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Time To Remember
Nov 7, 2006 | 3:45 PM
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This weekend is Veteran's Day and in Canada it's called Remembrance Day. Essentially it is the same holiday. It is a time to remember the sacrifice our military has made to help keep us free and safe.

I want to take a moment to thank all the men and women who serve this country now and who have served the United States in the past. As a new immigrant to this great country, I am very proud of the work our troops do everyday for us overseas and right here at home.

Thank You.

I would also like to take a moment to share the proud military history of my birth country - Canada. Because Canada is a small country by population ( just 32 million or about the same size as California ) very little is known about the history of the Canadian military and it's service.

Canadian troops served with distinction in both World Wars, the Korean War, the First Gulf War, as well as Bosnia and there are currently Canadian troops fighting in Afghanistan.

Canada is also where the concept of "Peace Keepers" was born. A former Prime Minister - Lester B. Pearson - was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for the concept that helped to end the Suez Crisis in 1956.

If you want to learn more about Canada's military history, please go to:

History of Canada's Military

Thank you to all our veterans and to all of those around the world who are brave enough to stand up for peace and freedom.
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clarbear45 read my blog view my photos
Nov 11, 2006 | 8:16 PM

Hey Robb do know where Lake LaBerege is up in Canada? The lake was named after my father's family long time ago.
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FOX 6 Meteorologist =========================
Rob is an AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist and also holds the National Weather Association Seal of Approval as well as the Endorsement of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society. =========================
A long, long, time ago in a farmers field far, far away, Rob noticed a change in the wind and became fascinated with the weather. Why you ask? (Pause for you to say "why?") Well, it was at that moment he realized he was downwind of the manure pile on the turkey farm where he grew up! After that he watched the weather very carefully in an effort to save his sense of smell! Okay, that's not entirely true but I did grow up on a turkey farm and I have been fascinated with weather and broadcasting for quite some time. I began my career in radio before making the jump to TV. I worked on Good Morning Toronto. After that, I decided to pursue my dream of living and working in the U.S. and joined Wake Up Rochester in Rochester NY. I spent three years in "Bills Country" before coming to my senses and moving to "Packer-Town!" (GO PACK!) I also spent some time trying to make it big as a comic actor and studied the art of improvisation at Toronto's Second City Theatre with teachers like SCTV's Joe Flaherty! I moved here with my beautiful wife, Tanya, who's the real comedian in the family, my son Noah, who's giving my wife a run for the title of funniest Haswell and my daughter Nyla who is the cutest 2 feet of human being you could ever meet! We're very excited to be living in the great city of Milwaukee and we're looking forward to learning all there is to know about Wisconsin! By the way, where do you buy those cheesehead hats anyway?

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