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Recruitment intake in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) hit a 30-year high in 2025, with more than 7,000 new members being added. David Akin explains what’s driving the enrolment boost, and where the military is still falling short.

There are growing calls to establish a military honours review board to award the Canadian Victoria Cross, which is Canada’s highest military honour. Teresa Iacobelli, from the Canadian War Museum, joins Miranda Anthistle to discuss the prestigious award.

Prime Minister Mark Carney travelled to the country’s most populous military base in Halifax Thursday to announce a major investment in Canada’s military infrastructure. Carney promised $3 billion to improve bases on the East Coast. Heidi Petracek explains what meeting the two per cent NATO target means for the region.

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a more than $3-billion investment in new and modernized military infrastructure across Atlantic Canada on Thursday, including cash injections aimed at modernizing CFB Dockyard and Satakunta in Halifax, N.S.

At a press conference on Wednesday, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canada has not made any decisions on a potential military role as tensions in the Middle East continue to rise. Speaking ahead of the G7 foreign ministers meeting in Paris, she emphasized diplomacy, de-escalation and protecting global supply chains. “At this stage, no...

A protest gathered in Fredericton Saturday to speak out against Prime Minister Mark Carney’s support for the U.S.’s military action in Iran. As Johnny James reports, organizers do not want Canada roped into the conflict and expressed disappointment in their local MP for not sharing the same concern.

For the first time since agreeing to the goal in 2014, NATO says Canada will spend two percent of its GDP on defence this year. Prime Minister Mark Carney travelled to the country’s most populous military base in Halifax Thursday to announce a major investment in Canada’s military infrastructure. Questions remain regarding President Donald Trump’s...

Vina Nadjibulla from the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada discusses Mark Carney’s response to U.S. military action in Iran and the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader. Plus, we’ll talk about what the PM has accomplished as he continues his trade mission to India.

Canada and South Korea have signed an agreement to share and safeguard classified military and defence information. The deal, signed Wednesday, is aimed at strengthening cooperation as global security challenges intensify. Officials say it will enhance collaboration on procurement, industrial security and joint research initiatives.

The federal government announced Tuesday it would move forward with a $3.7 billion, multi-year plan to boost the housing stock on military bases across the country. As part of the strategy, the government plans to build 7,500 new homes for military personnel. David Akin reports.

Canada is contributing another $270 million to help Ukraine secure critical military capabilities as it continues to defend against Russia’s full-scale invasion. The money will go toward buying items from a NATO list, and brings Canada’s total monetary support for Ukraine to $25.8 billion.

Canada’s armed forces have launched a series of Arctic military drills, braving extreme winter conditions as part of a major defense readiness operation. Dubbed Operation Nanook, the exercises are designed to strengthen Canada’s ability to operate in the North.

Canada has been selected to host the first-of-its-kind, multi-national bank, which, when it gets up and running, will help Canada and its NATO partners lower the cost of financing major military purchases like fighter jets or submarines. For now, it’s called the Defence, Security, and Resilience Bank. As David Akin reports, when it gets set...

For the last three months, the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) have carried out a 4,500km snowmobile patrol across the Arctic to exercise Canada’s military and defence capabilities in the far north. Traveling from the Yukon-Alaska border to Churchill, Man., CAF soldiers and Canadian Rangers transported artillery to the nation’s northern-most point, Cambridge Bay, Nvt. —...

Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre said Tuesday that Canada needs a faster, more nimble military procurement policy, calling for a “MacGyver-like purchase of the equipment, weapons and gadgets” needed to win wars and defend Canada.

Canada’s armed forces completed its annual northern exercise, this year with the most amount of personnel ever. Nathaniel Dove looks at the growing military focus on the arctic and what an expert says is needed most.

Burdett Sisler, Canada’s oldest known man and a prominent Second World War veteran, has passed away at the age of 110. Born in 1915, Sisler served as a military radar technician before working for the Canada Border Services Agency in Fort Erie. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters for Apr. 6,...

At the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting in France Thursday, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand urged allies to support a proposed defence bank to help smaller firms access capital. She says the plan would boost military supply as global demand rises. Anand also reaffirmed Canada’s position on Ukraine, saying “the geographical boundaries of Ukraine… are...

Canada has not committed any military assets to the United States’ and Israel’s war with Iran. But the U.S. Treasury Department has accused a Vancouver business of funneling money to one of Iran’s partners. Global asked the federal government why the company has been able to operate in Canada. Nathaniel Dove reports on what they...

Defence Minister David McGuinty announced a major investment in Canada’s ability to defend itself. He promised it would help the military of Canada and our allies. The minister also said it would bring more jobs to the country. It was his second visit to a factory that makes military equipment in two days. Nathaniel Dove...