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CANADA NEWS

Canada in Afghanistan

Intelligence officer and ex-diplomat Richard Colvin, right, arrives at a commons special committee on Afghanistan hears witnesses on transfer of Afghan detainees on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ont., on Wednesday November 18, 2009.

THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Sapper Steven Marshall, 24, was killed while on foot patrol in Panjwai district in Kandahar province.

DND

Canadian Lt. Justin Boyes is shown in a military handout photo. Lt. Boyes, 26, of 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Light Infantry based in Edmonton, Alta., was killed when his foot patrol was struck by an improvised explosive device 20 kilometres southwest of Kandahar city.

THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Department of National Defence-Sgt.Daren Kraus

Rick Hillier says he argued for Canada to take over responsibility for the reconstruction of the airport in Kabul.

AP

Cpl. Matthew Wilcox, the 24-year-old soldier from Glace Bay, N.S., who was convicted in July of criminal negligence causing death and neglect of duty, is framed by a railing as he is escorted from his sentencing hearing in Sydney, N.S. on Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. Cpl. Kevin Megeney of Stellarton, N.S. was shot in his tent in Kandahar in March of 2007.

THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

The parents of Cpl. Kevin Megeney, Karen and Dexter Megeney enter the courtroom at the Victoria Park Garrison Tuesday, Sept.29, 2009 to hear the sentencing of Cpl. Matthew Wilcox. Wilcox has been found guilty of criminal negligence causing death and negligent performance of a military duty for the fatal shooting of Cpl. Megeney in March of 2007 in Afghanistan.Sentencing was postponed until Wednesday after morning proceedings Tuesday.

THE CANADIAN PRESS/Vaughan Merchant

Relatives of Cpl. Matthew Wilcox, the 24-year-old soldier from Glace Bay, N.S., who was convicted in July of criminal negligence causing death and neglect of duty, heads from his sentencing hearing after his mother, Ann Wilcox, testified in Sydney, N.S. on Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. Cpl. Kevin Megeney of Stellarton, N.S. was shot in his tent in Kandahar in March of 2007.

THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

Cpl. Matthew Wilcox, the 24-year-old soldier from Glace Bay, N.S., who was convicted in July of criminal negligence causing death and neglect of duty, arrives at his sentencing hearing in Sydney, N.S. on Friday, Sept. 11, 2009. Cpl. Kevin Megeney of Stellarton, N.S. was shot in his tent in Kandahar in March of 2007.

THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

Pte. Jonathan Couturier, 23, has been identified as the victim of an IED strike southwest of Kandahar city. Couturier, 23, a member of 2nd Battalion, Royal 22e Regiment, based in Valcartier, Que., was killed when his vehicle detonated an improvised explosive device some 25 kilometres southwest of Kandahar city.

DND/Canadian Press

This undated photo of Pte. Patrick Lormand, 21, who was killed by an IED strike southwest of Kandahar city on Sept. 13, 2009. Lormand, of the 2nd Battalion, Royal 22nd Regiment was killed and four others were injured in a roadside IED blast approximately 13 kilometres southwest of Kandahar city.

THE CANADIAN PRESS/ HO- DND