Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Aaron Krogman, Amanda Lindhout, Andrew Kooman, Barry Long (ice hockey), Bill Bourne, Blake Wesley, Brad Leeb, Brandon Sutter, Cal Dallas, Charles Leonard Huskins, Chris Mason (ice hockey), Cory Morgan, Darren Dreger, Dave Rochefort, Don MacBeth, Earl Dreeshen, Geoff Aunger, Glenn Hicks, Glen Wesley, Jamie Sale, Jason MacDonald, Josh Rimer, Justin Cooper (Canadian football), MacGregor Sharp, Mark Tinordi, Mary Anne Jablonski, Mike Toal, Ossie Asmundson, Paul Manning (ice hockey), Paul Postma, Randy Moller, Randy Turnbull, Ronald Allen Smith, Ron Anderson (ice hockey b. 1945), Russ Walker (ice hockey), Sigmund Brouwer, Trent Hunter. Excerpt: Amanda Lindhout (born June 12, 1981) is a Canadian humanitarian and former journalist. In 2008, she and members of her entourage were kidnapped by Islamist insurgents in southern Somalia. She was released 15 months later on November 25, 2009, and has since embarked on a philanthropic career. As a journalist, Lindhout was based out of Baghdad, Iraq, and worked on a freelance basis for Iran's Press TV. She also had a column for Alberta's Red Deer Advocate newspaper. It was also reported that she worked freelance for France 24, but after her release "Nathalie Lenfant, a spokeswoman for France 24, said the network had turned down her proposal to act as a correspondent from Iraq as well as her subsequent suggestion that she report from Somalia. During her capture, Ms. Lenfant said, France 24 decided to confirm that Ms. Lindhout had been on a freelance assignment, even though that was not the case." Ms. Lenfant explained that "We thought it would be better if she could be seen to be part of the structure of a larger company." On August 23, 2008, Amanda Lindhout and Nigel Brennan, a 37-year-old freelance Australian photojournalist from Brisbane, were kidnapped along with their Somali translator, Abdifatah Mohammed Elmi, their driver, Mahad Isse, and a driver from the Shamo Hotel, Marwali. They were believed to be traveling in a vehicle and were stopped by gunmen as they were going to visit a refugee camp. The abductors were teenage insurgents from the Hizbul Islam fundamentalist group. On September 17, Al Jazeera featured footage of Lindhout and Brennan in captivity surrounded by gunmen. On October 13, 2008, the kidnappers demanded a ransom of US$2.5 million by October 28. On February 23, 2009, the Canadian Association of Journalists urged Prime Minister Stephen Harper to help secure the release of Lindhout and Khadija Abdul Qahaar, a Canadian woman who was kidnapped in November. Elmi and the two drivers were released on January 15, 2009. The kidnappers later lowered the r