Canada ponders 'top secret' data cloud as allies push ahead with intelligence-sharing plans
Australia is joining the United States and the United Kingdom in developing top-secret cloud networks to exchange highly classified defence...
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Ukraine desperately needs surplus Canadian armour, ambassador tells MPs
Ukraine's ambassador to Canada says her country is in dire need of armoured vehicles and hopes Canada's plan to supply...
Canada's plan to donate refurbished armour to Ukraine is still spinning its wheels
A plan to rebuild and modernize two dozen decommissioned Canadian light armoured vehicles for donation to Ukraine is stuck in...
Ombudsman launches probe of Ottawa's treatment of Afghan-Canadian military advisers
Canada's military ombudsman has launched a review of the Department of National Defence's (DND) treatment of former language and cultural...
Canada sending rocket motors, spare parts to Ukraine in latest aid package
Canada is donating tens of thousands of rocket motors, a handful of surplus warheads and the decommissioned chassis of nearly...
Canada took 4 months to send money after deciding to buy air defence system for Ukraine
It initially took Canada four months to get into the queue after deciding to join a plan by the United...
Retiring military members face months-long delays for severance, benefit payouts
Canadian military members who are retiring in the foreseeable future will face delays in receiving severance, back pay and accumulated...
New DND strategy warns Canadian military's approach to artificial intelligence 'fragmented'
Canada's defence department and military are approaching the implementation and use of artificial intelligence in a "fragmented," unco-ordinated manner, says...
There's a price to pay for being unready for war. Will Canada have to pay it again?
A little more than 18 years ago, amid the dust and hard heat of Kandahar Airfield, the weary look on...
Trudeau holds high-level talks in Washington as he faces pressure to boost defence spending
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been taking the temperature of Canada-U.S. relations in a series of high-level political and economic...
The philosophy — and politics — behind Canada's reluctance to meet NATO's spending target
There was an unscripted moment during a panel debate in Toronto last month that could go a long way toward...
Trudeau heads for the hotseat at NATO summit as allies question Canada's defence commitments
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heads to Washington today for a meeting of NATO nations — where he's widely expected to...
'Large proportion' of military disliked relaxed rules on personal grooming, survey finds
The Canadian military has tightened up regulations on personal grooming after getting an earful from members who were not happy...
Rising economic indicators pushing Canada further from NATO spending target, MPs hear
Newly revised economic data suggests Canada's pledge to bring its defence spending closer to NATO's benchmark is coming off the...
Lawyer for officer suing federal government calls for outside probe of military police
The lawyer representing the former head of the Canadian Armed Forces personnel branch is calling on Defence Minister Bill Blair...
Canadian warship sharing an anchorage with Russian vessels in Cuba
The Royal Canadian Navy now finds itself in the unusual position of both shadowing Russian warships as a threat in...
Protecting trainers Canada's priority as France pushes new mission in Ukraine, top soldier says
Protecting military trainers in the event they're deployed back into Ukraine is the primary concern for Canadian defence planners as...
A family returns to France to trace the ambush that changed a Canadian soldier's life
Don Levers is wrestling with an extraordinary number of "what-ifs" as he, his daughter and granddaughter embark on a personal...
Canada purchasing 16 new fighter jets out of current budget, minister says
The first 16 of the air force's new F-35 fighters will be paid for out of the current federal budget...
The navy is looking at deploying 'ghost fleets' — warships that don't need crews
The Canadian military is weighing how many and what kind of "optionally-crewed" warships it will need in the future as...
Drones and AI are rewriting the rulebook on naval warfare — with uncertain consequences
They have an inconspicuous designation but the Ukrainian intelligence officers who belong to Group 13 have developed a formidable, far-reaching...
Top soldier says military looking for 'clarity' on Ottawa's budget plans
Just over a month into the new fiscal year and two weeks after the federal budget, the Department of National...
As Russia presses forward, Ukraine pleads with Canada for armour, air defence
A leading member of the Ukrainian parliament delivered stark warnings to Canadian politicians and top defence officials this week in...
Demands of defence policy almost double military's recruitment gap, top soldier warns
The recruiting hole in which the Canadian military finds itself is deeper and potentially more serious than it might appear...
NATO at 75: Is Canada losing its grip on the world's greatest military alliance?
Inarguably bigger and more seasoned than it was when it was born from the ashes of the Second World War...
Probe clears military police in case of pilot charged with sexual assault who took his own life
An almost two-year-long internal investigation into how military police handled the criminal case of an air force officer who took...
Civilian advisers who served in Afghanistan deserve compensation now, ombudsman says
Canada's military ombudsman is calling on the Department of National Defence (DND) to make an exception and offer special compensation...
As Bill Blair ramps up his warnings about the state of the military, Trudeau sticks to his script
There's a school of thought that suggests it's never a good idea to disagree with your boss, at least in...
State of Canadian Armed Forces' combat readiness growing worse, government report warns
Only 58 per cent of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) would be able to respond if called upon in a...
Three new polls suggest a growing number of Canadians want more money spent on defence
Three new public opinion surveys suggest Canadians are growing more concerned about the state of the country's military — and...
Lawsuit over massive Veterans Affairs accounting error to cost Ottawa almost $1 billion
An embarrassing multi-million-dollar accounting error that was covered up for years at Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) will end up costing...
Cost of Liberal government's defence plan has jumped by $50B, PBO says
The cost of the Liberal government's nearly seven-year-old marquee defence plan has jumped by over $50 billion — mostly due...
Macron's musings about ground troops send Ukraine's allies running for cover
If it were any other time — and if the stakes weren't so high — the swift international slapdown that...
Trudeau signs $3-billion security deal for Ukraine on 2nd anniversary of Russian invasion
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signed a deal in Kyiv on Saturday committing Canada to a $3.02-billion security assistance package for...
Russia's violence 'must not go unpunished,' Zelenskyy tells Canadian parliamentarians
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered an impassioned speech to parliamentarians on Friday calling on Canadians and other western allies to...
Zelenskyy comes to Ottawa as Ukraine scrambles to shore up allies' support
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was welcomed Friday morning to Parliament Hill -- where experts say he can expect a political...