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OTTAWA 鈥?The veterans ; grave markers standing in orderly rows are clean and well-maintained on a brilliant summer afternoon.The words on each are easy to read, even those carved decades ago, while the grey stones are all clean, the surrounding grass and flowers are trim and manicured.Such a sight might not be a surprise at the National Military Cemetery in Ottawa, but a new Veterans Affairs audit has found that tens of thousands of other such graves across Canada are in disrepair. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW The culprit A lack of federal funding.The federal government has two ways it maintains the graves of the more than 317,000 Canadians who were either killed in war or otherwise served in the military. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW The first is by funding the Commonwealth War Graves
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stanley cup diers killed in the First and Second World Wars.Canada provides about $1.25 million to the commission, which oversees the graves of roughly 110,000 Canadians whose remains are buried overseas. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW
stanley mug The remaining 207,000 graves in more than 6,000 cemeteries across Canada are the direct responsibility of Veterans Affairs, which is where departmental auditors found significant problems. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Zccg S P/TSX composite rises, oil tops US$115 a barrel
Plan your trip before you ;re on the road 鈥?25 closures are scheduled for roadwork on provincial highways in Halton on Aug. 18, 2023:Highway 401 eastbound between Fifth Line Road, Milton and 407, Miss.-Halton: two alternat
stanley cup ing lanes closed until Aug. 19 at 5 a.m.Highway 401 eastbound between Nassagwaega Road, Milton and Highway 400, Toronto: one alternating lane closed until Aug. 20 at 5 a.m.Highway 401 eastbound between Regional Road 25 and James Snow Pkwy, Milton: three alternating lanes closed until Aug. 19 at 5 a.m.Highway 401 eastbound express between James Snow Pkwy, Milton and 407, Miss.-Halton: one alternating lane closed until Aug. 19 at 5 a.m.Highway 401 eastbound on-ramp at James Snow Pkwy, Milton: all lanes closed until Aug. 18 at 2 p.m.Highway 401 eastbound on-ramp at Regional Road 25, Milton: all lanes closed until Aug. 18 at 2 p.m.Highway 401 eastbound on-ramp at Trafalg
stanley puodelis ar Road, Halton-Milton: all lanes closed until Aug. 18 at 2 p.m.Highway 401 westbound between James Snow Parkway and Regional Road 25, Milton: three alternating lanes closed until Aug. 19 at 5 a.m.Highway 401 westbound between Trafalgar Road, Halton-Milton and James Snow Pkwy, Milton: two alternating lanes closed until Aug. 19 at 5 a.m.Highway 401 westbound on-ramp at James Snow Pkwy, Milton: all lanes closed until Aug. 18 at 2 p.m.Highway 401 westbound on-ramp at Regional Road 25, Milton:
stanley website all lanes closed until Aug. 18 at 2 p.m.Highway 401 westbound on-ramp at Trafalgar Road, Halton-Milton:
