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clarke (Small).jpg (23756 bytes) American aerobatics performer Julie Clarke holds a Canadian flag in her hand during a tribute flypast at the International Air Show in Toronto on Labour Day. Five Canadian soldiers were killed in Afghanistan on the Sunday and Monday of the Labour Day weekend,  the most sustained by Canadian troops in a 24-hour period in the war in Afghanistan.
caledonia2 (Small).jpg (57115 bytes) Extra police were on hand during the Labour Day weekend in  Caledonia, Ont., amid concerns that violence would erupt again between residents and Six Nations protesters occupying a local housing development on disputed land. In past months, long weekends have resulted in increased violence. The standoff is in its seventh month. In this photo, an aboriginal flag flies from a vehicle patrolling the occupied land. A few days earlier church leaders, including Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, joined with  native and non-native residents on the banks of the Grand River where they prayed for a peaceful resolution to the dispute.

 
caledonia (Small).jpg (45337 bytes) A car drives by the entrance to the housing development in Caledonia, Ont., that has been occupied by Six Nations protesters for seven months in a dispute over ownership of the land.
panozzo (Small).jpg (64533 bytes) Jack Panozzo, a long-time employee  of Development and Peace, has announced that "After many wonderful years with D&P, I am moving on."  Pannozo, who was with the Catholic organization's communications department, said in an August 31 email to media contacts, "I think the Catholic Media in Canada does and continues to do a wonderful job and is so important in the life of the Church in Canada. It certainly has helped make the work of Development and Peace better known." Panozzo didn't reveal his plans for the future but said, "I certainly hope that we will be working together again...and very soon."
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                 Five years since 9-11

Over 100,000 people  gathered on Parliament Hill Sept. 14, 2001,  for a Day of Mourning  for the victims of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11
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tulips5-2005 (Small).jpg (112473 bytes) Bad weather in May helped push the debt of the annual Canadian Tulip Festival in Ottawa to $390,000. However, the spring event is to continue, although festival organizers say the budget, which was close to $2.5 million this year, will be reduced.

                                                                Photos from previous weeks