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A local World War II soldier final resting place overseas is in good hands.Denmark resident Peter Richter supervises the
stanley spain gravesite of seven Canadian fliers in Idom. All seven, including Renfrew native Sgt. John Peter Grace, were members of the Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF 424 Squadron during the Second World War. I do this in respect of the ultimate price the seven young men paid for our freedom, he said. The gravesite is maintained by the churchyard gardener, as are all graves at that spot. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW
stanley cup Grace, who attended Renfrew Collegiate Institute, enlisted in the RCAF in 1942, was commissioned as a flight officer a year later and was eventually promoted to flying officer.On Oct. 15, 1944, he, along with his crew, were flying the Halifax III MZ901 when it was shot down by an enemy fighter and crashed near Idom, in its fourth year of Nazi oc
stanley flask cupation at the time. The fuel ignited on impact, killing the entire crew. The Renfrew flier was only 20. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW The bodies were buried in a common primitive grave in a corner of the field of the crash site. The local Danes planted small rose bushes and decorated the grave site despite the Nazi occupation force forbidding any activities at the grave, Richter said. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Shortly following the end of the war, the crew was reburied at I Qjeo Burlington named best mid-sized city five years in a row by MoneySense
TORONTO 鈥?North American stock markets lost some ground midweek as the technology and materials sectors took hits from rising bond yields.The 10-year U.S. treasury yield rose to 1.48 per cent from 1.4 per cent. That still below the 52-week high of about 1.6 per cent set last week that caused stock markets to falter.Rising bond yields have an influence on investor interest in the tech sector. The sector elevated valuations can be justified when rates are low b
stanley kubek ut that is thrown by the wayside when they start to rise, says Allan Small, senior investment adviser at HollisWealth, ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Any time you seem to be seeing a little bit higher yields, you ;re seeing tech stocks roll over and get sold off, he said in an interview.The SP/TSX composite index closed down 100.93 poin
stanley cup ts to 18,320.67. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 121.43 points at 31,270.09. The SP 500 index was down 50.57 points at 3,819.72, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite was down
stanley cup 361.04 points or 2.7 per cent at 12,997.75.Shopify Inc. was the worst performer on the Toronto index, falling 6.6 per cent as the tech sector lost 3.6 per cent and BlackBerry Ltd. was down nearly three per cent. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Health care, materials and utilities were also lower.
