Nov 16 2022 — Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — A new poll suggests the vast majority of Canadians are worried about how the federal Liberal government's plan to dramatically increase immigration levels over the next few years will affect housing and government services. The poll, conducted...
Nov 16 2022 — Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — A new poll suggests the vast majority of Canadians are worried about how the federal Liberal government's plan to dramatically increase immigration levels over the next few years will affect housing and government services. The poll, conducted...
Nov 10 2022 — Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The story of Pte. James Peter Robertson was well-known in Peter Harris’s family. During the First World War, the Canadian soldier singlehandedly took out a German machine-gun nest at Passchendaele. He then led his unit to their objective befor...
Nov 10 2022 — Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The story of Pte. James Peter Robertson was well-known in Peter Harris’s family. During the First World War, the Canadian soldier singlehandedly took out a German machine-gun nest at Passchendaele. He then led his unit to their objective befor...
Nov 9 2022 — Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — When Stephen LaSalle first injured his foot in a military training exercise, he had only heard the stories about what it was like to deal with Veterans Affairs Canada. Five years later, the reservist naval lieutenant can talk about the experie...
Nov 9 2022 — Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — When Stephen LaSalle first injured his foot in a military training exercise, he had only heard the stories about what it was like to deal with Veterans Affairs Canada. Five years later, the reservist naval lieutenant can talk about the experie...
Nov 7 2022 — Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The Royal Canadian Legion is welcoming back one of the most iconic aspects of Canada's national Remembrance Day ceremony following a two-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic: the veterans' parade. Involving veterans of all ages and back...
Nov 7 2022 — Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The Royal Canadian Legion is welcoming back one of the most iconic aspects of Canada's national Remembrance Day ceremony following a two-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic: the veterans' parade. Involving veterans of all ages and back...
Nov 6 2022 — Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Legend has that when Canadian troops stormed ashore under a hail of German gunfire at the French port of Dieppe in August 1942, one of the hundreds who eventually died in the attack was carrying an old flag. Exactly how that red and white flag...
Nov 6 2022 — Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Legend has that when Canadian troops stormed ashore under a hail of German gunfire at the French port of Dieppe in August 1942, one of the hundreds who eventually died in the attack was carrying an old flag. Exactly how that red and white flag...
Nov 1 2022 — Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — We'll see you at Christmas. It was October 2011 and Candy Greff was standing outside a restaurant in Morinville, Alta.,saying goodbye to her son Byron Greff. Little did she know that it would be the last time she would see him alive. A 28-year...
Nov 1 2022 — Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — We'll see you at Christmas. It was October 2011 and Candy Greff was standing outside a restaurant in Morinville, Alta.,saying goodbye to her son Byron Greff. Little did she know that it would be the last time she would see him alive. A 28-year...
Oct 25 2022 — Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Canadian Armed Forces ombudsman Gregory Lick is criticizing the military's treatment of ill and injured reservists and Canadian Rangers, saying the organization is failing to address long-standing gaps for Canada's part-time soldiers. The gaps...
Oct 25 2022 — Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Canadian Armed Forces ombudsman Gregory Lick is criticizing the military's treatment of ill and injured reservists and Canadian Rangers, saying the organization is failing to address long-standing gaps for Canada's part-time soldiers. The gaps...
Oct 24 2022 — Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The commander of the Canadian Armed Forces was warned by his senior legal and medical advisers last year that requiring all troops to be vaccinated against COVID-19 was unnecessary — and that doing so "may not constitute a legal order." The ...