Blustery weather fails to daunt bridge observers

A driving west wind and snow squalls were not enough to turn away the regular contingent of Cramahe Township residents on the bridges over the 401.

On Monday, December 28, the remains of Lt. Andrew Nuttall passed through the township following the Trenton repatriation ceremony.

Lieutenant Nuttall was the 134th soldier to die in Afghanistan. He died from a blast from an improvised explosive device (IED) while on foot patrol in the town of Nakhoney in the Panjwaii district of southern Afghanistan.

The 30-year-old soldier was the first Canadian to die in almost two months. An Afghan soldier died in the same blast and an interpreter was seriously injured.

Lt. Nuttall,of Prince Rupert, B.C., belonged to the 1st Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry based in Edmonton.