Veteran Affairs Canada

• How Veteran Affairs Canada’s holiday tweet became a ‘dumpster fire’

  The post on March 29th wished people a "happy March holiday season,'' prompting hundreds of questions online about what exactly constitutes the March holidays.

  Canada

  May 3, 2024
  
• A new study lays out the ‘horrendous’ treatment of Canadian queer WWI soldiers

  The painful, often bleak, stories of these men were uncovered by Sarah Worthman while doing research at Veterans Affairs Canada.

  Canada

  Mar 25, 2023
  
• Advertisement
• Therapists taking online course to support Canadian veterans and first responders

  Nearly 800 health-care providers have accessed the online course since it was launched last May with financial support from the Atlas Institute.

  Canada

  Jan 16, 2023
• Advertisement
• West Kelowna man says he was denied PTSD supports by Veterans Affairs Canada

  A CAF veteran suffers from PTSD and has been seeking assistance for this particular disorder from Veterans Affairs Canada for the last 10 years.

  Canada

  Dec 16, 2022
• Veterans frustrated with long delays for disability claims despite government promises

  Disability claims for more than 23,000 veterans are waiting to be processed by the federal department - a backlog that remains a source of anger, frustration and anxiety.

  Canada

  Nov 9, 2022
• Former case manager says high workload is hurting Canadian veterans

  ``It's hard to put your head down at night and feel like you did your job properly,'' Lucy Hirayama told The Canadian Press.

  Canada

  Nov 14, 2021
• Swift Current unmarked veteran graves to be given headstones

  The Last Post Fund expects to mark 50 to 60 unmarked veteran graves with gravestones in Swift Current by the end of the year.

  Canada

  May 9, 2021
• Desmond inquiry to hear from military medical staff who treated Lionel Desmond

  Testimony at the Desmond Fatality Inquiry will now shift focus to the medical treatment Desmond received while still in the military.

  Crime

  Feb 21, 2021
• Advertisement
• Mounties celebrate Kelowna veteran’s 100th birthday

  In a photograph posted to the Kelowna RCMP’s Twitter account, officers gathered to celebrate the RCMP veteran's 100th birthday.

  Lifestyle

  Apr 23, 2020
• Advertisement
• Lionel Desmond’s family says race has yet to be addressed at the fatality inquiry

  Six weeks into the Lionel Desmond fatality inquiry and family members say systemic racism hasn't yet been addressed

  Canada

  Mar 2, 2020