Jan 17 2019 — Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — America's allies will have to pay their share of a new missile-detection system, U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday. That likely includes Canada, which might also be forced to reconsider its decision to stay out of an American-led effort to shoot down incoming attacks. Trump revealed his vision Thursday following a U.S. military […]
Jan 17 2019 — Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — America's allies will have to pay their share of a new missile-detection system, U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday. That likely includes Canada, which might also be forced to reconsider its decision to stay out of an American-led effort to shoot down incoming attacks. Trump revealed his vision Thursday following a U.S. military […]
Jan 17 2019 — Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Canada's top military officer admits there has been slower progress than expected to get more women into the Canadian Forces. New figures show there has been only a small increase in the number of women in the military over the last two years, but General Jonathan Vance says he remains committed to his goal of having women […]
Jan 17 2019 — Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Canada's top military officer admits there has been slower progress than expected to get more women into the Canadian Forces. New figures show there has been only a small increase in the number of women in the military over the last two years, but General Jonathan Vance says he remains committed to his goal of having women […]
Jan 17 2019 — Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Canada's top military officer admits there has been slower progress than expected to get more women into the Canadian Forces. New figures show there has been only a small increase in the number of women in the military over the last two years, but General Jonathan Vance says he remains committed to his goal of having women […]
Jan 16 2019 — Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Canada's top military officer is expected to take the stand later this month in a pre-trial hearing for Vice-Admiral Mark Norman. Norman's lawyer, Marie Henein, said Gen. Jonathan Vance was subpoenaed by Norman's legal team and is scheduled to testify when the hearing resumes at the end of January. Suspended in January 2017 […]
Jan 16 2019 — Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Canada's top military officer is expected to take the stand later this month in a pre-trial hearing for Vice-Admiral Mark Norman. Norman's lawyer, Marie Henein, said Gen. Jonathan Vance was subpoenaed by Norman's legal team and is scheduled to testify when the hearing resumes at the end of January. Suspended in January 2017 […]
Jan 16 2019 — Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Canada's top military officer is expected to take the stand later this month in a pre-trial hearing for Vice-Admiral Mark Norman. Norman's lawyer, Marie Henein, said Gen. Jonathan Vance was subpoenaed by Norman's legal team and is scheduled to testify when the hearing resumes at the end of January. Suspended in January 2017 […]
Jan 15 2019 — Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Distance and geography have been cited as the primary reasons Canadian medical helicopters remained on the ground in northern Mali during two bloody attacks on United Nations peacekeepers last fall. The Oct. 28 attacks on Ber and Konna by Islamic extremists left two peacekeepers dead and more than a dozen injured on the single […]
Jan 15 2019 — Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Distance and geography have been cited as the primary reasons Canadian medical helicopters remained on the ground in northern Mali during two bloody attacks on United Nations peacekeepers last fall. The Oct. 28 attacks on Ber and Konna by Islamic extremists left two peacekeepers dead and more than a dozen injured on the single […]
Jan 15 2019 — Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Distance and geography have been cited as the primary reasons Canadian medical helicopters remained on the ground in northern Mali during two bloody attacks on United Nations peacekeepers last fall. The Oct. 28 attacks on Ber and Konna by Islamic extremists left two peacekeepers dead and more than a dozen injured on the single […]
Jan 14 2019 — Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to temporarily suspend a lower court's bombshell ruling in a sexual-assault case that the military justice system is unconstitutional. A five-judge panel rejected military prosecutors' request for a stay on Monday after the prosecution tangled with defence lawyers over whether discipline within the Canadian Forces would […]
Jan 14 2019 — Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to temporarily suspend a lower court's bombshell ruling in a sexual-assault case that the military justice system is unconstitutional. A five-judge panel rejected military prosecutors' request for a stay on Monday after the prosecution tangled with defence lawyers over whether discipline within the Canadian Forces would […]
Jan 14 2019 — Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to temporarily suspend a lower court's bombshell ruling in a sexual-assault case that the military justice system is unconstitutional. A five-judge panel rejected military prosecutors' request for a stay on Monday after the prosecution tangled with defence lawyers over whether discipline within the Canadian Forces would […]
Jan 9 2019 — Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan has promised to redouble efforts to prevent suicide in the Canadian Forces after new figures showed more than a dozen members of the military took their own lives last year. The deaths coincided with new services and supports aimed at preventing such tragedies, underlining the complexity of the challenge […]