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Empresses of the transpacific fleet On April 28, 1891, Canadian Pacific’s Royal Mail Ship Empress of India completed its maiden voyage. It had sailed from Liverpool, across the Mediterranean, through the Suez Canal, across the Indian and Pacific oceans, and arrived in Vancouver. https://legionmagazine.com//empresses-of-the-trans-pacifi/

Military selects new uniform camo It seems like yesterday when the Canadian military last unveiled a new camouflage pattern uniform. Their pixelated look, known as the Canadian Disruptive Pattern, or CADPAT, was computer-designed to reduce the likelihood of detection by night-vision equipment as well as the naked eye. https://legionmagazine.com//military-selects-new-uniform-/

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At noon on Jan. 17, 1917, a group of comrades were eating a lunch of bully beef and hardtack near Vimy, France, when their dugout was damaged by German shelling. https://legionmagazine.com///travels-of-a-wounded-soldier/

Many CAF veterans live with chronic pain. More than 40 per cent of veterans who left the military since 1998 have chronic paintwo to three times the rate of civilians. #BellLetsTalk https://legionmagazine.com/en/2021/01/pain-centre/

Isolation leads to loneliness, which can lead to major depression, which is implicated in the development of a host of health effects including increased risks of heart attack, insomnia, increased pain sensitivity, weakened immune system and suicidal thoughts and behaviour. #BellLetsTalk https://legionmagazine.com//military-health-matters-check/

A veteran has to raise a hand and ask for help. Problem is, suicidal veterans are unlikely to ask for help. Help has to come to them. But government programs first have to know the veteran needs help. Catch-22. #BellLetsTalk https://legionmagazine.com//2020/09/life-affirming-support/

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