Quick Link (Aug. 15, 08): Special Coverage on Veteran Affairs

Canadian Veteran Affairs:

'The forgotten army'
By Percy Smith, BC Local News: Aug. 14, 08

Between 7,000 and 8,000 Canadians fought in Burma, but few Canadians, if any, remember. So the phrase, “the forgotten army,” had its beginning. More

Minister Issues statement on the occasion of V-J Day
By Veteran Affairs Canada: Aug. 14, 08

More than a million Canadians served overseas during the Second World War, more than 10,000 of them in Hong Kong, Burma and other Far East theatres. The Far East campaign was the longest of the war, and Canadians were part of it from the start. More

20th Anniversary of 8888:

Burmese-Canadians Commemorate ‘88 Pro-Democracy Uprising
By Cindy Chan, Epoch Times: Aug. 09, 08

Solemn events were held by Burmese Canadians and supporters across Canada on August 8 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the democracy movement in Burma. More

88 uprising scorched in Burmese memory
By Olivia Ward, Toronto Star: Aug. 06:08

For Burma's long-suffering people, Aug. 8, 1988 is a date etched in blood: a national trauma that left scars still unhealed. It commemorates a rebellion that dared to demand democracy, and won a bitter moral victory in its defeat. More

The resistance continues, 20 years later
By Kate Heartfield, Ottawa Citizen: Aug. 05, 08

“Every single day I live with the guilt," says Toe Kyi. He's talking about survivor guilt. He was one of the young activists who rose up in Burma in the summer of 1988. More

Amnesty concert puts spotlight on human rights violations around the world
By Sharon Ulrich, Lethbridge Herald: Aug. 9, 08

Under scorching skies, small gatherings of people in various corners of Galt Gardens were reminded of human atrocities in one corner of the globe and a sense of freedom in another. More

Thousands take part in global day of protest as Beijing Games open
By Toronto Star/Canadian Press/AP: Aug. 9, 08

About 200 people took to the streets of Toronto yesterday to protest human rights violations in China. The group, which consisted mostly of Tibetan and Burmese protesters, marched from the Ontario Legislature to the Chinese consulate. More

-Cyclone Relief Efforts-

Canadian aid worker says efforts to help cyclone Nargis victims slow process
By Canadian Press: July. 30, 08

Andrew Kirkwood, Save the Children's Myanmar director, said, where he's on a brief leave, that distributing items such as cooking and eating utensils, plastic containers, blankets, clothes and mosquito nets to disaster victims usually takes about three months. More

Grief over missing family lingers
By Thulasi Srikanthan, Ottawa Citizen: July 18, 08

Nearly 11 weeks after a deadly cyclone devastated Burma, Ottawa resident San Aye still doesn't know if his family members are alive. Nothing has been able to shed light on the fate of his two brothers and two sisters. More

Feds match Chinese, Burma aid donations
By Mike Adler, Inside Toronto: Aug. 14, 08

The Chinese and Burmese communities were at Scarborough's Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto to hear International Cooperation Minister Bev Oda say her government matched $30 million raised for victims of the Sichuan earthquake and $11.6 million for cyclone relief in Burma. More

-Food Crisis on India-Burma border-

Another food crisis
By Kate Heartfield, Ottawa Citizen’s The World Next Door blog: July 22, 2008

As if the state of the world's food supply weren't bad enough: Apparently, in the Indian state of Mizoram and Chin State in Burma, there's a mass flowering of bamboo every half-century or so. The flowers produce seeds, which attract rats, which flourish until the bamboo seeds are all eaten. More

Flowering Bamboo Leads to Starvation in Burma
By Joan Delaney, Epoch Times: Jul 22, 2008

A Burmese advocacy team is seeking Canada’s help for 100,000 people in Burma’s Chin State who are facing a serious food crisis as a result of a rat invasion. The mass flowering of bamboo has led to an explosion of rats which are destroying basic crops and paddy fields in the region. More

Canadian worked with Burmese refugees honoured
By Nathan Taylor, the Packet and Times: Aug. 12, 08

David Downham has been recognized for his contributions to the medical profession at home and abroad. The co-founder of Project Umbrella Burma, a charity that assists Burmese refugees, was recently awarded an honorary membership with the Canadian Medical Association (CMA). More

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*The Canadian Friends of Burma (CFOB) is federally incorporated, national non-governmental organization working for democracy and human rights in Burma since 1991. Contact: Suite 206, 145 Spruce St., Ottawa, K1R 6P1; Tel: 613.237.8056; Email: cfob@cfob.org; Web: www.cfob.org

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