Canadian Armed Forces

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Canada's military strategizes defence against COVID-19

The Canadian Armed Forces is developing contingency plans to keep COVID-19 from affecting its ability to defend the country and continue its missions overseas amid concerns potential adversaries could try to take advantage of the crisis.

Coronavirus in Canada

By Lee Berthiaume | News, Politics | March 14th 2020

Chief of the Defence Staff Jonathan Vance,

Canadian troops on alert as COVID-19 outbreak spreads to Iraq

Canadian troops in Iraq are on high alert as the novel coronavirus spreads inside the country.

By Lee Berthiaume | News, Politics | March 5th 2020

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Canadian reservist pleads not guilty to U.S. weapons charges

A former Canadian Forces reservist at the centre of an alleged white-supremacist plot to trigger a race war in the United States pleaded not guilty to weapons charges on Tuesday, February 18, 2020, as his lawyer indicated he plans to use the First Amendment of the U.S. constitution to defend his client.

By James McCarten | News, US News, Politics | February 19th 2020

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Evacuees arrive today from Wuhan

The evacuees from Wuhan expected to arrive in Canada on Friday, February 7, 2020, face two weeks of isolation, as they are confined to their assigned motel rooms on a Canadian Forces base in southern Ontario, where they will be monitored for signs of the novel coronavirus.

By The Canadian Press | News, Politics | February 7th 2020

Inuk elder honoured for effort during Second World War

Qapik Attagutsiak, a 99-year-old Inuk woman, will be the guest of honour at a ceremony on Monday, January 27, 2020, to recognize the little-known contribution by Inuit communities to help Canada and the Allies during the Second World War.

By The Canadian Press | News, Politics | January 26th 2020

Canada's military needs more women to reach its target

The Canadian Armed Forces needs to nearly double the number of women it has been recruiting in recent years to reach its goal of having women represent one-quarter of all military personnel by 2026, according to an internal study from the Department of National Defence.

By Lee Berthiaume | News, Politics | January 22nd 2020

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Canada's top soldier warns climate disaster response dulling Army's fighting edge

Canada's top soldier is warning that as the Army gets called out to a growing number of floods, wildfires and other natural disasters, there is a risk that work will hurt the force's ability to defend the country.

By Lee Berthiaume | News, Politics | January 20th 2020

Iranian missiles target Iraqi city used by Canadian Forces

No Canadian Armed Forces troops were hurt by the barrage of Iranian missiles that hit targets in Iraq on Tuesday, January 7, 2020, Canada's chief of defence staff says.

By Lee Berthiaume | News, US News, Politics | January 8th 2020

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NATO ponders possibility of space war

The NATO military alliance looked to space, the final frontier, earlier this week as members formally recognized the cosmos as integral to their mutual security, agreeing to bolster ways to defend their satellites and other space-based infrastructure from enemy attacks.

By Lee Berthiaume | News, US News, Politics | November 24th 2019

Military families sacrifice for Canada. Remembrance Day honours that painful cost

Not only did Reine Samson Dawe's husband serve his entire career in the Canadian Armed Forces, but her four sons all followed in his footsteps. And while she is quick to point to the many ways military life has benefited her family, there have also been hardships — including the death of her youngest son, Capt. Matthew Dawe, in Afghanistan in 2007.

By Lee Berthiaume | News, Politics | November 10th 2019

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