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Remembering In Flanders Fields: Why John McCrae’s poignant WW I words still have power today
Like so many things in 2020, Canada’s Remembrance Day ceremonies will be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Communities will still commemorate their war...
How technology — and a global pandemic — are transforming Remembrance Day
On a grey, windswept spring day three years ago, Ryan Mullens sat next to the grave of a long-dead soldier in the green...
Military members who report sexual misconduct still say they’re being dismissed by chain of command: report
Five years into the Canadian military’s formal crackdown on sexual misconduct, some victims still report being bullied, harassed and singled out by superior...
Canadian military reports 24 active COVID cases in the ranks
The Canadian military has done an about-face and says it will now release information about the spread of COVID-19 infection in the ranks. A military statement...
Military’s anti-racism push expands to include navy, air force
Canada’s navy and air force are now both promising to issue special orders that will give individual commanders of ships and installations across the...
Trump’s Proud Boys remark boosts far-right group’s profile, including in Canada, experts say
U.S. President Donald Trump’s comment about the self-described “Western chauvinist” Proud Boys during Tuesday night’s raucous presidential debate was a significant profile boost to the organization, including its...
Military member with links to far-right groups says he’s ‘done nothing wrong’
A Canadian military reservist whose membership in two far-right groups is being investigated by the army has spoken publicly about the matter for the first time,...
‘Moral injuries’ that haunt soldiers off the battlefield to be studied in military-funded research
On the streets of Afghanistan in 2012, Canadian soldier Brian McKenna was training international teams to search vehicles for explosives. As his trainees searched, they...
Members fighting sale of MEC say planned COO hire clashes with Canadian company’s values
Members of Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) fighting its takeover by an American investment firm say the hiring of an executive from a U.S. company...
Corey Hurren, accused in Rideau Hall attack, makes brief court appearance
The Canadian Armed Forces member accused of uttering threats against the prime minister and crashing the gate at Rideau Hall with a loaded...
Doctors, legitimate patients baffled as anti-maskers print off ‘exemption cards’ to flout rules
As an immunocompromised person with a greatly reduced lung capacity, Dave Watson doesn’t mince words when it comes to anti-maskers in Toronto who are...
Latvia-bound military plane turned back after Canadian troops possibly exposed to COVID-19
A military plane carrying Canadian troops to Latvia as part of a NATO mission in that country turned around mid-flight Thursday, after someone...
RCMP to give update on CAF member arrested on Rideau Hall grounds
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police will give an update this morning on the arrest of the Canadian Armed Forces member who gained access...
Military confirms 40 per cent of COVID-positive troops deployed to long-term care homes were asymptomatic
Up to 40 per cent of Canadian troops infected with the novel coronavirus may have been carrying the virus symptom-free while they were deployed to...
Military mission ending in most Ontario long-term care homes
Ontario drivers are being told to stay on the lookout for military vehicles on the roads this week as hundreds of Canadian Armed...
The Cyclone chopper crash probe could lead the military to some uncomfortable conclusions
A little more than a decade ago, aviation magazines were buzzing about the inclusion of cutting-edge fly-by-wire technology on the Canadian military’s new...
