Whitby Free Press, 29 Jul 1992, p. 7

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wTYFREE PRESS WEDNESDAY, JVLY 29o 1W%2,PAGE.7 PAGýESEVEN, Pariaih[fentaUiIRepo - A proud hstory. By René Sastens Ontarlo riding MP 'Canadians recognize.their counry's leadership roie. in the' world. Over the years, a. continuingfeéatureof Caniada'. foreign' 0,and defence poic,y ha. been the overali commitment to promoe international peace and, security. lb.e participation of Canadian Forces in pe 9kepn prations h as contrbted directly to the eaigof tensions in tobespt around the word. Noon-bo-hr this roie mor thon the'ý1,200imembers of the Candia AredForces whoar now wering, under the. code nom. Operation Harmony' in the former .Yugoulavia. The 850 Royal 22nd Regi ment and Ryal.Canadian Regment soldiers are protecting the. Sarqjevo airport in Bosnia-Hercegovrna. They are acting on a- request from the, United Nations. to provide emergency aicý W,>i Jctimýg.of tbepiiflict. They will'aisobdserve prisoner exchanges between the two wamrng parties. The unique courage of Canadian peacekeepers is the resultof years of bard woek and dedication. mTe current team in Sarzjevo i. just the lateat chapter in--tis proud history. Since 1947, over 87,000 Canadian men and- wpmen in uniiform have hj1epd, restore or keep thé'rce Canada bas contributed to evr United Nations peace epig mission, since 1960. This include mnaintainingeae in Cyprus, observing disengagement in the. Goand eping t big eaeand democracy te Cambodia. Canada recognies the. international peacekeeping bas its. limitations _- ýits -net on end* initsolK The purpos . of peackeeingis net only te hait'confict but.aiete create the. conditions under which'tii. saiih for'peaceful solutions te the underlying causesof tensions can ha negotiated. This view i. strnglbed by Canadians Wbo. support the peacekeeping operations of the Canadian Forces. 1As the most Important battalion ini tbe Bonian capital, thé. Canadion Regiment -confirms our conimitm.nt te secuityin Europe. As a member of NATO, Canada pays over $230 million each year for the. collective defence of Europe. W. 'con ha proud of our Armed Force, .specially those working bard te keep the peace under- very' difficult circumstances in Sarèùevo. They truly deserve aur support. This sumxner, Ottawals War Museum is featuring a moot unusuald disp1a of military vehicles ad equipment. They're not camufagd h ' ak and olive drab colours a. you'd expect, but instead painted glaring white. That'sse otiiey con b. easily seen and identified a. being on United Nations. duty. The exhibit is a, very well deserved tribut. te tth. peacekeeping activities of our Conadion Armed Forces over thie past 45 years. Most recently, of course, our soldiers have been moldng headlines around the. world because of their valant attempts te restoe peace in what was formerly Yugoelavia. Canadians are justifiably proud of these troops from -the. Royal 22nd Regiment and the. Royal Cana<ian Regiment, and of tiie U.N. commander in Sorajevo area, major General Lewis MacKenzie, of Ottawa. Their courage and. sheer professionalismi is the. resûIt of long years of bard work and highly -specialized training- Many of'uswould be surprised tolerjustiiow mucii international respect and admiration tbey bring to our country. Tiies. troops are maintaining a long-standinig tradition. Ini foot, Canada is the. only nation that ban participated in every on. (f tii. United Nations -p.acekeeping operations since they first began bock in 1947. We'vé sent troops te sucii distant places a. Kasbmir, West New Guinea and Yémen. Our seldiers were involved - in some extremely délicate situations, sucii as restering order in the. former Belgion Congo - now Zaire - and standing on the. Gaza Strip between tbe Egyption ond tiie Israeli armies. More rec.ntly theylve been on U.N. duty in Haiti, Central America and Namibia. Wh.n the. Guf War ended la.t year, Canada was on.of -the. first counitries approacbed for. belp in clearing thie Kuwait-Jraq border. At tiie present time we have troops on U.N. duty in India and Pakistan, the. Middle East, Cyprus, the S8mai, Afghanistan, Western Sahara, Angola, El Salvador, and Cambodia, a. well as tlgi i mYuo.laviat. Il MIII I ~'= u~=~ WhbtryAréhivm b-D 10 YEARS.AGO from tbe Wednes yJuly28, 1982 édition f thie " The Peter Perry Award'i.shared by tbre pope:Morion IrwinJoyce C=eand Mandy,, Crawford. " Kimberley Pettifer, 19, is the. County Town Carnival Quien. " A Ion. man roljbed thié Bank (fOommerce at'tii, Whitby Mail (f $1,69&. " The Minisry of the Environment i. spot checking Whitby cars forpollution.ceptrols. 35 YEARS AGO from thei LbursdayAil 1, 1957 edition *ofthie wurrtsiW RY NEWS *Whitby Planning Board wants large lots in suibdivisions, witii a 50-foot frontage. *A new 36-inch water intake pipe is being-installed by the Public Utilities'Commision at Lake Ontario. *Fortyr men batti.d a hem* fire at PcernFarms, west of Lynde Creek on Hwy 2. *A local firm is seeking 20 pipe wlders at wages (f $3.30 per bour. 100 YEAES AGO frmEn ii. Fiday, July 29, 1892 edition of the --WH IYCHRONICLE " lb, Honm John Dryden had thre. valuable sb.ep lcilld by igbtning earlytus we.k. " A grai elevater witii a capacity ef 25,000 bushels wlll h built4 beside the, Broocklin ralYiray station. " Port Whitb r resdents are complaining.about nude bathing by bops at thIi.bbour. " KS. Pattorson cfWhitby is one of the Ontario CoMms foer orthe WoelIs Fair (f 1893 inCcao .1 mll

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