National Defence
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Military watchdog calls for greater independence from government: ‘Makes no sense’Reporting to the federal defence minister, rather than directly to Parliament, creates an obvious conflict of interest, Gregory Lick told the House of Commons defence committee.CanadaFeb 26, 2024
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Russia, China ‘consider themselves to be at war with the West’: defence chiefAn internal military document circulated Wednesday lays out stark language about the state of the world, and what’s required to counter hostile countries.CanadaOct 26, 2023
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Military ‘wrestling’ with Ottawa’s push to axe $1B from budgetCanada’s top solider says he is 'wrestling' with the fact Ottawa has asked the Department of National Defence to cut roughly $1 billion from its budget.PoliticsSep 29, 2023
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Bill Blair says he oversaw culture change at Toronto police, not everyone agreesToronto police are still reckoning with systemic racism. In 2020, Ontario's human rights commission found Black residents were more likely than white to be killed by police.CanadaAug 5, 2023
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New commander at Manitoba’s CFB ShiloNational Defence announced that Lt-Col. David Cronk officially took over command of CFB Shilo Monday morning.CanadaJun 26, 2023
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Canada will wrap fighter jet contract in ‘very short term,’ says ministerIn advance of finalizing the paperwork, Anita Anand said Canada must ensure it has 'the pilots trained' and 'the infrastructure in place' to house 88 future fighter jets.CanadaDec 18, 2022
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Military training to travel between London, Ont. and Simcoe this weekendThe training is intended to keep unites primed and ready to respond to domestic missions such as floods and fires, as well as international stability operations.CanadaMay 27, 2022
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Military training to see TAPVs on London-area roadways: DNDVehicles may be spotted on the 401, Highway 89 and other county roads north of London and towards CFB Borden starting on Thursday.CanadaFeb 23, 2022
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COVID-19: Federal government provides more details on Sask. military aidA spokesperson with the National Defence said the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) is prepared to send up to six critical care nursing officers to Saskatchewan.CanadaOct 23, 2021
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Ottawa to apologize for racist treatment of all-Black First World War battalion in 2022"They were told ‘This is not your war’. They were told, ‘This is a white man’s war.'"CanadaJul 10, 2021
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