A Repatriation Ceremony Goes Today for Five Canadians

By News Staff

Posted Jan 3, 2010 06:34:30 AM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

The bodies of four Canadian soldiers and a Canadian journalist killed in Afghanistan are due to arrive today at C-F-B Trenton.

Sergeants George Miok and Kirk Taylor, Corporal Zachery McCormack, Private Garrett Chidley were killed by a roadside bomb on Wednesday.

The deaths raised the number of Canadian soldiers who’ve died in the Afghan mission to 138.
Two Canadian civilians have also been killed.

The body of Calgary Herald reporter Michelle Lang will also arrive home today.

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