2009-04-24:
04:28:53:
(Compliments of the Canadian Press)
Another Canadian soldier is dead in Afghanistan. The military says that 30-year old Maj. Michelle Mendes based in Ottawa, was found dead in her room at the Kandahar Airfield yesterday afternoon. The statement says the incident is under investigation, although enemy action has been ruled out as a cause of death. No further details are available.
The latest death brings to 118 the total number of Canadian soldiers who have died during the Afghan mission since it began in 2002.
