Ford 'couldn’t be happier' about U.S. midterm results

Is Afghanistan in danger of becoming Canada's forgotten war? Parliament is struggling with a bill that would designate the 13-year conflict — where more than 40,000 Canadians served — as a war. The prime minister's Veterans' Week statement mentions the tragedy in Wainwright and service in the first Gulf War, but not Afghanistan. And an increasing number of veterans say the war and understanding what happened is now slipping from the national conscience.