Dog who defied death after almost a month in abandoned well heads home

John and Cindy Billesberger were all smiles as they prepared to take their chocolate lab Bruno home from the University of Saskatchewan’s Western College of Veterinary Medicine on Thursday afternoon. Bruno, seven, was trapped in an abandoned well for 27 days before they found him. He spent more than 22 days at the WCVM while he recovered. (Morgan Modjeski/The Saskatoon StarPhoenix) / Saskatoon
 
   When Bruno the chocolate lab was rescued from an abandoned well in the Estevan area after almost a month without food, his story got international attention.
   As he headed home this week, he still looked thin and wore a cast on one paw, but after 22 days recovering at the University of Saskatchewan’s Western College of Veterinary Medicine, the improvement in his condition was obvious.
   His owners, John and Cindy Billesberger, had been waiting for that moment.
   “After seeing what he looked like when we brought him in and seeing the looks on the vets’ faces, every day — every moment — that he lived was another obstacle that (was) overcome,” Cindy said.
   Bruno went missing on Sept. 17 from the family’s farm near Hitchcock, southeast of Regina. Their efforts to find him turned up nothing until Oct. 14, when John took their other two dogs for a walk and one of them stood over the abandoned well, refusing to move. Bruno was lying in the mud three metres below, injured and near death from starvation...http://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/dog-trapped-in-well-has-happy-ending

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Remembrance Day in pictures: 22 rare images showing the terror, humanity of Canada at war

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First World War sniper Cpl. Francis Pegahmagabow. CWM 20040035-005. George Metcalf Archival Collection Canadian War Museum. Photo taken in 1945. Canadian War Museum
22 rare images showing the terror, humanity of Canada at war

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Indigenous Peoples and the World Wars

Aboriginal War Veterans Monument

An Ottawa monument in honour of Aboriginal War Veterans.

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 by R. Scott Sheffield  
   Thousands of Indigenous peoples served in the Canadian military forces in each conflict, mostly voluntarily. On the home front, most Indigenous communities participated in the national war effort in diverse ways.
    The world wars were dramatic events for Indigenous peoples in Canada. Conflict offered these marginalized populations opportunities to renew warrior cultural traditions, reaffirm sacred treaties, prove their worth to indifferent Canadians, break down social barriers and find good jobs. Thousands served in the military forces in each conflict, mostly voluntarily. In total, more than 500 died and many more were wounded or captured. On the home front, most Indigenous communities participated in the national war effort in diverse ways. Despite their contributions and sacrifices, however, Aboriginal peoples remained marginalized...http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/indigenous-peoples-and-the-world-wars/

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Michael Bublé's Sister Brandee Posts Inspiring Instagram After Nephew Noah's Cancer Diagnosis

By Jen Juneau•@wordswithjen  

   In the days that have passed since news broke of Michael Bublé‘s son Noah undergoing treatment for cancer, the family has received an outpouring of love support from family and strangers alike.
One family member who is using the power of the Internet to spread positivity? Noah’s aunt Brandee Bublé, who is Bublé’s sister.
   “And now these three remain: faith, hope, & love. But the greatest of these is love,” reads the chalkboard writing on the photo — a biblical quote from 1 Corinthians 13:13.
“And we’ve got a lot … ” the children’s book author captioned the sweet message, adding a heart emoji...http://people.com/babies/brandee-buble-inspirational-instagram-nephew-noah-cancer

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Stop Throwing Away Avocado Seeds: They’re Potent Cancer Fighters

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The Story Behind “In Flanders Fields”

By Charles Magill

THE POWER OF REMEMBRANCE

Early on the morning of May 3, 1915, John McCrae sat wearily near his field dressing station, a crude bunker cut into the slopes of a bank near the Ypres-Yser Canal in Belgium. A Canadian military surgeon, he had been at the French line for 12 days under incessant German bombardment, and the toll of dead and wounded had been appalling.
From his position on the road along the canal running into Ypres, McCrae wrote: “I saw all the tragedies of war enacted. A wagon, or a bunch of horses or a stray man, would get there just in time for a shell. One could see the absolute knockout; or worse yet, at night one could hear the tragedy, a horse’s scream or the man’s moan.”
The previous night he had buried a good friend, Lt. Alexis Helmer of Ottawa, blown to pieces by a direct hit from a German shell. Now, as he sat in the early morning sunshine, he could hear the larks singing between the crash of the guns. He could see the rows of crosses in a nearby cemetery.
The field where the cemetery lay was thick with scarlet poppies, their dormant seeds churned up by the guns, blooming despite-or because of-the carnage. McCrae took in the scene and quickly wrote a 15-line poem. Speaking as from the dead to the living, “In Flanders Fields” was to become the most famous poem of the Great War-perhaps of any war.
John McCrae’s family had long shown a penchant for military service and poetry. Back in their native Scotland, McCraes had fought against the English in the 1715 and 1745 rebellions. From 1688 to 1693, they had compiled the famous Fernaig manuscript, containing Gaelic poetry by them and others...http://www.readersdigest.ca/features/heart/story-behind-flanders-fields/?