Category Archives: Defence
Royal Canadian Navy to replace ‘seaman’ in rank titles with gender-neutral term
OTTAWA — The Canadian military's sailors and the public will have a chance to weigh in as the Royal Canadian Navy moves to drop the term "seaman" when referring to its most junior sailors and replace it with something more
Huawei hopeful it can provide 5G to Canada despite Trump, Five Eyes pressure
OTTAWA — Huawei Canada says it is collateral damage in the Trump administration's trade war with China and remains hopeful that it might still be able to sell next-generation internet equipment to Canada. That characterization comes one day after Brita...
Sentries return to National War Memorial as COVID-19 threat recedes
OTTAWA — Military sentries are returning to their spots in front of the National War Memorial and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier as the threat posed by COVID-19 appears to be receding. The Canadian Armed Forces has posted a ceremonial guard
Canada asks British military for help flying troops to and from Latvia
OTTAWA — Canadian troops have been forced to hitch a ride with the British military to get to and from Latvia due to a shortage of working planes. Canada has 540 troops in Latvia, where they form the core of a 1,500-strong
Auditor finds $2.4B in unpaid student loans, calls for stronger recovery efforts
OTTAWA — Canada's auditor general has called for the federal government to step up its recovery of outstanding student loans to keep taxpayers from being left on the hook after discovering that $2.4 billion in such loans were in default last
COVID-19 scare sees Latvia-bound troops turn around, return to Canada
OTTAWA — A military plane carrying Canadian troops to Latvia was forced to turn around and return home because of concerns those on board might have been exposed to COVID-19. The Polaris aircraft carrying about 70 military members and aircrew took
Ejection seat tangled with parachute in Snowbirds crash: Investigators
OTTAWA — A military investigation has found that the ejection seat of one of its iconic Snowbirds planes tangled with the pilot's parachute as he tried to escape from the aircraft before it crashed last year in the U.S. state
Veterans Affairs hiring more staff to tackle growing backlog of disability cases
OTTAWA — The federal government will hire hundreds more temporary staff as part of a broader plan to tackle the growing backlog of requests for support and benefits from disabled veterans, many of whom are being forced to wait years
Rights group blasts Ottawa for not helping detained ISIL members, families
OTTAWA — The federal government has been accused of violating its international human-rights obligations by refusing to help dozens of Canadian men, women and children detained in squalid camps in Syria because of their suspected links to the Islamic S...
