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The Cartt.ca Interview: Sportsnet’s Evanka Osmak talks about her trip to Afghanistan

MORALE BUILDING FOR soldiers fighting wars has long been a staple of western armies. Bob Hope was one of the most famous of such giving entertainers, gathering his friends for tours of American Army bases in various hotspots around the world. Canada’s version of the USO involves, of course, something a little more Canadian: hockey. Each year Canada has been in Afghanistan, military brass arranges a trip by some famous hockey players for a quick ball hockey tournament in the primary NATO forces base. Normally, they bring along a broadcaster or two to help call the games – adding a...