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Every day, Canadian police put their lives on the line to bring
safety and security to our communities. Fallen Officers is a
memorial to the men and women shot in the line of duty. Their
heroic stories and tragic sacrifices deserve to be remembered: *
Four Mounties from Mayerthorpe were shot while trying to apprehend
James Roszko, who was suspected of having a marijuana
grow-operation on his property. In a high-risk drug raid gone
horribly wrong, Basil Parasiris shot Laval Constable Daniel Tessier
to death before surrendering. * After pulling over a truck for
failing to turn down its high beams, Constable Dennis Strongquill
was gunned down by Robert Mario Sand, who was the subject of a
Canada-wide warrant. Veteran Corporal Jim Galloway was shot by
Martin Ostopovich, a diagnosed schizophrenic, as Ostopovich tried
to flee from police. Constable Marc Bourdages and single mother
Constable Robin Cameron are killed by Curtis Dagenais after
pursuing him near Mildred, Saskatchewan. An all-out manhunt ensued
when the body of Constable Christopher Worden was discovered at an
apartment building in Hay River, Northwest Territories.
It takes a special recipe--one part courage, one part skill, a big
dash of crazy--to make a bush pilot. These unique aviators, flying
over the vast wildernesses of the United States, Canada and
Australia, often reach the status of legends. In this book, Peter
Boer looks at famous Canadian bush pilots, many of them former
fighter pilots of the Second World War. These brave young men and
women took to the skies to bring food, medicines and mail to
isolated Canadian communities. The names of men such as Wop May and
Punch Dickins are synonymous with courage in the face of hardship.
The remarkable stories of May and Dickins, as well as those of Doc
Oaks, Fred Stevenson, James Caldwell, Chuck McAvoy, Con Farrell and
many others, are told in this entertaining collection.
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