Canada at a Glance: PM.

Resource News International, May, 2006

Byline: Resource News International

WINNIPEG, MB, May 29, 2006 (Resource News International via COMTEX) -- The following is a quick glimpse of the news making the headlines in Canada.

ROCKET ATTACK INJURES CANADIANS

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Five more Canadians were wounded and narrowly escaped more serious injury when a Taliban rocket hit their armoured vehicle near two open ports during an ambush early Monday in ongoing fighting in Afghanistan's Panjwai area.

The firefight erupted about 1:30 a.m. as the patrol, comprised primarily of the Edmonton-based First Battalion of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry and the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery from Shilo, Man., was returning from a village in the Zhari area and surprised a...

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