Category Archives: Defence
Canada has ‘significant’ concerns about China: Defence Minister
OTTAWA — Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan is taking aim at what he describes as China’s unpredictability, refusal to play by the rules and expanding footprint around the world, saying those are among the “significant” concerns Canada and its allies have
Military leaders to be held to account if extremism isn’t addressed, Sajjan says
OTTAWA — Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan worries incidents of extremism and hate in the Canadian Armed Forces are on the rise — and he says military commanders will be held accountable if the problem is not addressed. Sajjan made the comments
Fighting systemic racism, extremism will be priority for next military chief: Trudeau
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says one of the top priorities for the next commander of the Canadian Armed Forces will be tackling systemic racism and rooting extremism from the ranks. The comments are the first from the prime minister
Government promises resources in search for Manitoba sailor missing at sea
All available resources will be used to find a master sailor from Manitoba who is believed to have accidentally fallen overboard while on the HMCS Winnipeg, the Canadian government said. Commodore Angus Topshee, commander of the Canadian Fleet Pacific...
Twenty-five years after Rwanda, where is Canada on peacekeeping?
OTTAWA — When now-retired major-general Guy Tousignant handed over command of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Rwanda 1995, Canada had been involved in virtually every UN mission over the previous four-plus decades. But after the scandal of ...
CSIS spies’ use of geolocation data may have broken law: watchdog report
OTTAWA — Canada's spy agency may have broken the law by using peoples' digital geolocation data without a warrant, a newly released watchdog report says. The report, tabled in Parliament late Friday, says the Canadian Security Intelligence Service's us...
Canadian Rangers will help with Manitoba First Nation’s COVID-19 outbreak
SHAMATTAWA, Man. — The Canadian Armed Forces says it will send a team of reservists to a First Nation in Manitoba to help with the community's COVID-19 response.The military says in an email that roughly six Canadian Rangers will work
COVID-19 vaccine approval could be days away as pressures mount on health-care system
Senior Health Canada officials said Thursday they could be just days away from approving a COVID-19 vaccine as many provinces reported increasing hospitalizations and Quebec cancelled plans to allow gatherings over the Christmas holidays. Chief medical...
Feds, provinces to stage distribution dry run as approval of first vaccine imminent
OTTAWA — Federal and provincial governments will stage a dress rehearsal Monday to test the complex plan to get precious COVID-19 vaccines distributed to every corner of Canada. Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, who was named last week to lead the Canadian milita...
Military identifies remains of Newfoundland soldier killed in Belgium in 1917
OTTAWA — More than 100 years after a young soldier from Newfoundland was killed on a battlefield in Belgium, the Canadian military has officially confirmed his identity through genetic analysis of remains unearthed in 2016. When he enlisted in the Newf...
