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@BCheadle

I’ve looked at news from both sides now, from up and down, and still somehow ... Opinions are my own.

Ottawa, Ontario
Joined September 2010
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    Dec 11

    PM says he looks forward to announcing permanent public transit funding in the new year

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  2. Dec 6

    The Pop Shoppe

    Age yourself with a store. I’ll go first: RADIOSHACK.
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    Nov 30

    This nugget from today's sums up the choice: run up a big deficit & have unemployment of 8.9% today, or do nothing & have unemployment of almost 20% today (along with a big deficit, anyway!). We are literally richer because of that deficit; it's not a millstone

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    Nov 30

    Based on the latest from today's , combined with my own model of govt finances from () here's a projection for long-term debt/GDP federally. Despite fiscal pressure from COVID, federal finances remain strongly sustainable.

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  5. Nov 28

    I could watch this for hours.

    Crazy agility by Pink the border collie.. Come for the speed - stay for flying hug...
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  6. Nov 27

    Under-rated tweet

    Replying to @alexboutilier
    Yep, heard him myself. So he admits winter is coming. SCANDAL!! He knew it was coming for months, yet did nothing! 🤣
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    Nov 26

    Thank you NWT. Nine provinces and territories are now participating in COVID Alert. The greater the participation, the more it can help. Canada: please mask up, keep your 2m distance, and install the app.

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    Nov 13

    This Maori baby learning the Haka Dance is everything i want to see from the internet 💪🤗

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  9. Nov 11

    Post script: My paternal grandfather, Norman Cheadle, also fought in France for a Scottish regiment. He began his service at Stirling Castle, and almost died of food poisoning in the trenches - family lore says from eating a haggis mailed by his mother.

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    Nov 11

    Anyone notice 90-yr-old vets wearing masks today? They are not complaining they can’t breathe. They are not complaining their rights are being infringed. They are wearing them because they need to wear them so they can honour their comrades during a pandemic.

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  11. Nov 11

    My grandfather never spoke to his family about his war experience. I learned of his hospitalization only from war records.

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  12. Nov 11

    Upon discharge at the end of the war, Ben was given a clean bill of health. His medical questionnaire includes questions about issues with “nervous system” and “disturbance of mentality.” The response to both is “no.”

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  13. Nov 11

    There is a notation that he was “TOS class A”  (taken on strength) on Jan. 23, 1918, “left for unit” a couple of days later and then was listed as “from hospital” on Feb. 2, 1918.

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  14. Nov 11

    Six weeks later he was back in action.

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  15. Nov 11

    He was sent to “Depot Aubergue” on Nov. 22 in Wimereaux, France. Ben was finally “classified neurasthenia” (shell shock/PTSD) on Dec. 12.

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  16. Nov 11

    On Oct. 24 he was sent to the New Zealand Stationary Hospital at Wisques, which dealt with a lot of Passchendaele casualties.

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  17. Nov 11

    After Hill 70 the Canadians were sent Ypres to prepare for the 2nd Battle of Passchendaele. Ben was first listed as NYDN (Not Yet Diagnosed - Nervous) in October.

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  18. Nov 11

    The 3rd brigade was one of 4 that were engaged in the horrific battle of Hill 70 in August 1917.  Ben joined his unit on Aug. 18 with that battle in full swing.

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  19. Nov 11

    On Aug.7, 1917 he was sent to the 4th Canadian Division Ammunition Column (CDAC) in France, assigned to the 3rd brigade of the Canadian Field Artillery.

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  20. Nov 11

    Ben left from Halifax on April 12, 1917 and arrived in Liverpool on April 29. He went to the Shorncliffe, staging point for soldiers being sent to the western front.

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