A profile of some of the thousands of Canadians who live with brain injuries.

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* Peace Warrior will re-run this Saturday night June 6 CTV at 7:00 PM.
* Trevor working hard on his legs and feet. His new orthos going on this week.
* He is already standing with limited pressure on both feet
* In May, Trevor was in Halifax, NS and received an Honorary Degree Doctorate of Civil Law from Kings College (His Alma Mater)
* In May, he also spoke at the World Trade and Convention Centre as one of the presenters related to Motivation, and in Honor of the International Day of The Family

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The CTV Original Documentary PEACE WARRIOR, Saturday, Dec. 13 at 7 pm – Intimate, one-hour documentary offers an exclusive look into Captain Trevor Greene’s courageous struggle to recover from a horrific axe attack in Afghanistan.
-Canadian Soldier Trevor Greene Defies All Odds.
-Nanaimo soldier’s long journey back
-Video excerpts from the TV show
-Defying the odds, Documentary takes an intimate look into Capt. Trevor Greene’s courageous recovery from an horrific axe attack in Afghanistan.
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-Against All Odds, Ottawa Citizen, December 26, 2008

This is an excellent documentary “The Brain That Changes Itself” based on a book by the same name. The entire ‘Nature of Things‘ episode is available by clicking on the appropriate link on the right side of the screen at this site http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/docplayer_tnot.html.

The Halifax Chronicle Herald, TIM ARSENAULT REMOTE CONTROL, Sat. Dec 13 – 5:53 AM

THE STORY of Captain Trevor Greene’s ongoing recovery from a savage axe attack in Afghanistan had a natural appeal for Vancouver filmmaker Sue Ridout.

“I, like just about every other Canadian, remembers very clearly the headlines about Trevor being attacked in the first place. I think it struck all of us at that time. It really stood out in terms of the stories that came back from Afghanistan around that period of time,” she said during a phone interview from Vancouver.

“He wasn’t sort of your normal stereotypical soldier, if there is such a thing. . . . The irony is that he was there really to help the villagers, more so than to be there in the interests of security. He was really there to kind of reach out to them and he was the one, of all the group, that was attacked.”
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Victoria Times Colonist, By Sandra McCulloch, December 5, 2008

To look at Trevor Greene today, his blue eyes sparkling with life and intelligence as he sits in a wheelchair in his Nanaimo home, you’d never guess he’s the same Canadian soldier who was nearly killed on March 4, 2006, at the hands of an axe-wielding Afghan.

The attack horrified Canadians for its viciousness, and left Greene immobile and unable to speak.

Other people caught in similar circumstances might spend years simmering in anger.
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The CTV Original Documentary PEACE WARRIOR, Saturday, Dec. 13 at 7 pm – Intimate, one-hour documentary offers an exclusive look into Captain Trevor Greene’s courageous struggle to recover from a horrific axe attack in Afghanistan.

Former WILL & GRACE star Eric McCormack provides narration
Vancouver, BC (November 21, 2008) – In March 2006, Captain Trevor Greene was ambushed from behind and struck in the head with an axe that plunged deep into his brain as he sat down to talk to villagers in Afghanistan. News of the horrific attack made headlines across Canada, as the Canadian officer who went to the war-torn country to spread peace was instead left fighting for his life. In the exclusive CTV Original documentary, PEACE WARRIOR, premiering nationally on Saturday, December 13 at 7 p.m. P.S.T./E.S.T. on CTV (visit CTV.ca to confirm local listings), Vancouver filmmaker Sue Ridout provides intimate access to Greene’s remarkable journey, as he first fights to survive the near-fatal attack, and then struggles to reclaim some measure of his former life.
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HEAD GAMES | Originally aired Nov. 19, 2008 on CBC-TV — Repeating on Nov. 23 at 11pm on CBC-TV; Please check your local listings for CBC Newsworld repeat airings

Professional sports players are often viewed as overpaid and under-worked. But after the glory is gone, little is reported about the physical toll the game takes. the fifth estate investigates why professional football players have a life expectancy that is at least 20 years less than that of the general population.

The Edmonton Eskimos of the late 1970s and early 1980s were arguably the greatest football team in CFL history, winning five consecutive Grey Cups (1978-82). Players like York Hentschel, Bill Stevenson and David Boone took the team to the top, but life after football would prove to be so much harder than winning those Grey Cups. In Head Games, the fifth estate’s Bob McKeown discovers that years after retirement, the lives of these players share disturbing similarities with contemporaries who played in the NFL—failure in their personal and business lives, depression, alcoholism, even suicide.
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