August

	Dr. Wilton Littlechild, one of the first Aboriginal Members of Parliament, is one of eight people named to the the board of trustees of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg. Littlechild is an Alberta lawyer and regional chief of the Assembly of First Nations who has received the Lifetime Achievement Award as an Aboriginal Role Model and the Order of Canada. Located in Winnipeg, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights will be the first new Canadian national museum in 40 years and is also the first national museum in Canada to be located outside of the National Capital Region. Other appointments to the board, announced by Heritage Minister Josee Verner August 27: Arni Thorsteinson (Manitoba) chairperson, and Gail Asper (Manitoba), Bill Barkley (British Columbia), Ronald Corey (Quebec), the Honourable Constance R. Glube (Nova Scotia), Vim Kochhar (Ontario), Yves Laberge (Quebec), have been appointed as members.
	The University of San Diego isn't backing off its decision to revoke an invitation to Catholic feminist theologian Rosemary Radford Ruether despite a petition sponsored by two U.S. women's religious groups. Ruether had been offered the chair in Roman Catholic theology for the fall 2009 semester but the offer was revoked because she sits on the board of directors of an organization that supports legal abortion. She told Catholic News Service Aug. 21 that she fears the decision will hinder the discussion of controversial issues at Catholic universities.
	Integrity Ottawa members and supporters in the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa -- including priests -- march in the Gay Pride parade in Ottawa August 24. The Christian group provides ministry to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered (GLBT) people and others who are questioning their sexuality.
	Predictions by organizers that the well-publicized "CRY Rally" of social conservative Christians on Parliament Hill August 23 "will likely be the largest non-government event at the Canadian Parliament in recent history," fell far short of the mark. RCMP officers estimated the crowd at between 300-500 people. The rally was one of five being held in cities across Canada this year at an estimated cost of $300,000 and was the third such rally on Parliament Hill since 2002. The CRY is patterned after The Call, formed following the 1997 Promise Keepers' "Stand in the Gap" assembly in Washington. D.C.
	Faytene Kryskow, described as "Visionary Director of TheCall (TheCRY) Canada," speaks passionately to hundreds of "Jesus freaks -- young and young in spirit" at the CRY Rally on Parliament Hill August 23. "We're going to turn Parliament Hill into the Wailing Wall," she said. Police estimated the size of the crowd at between 300-500 people. The CRY is patterned after The Call, formed following the Promise Keepers' "Stand in the Gap" assembly of about 400,000 people in Washington. D.C. in 1997.
	Ottawa Christian recording artist David MacDonald -- a Roman Catholic speaker at the CRY Rally on Parliament Hill August 23 -- called on the crowd of between 300-500 people to witness to gays by telling them, "We love you. Come back to Christ. We don't want you to go where you're going." Leaflets distributed at the rally also called for prayer "for all those who are involved in Gay Pride week in Ottawa, pray that they would know the love of God ...."
	Christians at the CRY Rally on Parliament Hill August 23 prayed for God's blessing in the fight against abortion, pornography, family breakdown and secular humanism. And, as this photo shows, they also turned to face the CTV facility across the street, praying that "God clean up the media."
	Coloured smoke trails a member of the Skyhawks -- the Canadian Forces Parachute team -- as he performs at the 'Classic Air Rallye' show in Ottawa August 23.
	Three members of the Skyhawks -- the Canadian Forces Parachute team -- trail coloured smoke before breaking off for a landing at the 'Classic Air Rallye' show in Ottawa August 23.
	Coloured smoke spirals behind a member of the Skyhawks -- the Canadian Forces Parachute team - as he performs at the 'Classic Air Rallye' show in Ottawa August 23.
	Two members of the Skyhawks parachute team of the Canadian Forces link up during a performance at the 'Classic Air Rallye' show in Ottawa August 23.
Department of National Defence photo [Editors: There is no charge for this photo]	Sergeant Shawn Allen Eades was killed on August 20, 2008 after an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle on Highway 1 in Zharey District at approximately 10:30 a.m., Kandahar time. He was a combat engineer with 12 Field Squadron, 1 Combat Engineer Regiment from Edmonton, Alberta and attached to the Second Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry Battle Group.
Department of National Defence photo [Editors: There is no charge for this photo]	Corporal Dustin Roy Robert Joseph Wasden was killed on August 20, 2008 after an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle on Highway 1 in Zharey District at approximately 10:30 a.m., Kandahar time. He was a combat engineer with 12 Field Squadron, 1 Combat Engineer Regiment from Edmonton, Alberta and attached to the Second Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry Battle Group.
Department of National Defence photo [Editors: There is no charge for this photo]	Sapper Stephan John Stock was killed on August 20, 2008 after an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle on Highway 1 in Zharey District at approximately 10:30 a.m., Kandahar time. He was a combat engineer with 12 Field Squadron, 1 Combat Engineer Regiment from Edmonton, Alberta and attached to the Second Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry Battle Group.
	Friends and colleagues of the two Canadian aid workers who died in a hail of bullets when their car was ambushed in Afghanistan a few days earlier wept and praised the work of the pair at a candle-light ceremony at the monument to Canadian aid workers in Ottawa August 18. About 100 people -- many who work in international development -- also paused for a minute of silence in memory of the two women -- Jacqueline Kirk, 40, a dual British-Canadian citizen from Outremont, Que., and Shirley Case, 30, of Williams Lake, B.C., They were in Afghanistan with the International Rescue Committee working on programs to educate children with disabilities.
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File Photo	Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf, announced his resignation August 18 in a move that allows him to avoid impeachment. "I hope the nation and the people will forgive my mistakes," Musharraf said. Pakistan's ruling coalition has announced earlier that it would seek his impeachment on the grounds of violation of the constitution and misconduct. Musharraf came to power in 1999 in a military coup.
File Photos	Canada's show jumping team at the Beijing 2008 Olympics, Ian Millar, top, Eric Lamaze, below left, and Jill Henselwood, won the silver medal in the equestrian team event August 18. It was the first Olympic medal for a Canadian jumping team in 40 years. Millar, 61, dedicated his medal in memory of his wife Lynn, who died of cancer early this year. It was his first medal in nine tries at the Olympics since the Munich Games in 1972.
	Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin of the Supreme Court of Canada says "misinformation" has been publicly circulated about her personally promoting Dr. Morgentaler for the Order of Canada. She also disputed news reports that it was unusual for the Order of Canada advisory council to vote on a candidate and that the group usually reaches a decision unanimously, the Ottawa Citizen reported August 17. The group routinely votes on a nomination and she said she has only voted once to break a tie, the newspaper said. A coalition of 42 religious and family values groups have filed a complaint against McLachlin and want her removed from the bench. They say she has brought disrepute to the Supreme Court and should avoid sitting on cases dealing with abortion.
	Dennis Mills, a former Toronto Liberal MP and the federal government's representative for World Youth Day 2002, has been appointed as interim chief executive officer of MI Developments, a real estate company controlled by Frank Stronach that holds majority interest in Magma Entertainment Corp. Mills' primary task is to try to break the shareholders' impasse that has paralyzed both MI and MEC in recent months, The Globe and Mail reported August 15.
	Peter Leone, a former U.S. Olympic Team Silver Medalist, rode Candide to victory in the $40,000 National Capital Show Jumping Grand Prix August 17 at the Nepean National Equestrian Park in Ottawa. The win ended back-to-back international show jumping tournaments that have attracted some of the world’s best show jumping competitors, including Olympic, World Championship and Pan American Games veterans.
	Nicknamed, "The Flying Frenchman," Yann Candele rides 'Game Ready' to the winner's circle in the $35,000 Kubota Cup international show jumping tournament at the Nepean National Equestrian Park in Ottawa August 16.
	Mario Deslauriers of Bromont, QC, a two-time Olympian and a winner of the World Cup Final, rode Obelix to a win in the $75,000 Brookstreet Grand Prix at the National Capital Show Jumping Tournament at the Nepean National Equestrian Park in Ottawa August 10. Deslauriers earlier won the Lynn Millar Memorial class and took the first two positions in the $15,000 Atco Derby.
	Human rights activist and former Miss World Canada, Nazanin Afshin-Jam was among several speakers who criticized China's human rights record at a demonstration outside the Chinese embassy in Ottawa August 7 on the eve of the opening of the Olympic Games in Beijing. More than 100 placard-waving protesters representing several cultural groups, religions and countries condemned China's rights record from behind a barricade erected by police across the street from the embassy.
	Former Liberal Justice Minister Irwin Cotler tells demonstrators outside the Chinese embassy in Ottawa August 7 that China's promise to improve its human rights record when the Olympic Games were awarded to China in 2001 has not been fulfilled and that abuses of human rights have escalated. He called it "A betrayal of the Olympic Charter, the Olympic Games and China's pledge to respect both." The demonstration, by over 100 people representing several cultural groups, religions and countries, was held on the eve of the opening of the games.
	Former Liberal Secretary of State David Kilgour speaks to a television reporter during a demonstration by more than 100 protesters across from the Chinese embassy in Ottawa August 7. Kilgour, was one of the speakers at the protest, held on the eve of the opening of the Olympic Games in Beijing. He says a study he prepared with human-right lawyer David Matas last year, showed that the Chinese government has killed and harvested the vital organs of thousands of Falun Gong practitioners.
	Former Liberal Secretary of State David Kilgour is interviewed by a reporter across the street from the Chinese embassy in Ottawa August 7, during a demonstration by more than 100 protesters from several organizations who condemned China's human rights record. Kilgour is pleased that Prime Minister Stephen Harper was not among the dignitaries attending the Olympic Games in Beijing, scheduled to begin the following day.
	With the Chinese embassy in the background, a protester holds a sign accusing China of genocide in Darfur. She was one of more than 100 placard-waving protesters representing several cultural groups, religions and countries who condemned China's human rights record at the demonstration held on the eve of the opening of the Olympic Games in China.
	Ian Millar of Perth, Ont., is all smiles in Ottawa the day before leaving for Beijing August 7 as a member of the Canadian Show Jumping Team for the 2008 Olympic Games. Millar, 61, was at the Nepean National Equestrian Park in Ottawa, ON, where he is Honorary Chairman of back-to-back international show-jumping tournaments in August.
	World class show jumping returned to Canada's national capital August 6 with back-to-back international show jumping tournaments that have attracted some of the world’s best show jumping competitors, including Olympic, World Championship and Pan American Games veterans. Veteran jumper Ian Millar of Perth, Ont., who is Honorary Chairman, was on hand to take part in the opening ceremonies but not to mount up. He left for Beijing August 7 as a member of the Canadian Show Jumping Team for the 2008 Olympic Games.
	Elephants at the African Lion Safari, near Cambridge, Ont., have a new swimming companion.A rare Asian elephant born at the park July 15 is the first third-generation calf born in North America. The 107-kilogram male was born to Mali, an 11-year-old female on loan to the facility from a New York state zoo since 2006, along with her mother, Targa, Canadian Press reported.
	A golden sunset reflects off the Rideau Canal in Ottawa August 2 during the first annual festival marking the canal's recent designation as the only UNESCO World Heritage Site in Ontario. The four-day event included a "parade of lights" flotilla of decorated boats, bands and fireworks. The canal was cited by the UN agency as "the best preserved canal in North America from the great canal-building era of the early 19th century to remain operational along its original line with most of its original structures intact."

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	A flotilla of decorated boats makes its way to downtown Ottawa via the Rideau Canal as part of a four-day festival celebrating the canal's recent designation as the only UNESCO World Heritage Site in Ontario. The canal was cited by the UN agency as "the best preserved canal in North America from the great canal-building era of the early 19th century to remain operational along its original line with most of its original structures intact."