The contract, awarded as part of the National Shipbuilding Strategy, can be extended up to 22 years for a total of up to $552 million. 

The military estimates that about 4,500 troops will be eligible to receive the extra pay.

Most of the returning troops, who are being housed at the same hotel as hundreds of Canadians repatriated from overseas, are from Edmonton.

The union representing national defence workers at Royal Military College of Canada is urging the college to stop large gatherings.

A member of the Canadian military stationed in Kingston has been charged with two counts of sexual assault.

The aircraft departed the airport in Mirabel for the Sherbrooke airport on Wednesday evening, according to a statement sent by National Defence.

The decision by the National Capital Commission on Thursday ends years of bickering over where the memorial should be located

Mefloquine is an anti-malarial drug used by the Canadian Armed Forces since 1992 in deployments including Somalia, Congo, Rwanda and Afghanistan.

A sexual assault charge has been laid against a contract maintenance worker in a school at Canadian Forces Base Edmonton.

Charges were officially laid on March 16 after an investigation by the Canadian Armed Forces investigative branch.