Although there are typically hundreds of people ready to receive a returning navy vessel, that will not be the case at 10 a.m. AT on Tuesday. 

Gen. Jonathan Vance is arguably Canada’s most well-known warrior in more than half a century, Matthew Fisher says. Vance has announced his retirement.

Gen. Jonathan Vance has served as top soldier since July 2015.

A social media campaign is underway to support crew members of HMCS Fredericton, as they prepare for their return.

Defence Department spokeswoman Jessica Lamirande says the Polaris aircraft carrying about 70 military members and aircrew took off from Canadian Forces Base Trenton on July 2 and those on board had spent two weeks in quarantine.

President Donald Trump welcomed Poland's president, Andrzej Duda, to the White House on Wednesday.

Capt. Maxime Miron-Morin, 29, was one of six crew members onboard the CH-148 Cyclone helicopter that crashed off the coast of Greece last month.

Gen. Jonathan Vance said that recovery operations for the Cyclone helicopter that crashed last month will be released in the coming days.

The warship had spent more than a week in the Italian port city of Taranto after the Cyclone went down in the Ionian Sea on April 29 in full view of some crew members.

The military initially reported that the helicopter was missing after HMCS Fredericton lost contact with it. It did not confirm a crash until the next day.