Cpl. Brent D. Poland, of the 2nd Battalion, the Royal Canadian Regiment. (Photo courtesy of Canadian Forces Image Gallery/ Canadian Virtual War Memorial)Friday marks 15 years since Cpl. Brent Donald Poland of Camlachie was killed in Afghanistan.
Poland, of the Royal Canadian Regiment, died on April 8, 2007. He was 37 years old.
He and five other soldiers were killed when the armoured vehicle they were in drove over a roadside bomb, read a national defence news release.
Poland was buried at the Brigden Bear Creek Presbyterian Cemetery. He has been remembered in the community during past dedication ceremonies and Remembrance Day services.
The Buffalo Bills defeated the visiting Detroit Lions 41-31 in their first game at the new Highmark Stadium Thursday
The head of Canadian Energies Ltd. says a clean energy manufacturing plant proposed for Chatham-Kent (CK) will create thousands of jobs in CK and across southwestern Ontario.
A litany of documents regarding the proposed Dresden landfill and waste transfer facility is now publicly available at the municipality's Let’s Talk Chatham-Kent Defend Dresden webpage.
Chatham-Kent Health Alliance (CKHA) has a new psychiatrist.
A 48-year-old Harwich Township man has been charged with impaired driving after a vehicle ended up in a ditch in Wheatley.
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say emergency 9-1-1 telephone services across the province have largely stabilized following periodic outages early Thursday morning.
