Body of soldier killed in Afghanistan back in Canada

[CBC News]

Friends and family wept as the body of a soldier who died from a gunshot wound at Kandahar airfield was returned to Canada Friday in a ceremony at CFB Trenton.

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Okay...I'm going to ask this...it may be seen as being disrespectful...BUT...I'm going to ask it anyway. Is this really news? Is this news story necessary? I mean...it's kind of a given, in a way...it doesn't really offer us anything. It just states that the body returned, and family and friends gathered, and there was sadness...well...yaaaaa...that happens. So...is it news?