,&905-878-8101 aA tAcesrs DLQMVMDMUpholstery Repairs Mitn omunity Nesae ince 1860 Weend Edt1 idhil ear @'4A Namned Canada 's Top Comtnurnty Newspaper www.miltoncanadianchampion.com MILTON 876-4785 S PO0R TS 'Royal' expenience awaits equestrian N EW S Influenza season has begun: Nosal A & E Thiis month at A.M. Gallery Nov.12 fundraiser to benefit iii baby GRAHAM PAINE / cANADIAN CHAMPION Canadian Army Master-Cpi. Matt Muir has returned f rom Afghanistan after suffering a spinal infection. Milton soldier homne from Afghanistan By ieremy Grimaldi Kandahar, Afghanistan, where many CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF Canadian soldiers are holding tough against a tougb enemy - the Taliban. After training for years to fight for bis lmmediately Muir got dlown to work country in far-flung places around the setting out on countless patrols to inves- world, Master-Cpi. Matt Muir finally got tigate suspicious movements and pack- bis chance to put bis knowledge to ages witb the rest of bis platoon. work. »"We went througb so mucb training In April he was sent witb the rest of tbat you feel comfortable putting your bis army comrades to an unnamed loca- life in someone elses bands," said the tion in tbe Panjwaii district, just east of 22-year-old. 'You can develop some interesting relationsbips under tbose circumstances. I made a lot of good friends." By ail accounts he was baving "the most interesting time" of bis young life, learning about a new culture, interacting witb cbildren and doing bis best to keep tbe local population safe. "The Afgban people loved us. Tbey were very kind and always inviting us into tbeir bomes for tea," said tbe for- esee REMEMBRANCE on page A23 By Christina Commisso CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF In the 1960s, thrcc- and-a-hallrnonth-old Kaittyn Costanzo wouldn't live long enough to expeni- ence her first day of Kindergarten. Todlay, her Iparents are hopeful, the youngster wiIl live into her thirties. Kaitlyn is one of the 3,600 babies in Canada Who, eacb year, are bomn witb cystic fibrosis. "0f course we'rc hop- ing for a cure in her life- time," said mom Shannon Gwillam. "There are lots of medications that are going to bopefully prolong her life.", Shes hoping an upcom- ing fundraiser for httle Kaitlyn will help raise awareness about the dev- astating disease. On Friday, Nov. 12 friends of the Costanzo- Gwdllam family will host tbe event at the local brancb of the Royal Canadian Legion on Charles Street. "A lot of people don't know about gerretic disor- ders and bave no idea what cystic fibrosis is," said Gwillam. According to Dolores Adams, manager of tbe Friends of the Costanzo- Gwillam family are hoping ta raise funds for baby Kaitlyn, who has cystic fibrosis. Peel and district chapter of the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, one in 25 Canadians are carri- ers of the cystic fibrosis (CF) gene, and if both par- ents carry the gene, theres a one in four chance their cbild will bave CF "Ifs scary. You're born witb this disease; you will die from this disease," said Adams. She said years ago CF was mistaken for pneumo- nia and was rarely diag- nosed. Today, babies undergo a newborn screening for CF The genetic disorder is present from birtb. CF is a multi-organ disease that affects te Iungs and diges- tive system; a build-up of tbick mucus in the lungs causes severe breatbing problems. It may be diffi- cuit to clear bacteria from esee TICKETS on page A4 Joen --D OU - -- - - - - - - - - - - - 1