Category Archives: Defence
How a golf game led to talks between the military and sex misconduct survivors
OTTAWA — Royal Canadian Navy commander Vice-Admiral Craig Baines admits he made a mistake by golfing with retired general Jonathan Vance last summer while the former chief of the defence staff was being investigated for alleged sexual misconduct. But i...
‘Special partnership:’ Canadian loan of $120 million welcomed by Ukrainian president
OTTAWA — The president of Ukraine has thanked Canada for a $120-million loan aimed at bolstering his country's economy amid a hostile buildup of 100,000 Russian troops and hundreds of tanks and armoured personnel carriers along its borders. Volodymyr Z...
Canada gives $120M loan to help bolster Ukraine against Russia threats
OTTAWA — Canada is giving Ukraine a $120-million loan to help bolster its economy and aid as it faces a hostile buildup of Russian forces on its borders. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the loan today, saying he was answering a
Ukraine embassy calls on Canada to send weapons, expand training and sanction Russia
OTTAWA — The Ukrainian Embassy in Ottawa is calling on the Trudeau government to provide weapons to Ukraine's military, impose further sanctions on Russia and extend and expand the Canadian military training mission of its forces. The blunt Ukraine sta...
O’Toole’s boycott leaves security panel of parliamentarians with no Conservative MPs
OTTAWA — There are no Conservative MPs among the newly named slate of parliamentarians to oversee the security and intelligence community following the party's decision to boycott the body. Liberal MPs Patricia Lattanzio and James Maloney are joining t...
Canadian-led battlegroup in Latvia at ‘high readiness’ amid NATO-Russia tensions
OTTAWA — The Canadian commander of a multinational battlegroup in Latvia says he is working to ensure his troops have enough supplies and can talk to each other, as mounting tensions between the NATO military alliance and Russia feed fears
Canada has sanctioned 400 people and entities so far since Russian Ukraine incursion
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Thursday that Russia would face severe sanctions if it makes further moves against Ukraine. Joly was speaking from Brussels after meeting her counterpart in the European Union, and after travelling t...
Russia cyber attack warning emerges, as Joly in Europe amid Ukraine crisis
OTTAWA — Canada's electronic spy service warned Thursday that Russian-based hackers are targeting critical infrastructure, while Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Moscow would face severe sanctions if it makes further moves against Ukraine. Th...
China Mobile presses court for federal info to help fight national security case
OTTAWA — A Chinese state-owned telecom firm is pressing for disclosure of federal information to help the company fight Ottawa's order that its Canadian subsidiary be sold or shut down on national security grounds. During a Federal Court hearing Wednes...
Unvaccinated military face ‘steeper’ challenge than airman who refused anthrax shot
OTTAWA — Unvaccinated military members are in for a tougher fight than a retired airman who was disciplined for refusing an anthrax vaccine 20 years ago, his former lawyer warns. Jay Prober said some in the Canadian Armed Forces who