Another Canadian soldier has been killed in Afghanistan. Petty Officer (second class) Douglas Craig Blake died after an improvised explosive device detonated about 25 kilometres southwest of Kandahar City. Brigadier General Dan Menard, the commander of Canadian forces in Afghanistan, says the 37-year old Simcoe native was returning to camp yesterday after disposing of another I-E-D when the blast went off. Blake’s death brings to 143 the number of Canadian soldiers who’ve died as part of the Afghan mission since it began in 2002.
