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A Halifax school’s Remembrance Day ceremony was sidetracked, after it was requested that veterans not wear their uniforms. It sparked a flurry of reactions. Global’s Skye Bryden-Blom reports.

An elementary school in Nova Scotia is backing down from its request for veterans and armed forces members to not wear their uniforms during its Remembrance Day ceremonies after some students expressed discomfort at images of war.

U.S. President Joe Biden honoured Americans who fought for their country during his last Veterans’ Day ceremony while in office. Speaking to gathered military members and their family at Arlington National Cemetery, Biden recalled his son Beau being deployed to Iraq with the Delaware National Guard.

North Vancouver RCMP are searching for whoever stole several uniforms belonging to the city’s fire department from a local dry cleaners. Surveillance video captured a man breaking into the business Saturday morning.

Canadians will pause for two minutes on Remembrance day to remember the courage and sacrifice men and women in uniforms made, and one expert says, the younger generation needs to keep the memory alive.

Halifax school backtracks on request that veterans not wear uniforms at Remembrance Day ceremony, Nova Scotia’s PC Party has unveiled its full campaign platform and hockey players raise money to combat homelessness.

A massive military budget gap found by the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) is ringing alarm bells throughout Canada’s defence community. Former chief of the defence staff Tom Lawson explains how it could alter Canada’s military standing in the world and affect those in uniform.

The defence attorney for the Menendez brothers, Mark Geragos, thanked the L.A. District Attorney on Thursday for his decision to recommend the re-sentencing of Erik and Lyle Menendez for the shotgun murders of their parents in 1989. Geragos said he believed the brothers will be home “before Thanksgiving,” and that their family members are uniformly...

Fredericton is deciding the fate of its ceremonial guard program. Last spring, its uniforms were damaged in a fire, and now the city is considering developing a new plan that includes Acadian and Indigenous history. But some city councillors also want to see programs offered in the interim. Global’s Anna Mandin reports.

Fredericton is deciding the fate of its ceremonial guard program. Last spring, its uniforms were damaged in a fire, and now the city is considering developing a new plan that includes Acadian and Indigenous history. But some city councillors also want to see programs offered in the interim. Global’s Anna Mandin reports.

Don Leavers is the author of “Our Father’s Footsteps: Stories of WWII veterans’ what-if moments”. This week he is taking a special trip to Normandy for the 80th anniversary of D-Day and also presenting his father‘s uniform to the D-Day museum in France.

Ever since 1990 when Baltej Singh Dhillon won the right to wear a turban while on duty, the RCMP, on occasion, adjusted its uniform regulations to reflect cultural and religious diversity in its ranks. The latest edition, a ribbon skirt, is now part of the ceremonial uniform options for Indigenous officers who identify as women...

A ceremony was held at the Peterborough Armouries on Friday to remember an OPP officer who died in the line of duty in the city 96 years ago. The Otonabee River Bridge on Highway 115 was dedicated in Constable Norman F. Maker’s honour. Germain Ma has the story.

Canadian clothing giant Lululemon has unveiled its Team Canada designs for the 2024 Olympics in Paris on Tuesday, giving Canadians a glimpse of what the country’s Olympians and Paralympians will be wearing at the opening and closing ceremonies.

April 17th marks the 100-day countdown to the 2024 Paris Olympic games. It is the kickoff to an exciting few months ahead. This week, Team Canada’s uniforms for the Games were also unveiled. Laval native and Team Canada athlete in men’s artistic gymnastics, Felix Dolce, joins our Global News Morning’s host Laura Casella in-studio to...

The federal government has released its 2024 budget, taking aim at improving affordability amid Canada’s slowing economy, and an uphill road for the Liberals in the polls. The highlights from the new fiscal plan, including its focus on helping younger Canadians. Plus, Dawna Friesen speaks with Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland about the increase in the...

Hundreds of protesters rallied on Ottawa’s Parliament Hill on Tuesday to showcase support for public health care and its workers. “We’re here to tell the federal government that if provinces are not going to protect public health care, Ottawa must,” said Unifor National President Lana Payne. “Public funding in health care— including dental and Pharmacare—...

Members of a union of local casino workers have earned themselves a nice Christmas bonus. Unifor Local 144 has ratified a four-year deal that will bring them a wage increase of 11 per cent over the life of that contract.

At least one new settlement is arriving just in time for Christmas for some casino workers in Winnipeg, according to Unifor.

It was a proud moment for Farooq Hassan Sheikh when he pulled on his Regina police uniform for the first time. Sheikh was sworn in as the Regina police chief on Dec. 1.