{"id":1550,"date":"2021-09-20T00:26:43","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T00:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/?p=1550"},"modified":"2021-09-20T00:32:27","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T00:32:27","slug":"couturier-jonathan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/2021\/09\/20\/couturier-jonathan\/","title":{"rendered":"Couturier, Jonathan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jonathan Couturier was a huge fan of hockey, his Ford Mustang and his mom. She called him her \u2018little calf\u2019 because of the way he called her \u2018Mooooooom.\u2019<\/p>\n

As a child he was very bubbly and quite the little joker, but he was also such a loving a caring person that he would bring home any stray he found on his way, whether it was a Boxer, a Husky, or anything else.<\/p>\n

In Afghanistan, he would get up in the middle of the night in the camp if he noticed any mice come in and he would catch them to release them back outside so that they would not end up in traps that were set up.<\/p>\n

He always made everyone around him smile and bettered their day. Jonathan was a morale booster in life as in the forces. In Afghanistan right until the day he died, he joked around with the guys and made them all laugh. He always did it in a polite and respectful way. Colleagues described Jonathan as their \u2018little brother,\u2019 who was known for his sense of humour even in difficult times.<\/p>\n

He joined the Forces because he needed a challenge and he always wanted to help. While in Afghanistan, he always tried to get to know the locals and to \u201cwalk in their shoes.\u201d<\/p>\n

By Susan Blackman Abma<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Portrait by Susan Abma<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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September 4, 1988 – August 1, 2009
\nHometown: Val d’Or, Quebec
\nUnit: 5 Combat Engineer Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Royal 22e R\u00e9giment Battle Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1552,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nCouturier, Jonathan - Project Heroes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/2021\/09\/20\/couturier-jonathan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Couturier, Jonathan - Project Heroes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"September 4, 1988 - August 1, 2009 Hometown: Val d'Or, Quebec Unit: 5 Combat Engineer Regiment, 2nd Battalion, Royal 22e R\u00e9giment Battle Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/2021\/09\/20\/couturier-jonathan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Project Heroes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-20T00:26:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-09-20T00:32:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2-Portrait-Couturier1IGP-1132014-3668.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"504\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"648\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michael\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/2021\/09\/20\/couturier-jonathan\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/projectheroes.ca\/2021\/09\/20\/couturier-jonathan\/\",\"name\":\"Couturier, Jonathan - 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