon.

Undated handout photo of Sapper Steven Marshall, who was killed October 30, 2009 while on patrol in Panjwaii District about 10 kilometres southwest of Kandahar City.

The body of the latest Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan will arrive in Canada on Saturday afternoon.

According to Ontario Health Officials it may be some time before everyone who wants the vaccine is allowed to get the shot.

As fellow soldiers sent the body of Sapper Steven Marshall home yesterday, grieving friends in Canada braced for the sorrowful return of their fallen comrade.

The body of a Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan earlier this week has arrived home.

A fund set up by former general Rick Hillier to support military families in crisis is about to get a massive shot in the arm thanks to the efforts of a private foundation.

Newfoundland's own Rick Hillier, 54, was Canada's most quotable and plain-speaking top soldier of recent vintage.

ABOARD CANFORCE 99 - The lights of a lonely village twinkled below as Maj. Tim Burke manoeuvred the giant, camouflaged C-17 Globemaster into position for a spine-tingling, rapid descent into Kandahar Airfield with a 43,000-kilogram load of ammo, mail, medical supplies, computers and paper cups for Canadian troops fighting the Taliban in southern ...

Dwyer Hill will continue to be home for the military's Joint Task Force 2 counter-terrorism unit until after the Olympic Games, says the officer in charge of the Canadian Forces special operations command.

The plane carrying the flag-draped coffins of the two latest Canadian soldiers to die in combat in Afghanistan touched down Sunday afternoon at CFB Trenton for a private and sombre repatriation ceremony.

The military will move its Ottawa-based Joint Task Force 2 counter-terrorism unit to Trenton, Ont., as it prepares to launch a further expansion of the country's special forces.

A Canadian man was convicted in federal court in Buffalo of importing 493 pounds of marijuana into the United States.

A Cole Harbour couple went to an Ontario treatment centre earlier this month, excited to see their troubled grandson who is in the temporary care of Nova Scotia's Community Services Department.

Phone users in eastern Ontario and regions surrounding Montreal will get new area codes starting in mid-2010, an organization representing telecommunications companies said Tuesday.

Several Canadian military assets scoured the waters between Vancouver and Port McNeill on Wednesday for a 67-year-old woman who went missing from a cruise ship.

Private Jonathan Couturier from the 2nd Battalion, Royal 22e Regiment, based in Valcartier, Quebec was serving as a member of the 2nd Battalion, Royal 22e Regiment Battle Group.