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Honouring the peacekeepers Former Victoria Police Department officer Rick Anthony takes a moment to compose himself during the 22nd annual Peacekeepers Memorial Day service in Victoria on Saturday. Anthony, now an Oak Bay police officer, is a veteran of the 2001 United Nation’s Peacekeeping mission in Kosovo. The ceremony recalls the deaths of nine Canadians killed when a missile hit their aircraft over the Golan Heights on Aug. 9, 1974. Forty years later, the tragedy continues to represent the most Canadian lives lost in a single incident as part of a military peace operation since the Korean War. For more on the ceremony, please turn to page A11.
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